Though the holiday coffee blends definitely got my digestive juices going. This continues to be a great series, though for me, the topics of following the rich and famous wasn't as interesting as most of the other bases for these mysteries.
There is explosive action between Clare and her new love, Detective Mike Quinn as his ex wife causes issues of her own. It also melds into Dicken's a CHRISTMAS CAROL's idea of just doing good for others. This mystery centers around the photographers and gossip columnists who chase after the rich and famous. The police believe it's a mugging, but Clare is sure that more is going on there. But as always, things never go smoothly, and this time one of Clare's good friends, a charity Santa Clause, I'd found shot dead in a back alley.
Clare is hosting a party with her friends to decide on some new Christmas blend coffees. But she'd better watch out, because if she fails to stop this stone-cold killer, she may just get the biggest chill of her life.Ĭlare Cosi's and all the other characters from the Village Blend Coffee shop are back for a Christmas themed mystery. Then someone tries to ice Clare, and she really gets steamed.īetween baking delicious Christmas goodies and fending off the attentions of a persistent professional elf, Clare sets out to solve St. With Clare's boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn, distracted by a cold case of his own, and ex-husband, Matt, "investigating" this year's holiday lingerie catalogs", Clare charges ahead solo and discovers this Santa had a list that he was checking twice - and the folks on it were not very nice. When she finds him gunned down in a nearby alley, a few subtle clues convince her that Alfred's death was something more than the tragic result of a random mugging, despite the conclusions of the police. Clare's grown very fond of Alfred Glockner, the part-time comic and genuinely jolly charity Santa who's been using her coffeehouse as a place to warm his mittens.
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