With more than one million books sold, New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle launched her long-running Coffeehouse Mystery series in September 2003 with ON WHAT GROUNDS, which means the series has celebrated a milestone 20th Anniversary!
Cleo’s novels have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech, earned Best of Year honors from multiple reviewers, garnered starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus, and have been recommended by Booklist as among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections.
CLEO’S
COFFEEHOUSE WORLD
So what is the series about?
Cleo’s Coffehouse books are light amateur sleuth murder mysteries set in and around the Village Blend, a century-old landmark coffeehouse in New York’s picturesque Greenwich Village, a neighborhood layered with a colorful history, which is celebrated throughout the series. All of Cleo’s stories are character drive, and the Coffeehouse tales are no exception. Each is narrated by hard-working single mom Clare Cosi, who serves as the Village Blend’s dedicated manager and master roaster.
Clare is a single mom, in her forties, and though her daughter is grown, she often acts as a surrogate mother to the oddball collection of young baristas in her employ, all of whom are fiercely loyal to the shop, which is why they’re ready to pitch in whenever Clare starts her sleuthing. After all, this is New York City, where crime happens. And when it happens to anyone close to Clare, she’s deterimed to find justice and do anything it takes to keep her friends and loved ones safe.
For those of you who’ve never read a Coffeehouse Mystery before, you can pick up any one of Cleo’s Coffeehouse books and read it as a stand-alone.
Cleo always assumes new readers will be opening her books, no matter where they jump in, and she always provides enough background information so that first-time visitors to her fictional Village Blend won’t be lost. So, for those of you who’ve never read a Coffeehouse Mystery before, you can pick up any one of Cleo’s Coffeehouse books and read it as a stand-alone.
Cleo’s books are also culinary mysteries.
At the start of the Coffeehouse Mystery series, Clare’s daughter (Joy Allegro) begins her studies at a Manhattan culinary school and, as the series progresses, readers follow her (sometimes very rocky!) journey to becoming a professional chef. As a bonus for readers, each Coffeehouse title include recipes for foods and drinks mentioned in the book, and Cleo often creates free illustrated recipe guides to show readers how the recipes look upon completion.
Click here to see Cleo’s free
Recipe Guide to Bulletproof Barista.
Many of thes recipes included in the Coffeehouse series feature chatty and informative introductions (as well as kitchen tips) by Cleo, who is not only a former journalist, book editor, New York Times bestselling author, and media tie-in writer, but also a longtime food blogger who has enjoyed cooking (and eating!) since her years growing up as a little girl in a big, food-loving Italian family.
Welcome to the Village Blend!
Below are some of Cleo’s latest releases…
Click each cover to learn more.
Cleo’s newest release, NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY, just published April 1st, is the 21st entry in her long-running Coffeehouse Mystery series. It had a fantastic release week, becoming a National Mystery Bestseller and (triple) #1 Amazong Category Bestseller. The reviews are wonderful:
“A KNOCKOUT STORY”
“A JOY TO READ”
“FUN AND FRESH”
Cleo’s previous Coffeehouse Mystery, BULLETPROOF BARISTA, a “WILDLY ENTERTAINING” (Criminal Element) national mystery bestseller was also a #1 Amazon category bestseller and honored with two Best of Year list selections by reviewers on their year-end lists. To learn more or buy, click here.
You’ll want to catch up with Cleo’s other recent Coffeehouse Mystery releases, including Cleo’s 19th Coffeehouse Mystery, HONEY ROASTED, honored on three Best of Year lists, praised by Kirkus as “a honey of a tale,” and now available in a new paperback edition.
And you can’t miss Cleo’s18th in the series BREWED AWAKENING. One of the most unique, popular, and praised entries in the series, Brewed Awakening was a challenging story for Cleo to tell, but the effort was worth it. It was honored on 5 best of year lists!
“A wonderful series with plenty of local color, great characters, and a setting so real that readers will be scouring the streets of Greenwich Village looking for the real Village Blend.”
—The Mystery Reader
Cleo’s 17th Coffeehouse Mystery, SHOT IN THE DARK was a Library Journal MYSTERY PICK OF THE MONTH and a “Best of Year” Fresh Fiction Finalist. A national mystery bestseller in hardcover, SHOT IN THE DARK is now available in mass market paperback.*
Cleo’s 16th Coffeehouse Mystery, DEAD COLD BREW, a bestseller in hardcover is now a national bestseller in paperback. The book was also a “Most Wanted” selection of the Mystery Guild, and honored as a “Top 10 Mysteries for Book Clubs” pick.
Cleo’s 15th entry in her series, takes her characters to Washington, DC, to open a second location for their Village Blend coffeehouse. DEAD TO THE LAST DROP was a smashing success, not only a bestseller in hardcover and paperback, but also honored by three “Best of Year” lists and named a Best Mysteries for Book Clubs. Readers and reviewers praised the excitement, humor, and topical vision of DEAD TO THE LAST DROP. Like all of the Coffeehouse Mysteries it is also brilliantly produced in audio format by Blackstone.
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21 Coffeehouse Mysteries
with more brewing…
BOOKS IN ORDER
For a FREE TITLE CHECKLIST
of all of Cleo’s Coffeehouse Mystery titles
in order with mini story summaries, simply
clicking here or on the image below…
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Reading Guides with
Book Club Discussion Questions
Click the coffee cup above for Free Reading Guides and Book Club Discussion Questions for many of the titles in Cleo’s Coffeehouse Mysteries.
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This site features mini plots for
each of the 18 Coffeehouse Mystery books.
Begin with Book #1 On What Grounds
by clicking here.
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Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mysteries 