French Pressed (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 6)
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Manufacturer: Berkley
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425220498
ISBN: 0425220494
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
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Murder takes the plunge in the sixth book in the Coffeehouse mystery series.
Clare Cosi's daughter, Joy, is interning-and falling- for a top New York chef when his kitchen turns cutthroat, and Joy becomes a murder suspect. Clare knows she must catch the real killer-even if it lands her in the hottest water of her life.
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Summary: Enchanting Review: French Pressed
Comment: FRENCH PRESSED
CLEO COYLE
Contemporary Mystery
Berkley Prime Crime
ISBN# 978-0425220498
288 Pages
$6.99
Paperback--Available Now
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
Ms. Coyle creates a great mystery read with FRENCH PRESSED, the sixth book in the entertaining `Coffeehouse Mysteries' mystery series featuring barista Clare Cosi. In FRENCH PRESSED, Clare finds herself investigating the murder of Vinny, one of her daughter Joy's friends and fellow intern at the hot NYC restaurant Solange. But when fingers start pointing to Joy herself as the murderer and the bodies begin to pile up, including one killed with Joy's own knife, Clare finds herself going deeper into investigation mode trying to prove her daughter's innocence.
There's so much I enjoyed about this book. Even though I hadn't read the previous books in the series, that didn't matter as it does an excellent job of standing alone. My favorite scene is one from later in the book, when Clare goes to a little Russian restaurant with her employee Esther and her new boyfriend, the hilarious and enjoyable Russian rapper, BB Gun. When they find out why Clare is there, to find information out about the mysterious Nick that was meeting with Chef Keitel, she's sent to a back room to meet with the man, a room which turns out to be a steam room.
Ms. Coyle creates a wonderful, well paced mystery in her sixth book in the series. I loved the vivid descriptions that made you feel like you were right there, having the coffee with Clare and co. as they went about their business. Clare was likeable right from the start and the mystery is one not easily figured out as the clues Clare and her police detective boyfriend uncover seem to point to different people, only to have another suspect appear instead. Fans of this delightful series won't go wrong picking up FRENCH PRESSED.
"Cleo Coyle" is really the husband and wife writing team of Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini. They are also "Alice Kimberly", who writes the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. You can visit them online at: [...]
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
August 2008
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Summary: Things Are Heating Up in the Kitchen
Comment: In this the sixth installment of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, Coyle, the writing team of Alice Alfonsi (Rosemary Grace) and Marc Cerasini, who also write The Haunted Bookshop mysteries under the joint pseudonym Alice Kimberly, bring together an interesting assortment of characters.
As Clare Cosi is trying to do her job as the manager of the ever popular Village Blend, murder just always seems to pop up around her. But this time, it's her daughter Joy that is in trouble and if mommy and daddy don't run to her defense, it is quite possible that she will spend the rest of her life in jail for murder.
Restaurants are quite a cutthroat business, but when two employees of Solange are found dead, and Joy was the last to be seen with them what are the police to think? Even Clare's new love interest, Mike, the NYC Detective, is having a hard time with this one. And a couple other things.
There are multiple sub-plots that keep this book humming along and it's really a very good series that should be enjoyed with a great cup of coffee and maybe even try out a couple of the recipes in the back of the book.
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Summary: Impressed with French Pressed
Comment: This is truly a delightful addition to the coffeehouse mystery series. This installment, somewhat more than the others, has quite a bite to it.
Murder has been brought home, so to speak, in the Cosi/Allegro household. Joy, their daughter, is booked on a double murder charge. The police feel the homicides have been solved so it's up to Clare, with paramour Mike Quinn's considerable assistance, to complete the investigation and find the real culprit(s) who committed these heinous acts.
Even with number six, there is absolutely no sign of staleness. The storyline is excellently crafted and character development, as usual, topnotch. I've always felt the author(s) had a great ear for dialogue and this installment is no exception.
P.S. If you haven't checked out the website which has been based on this cozy series, do so. It's great fun--and very obvious a great deal of work has gone into it! (Coffeehousemystery.com)
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Summary: This Coffee is Still Fresh!
Comment: By the time an author gets this deep into a series, fatigue sets in, plots become routine, and it's fairly easy to guess the killer. Not so in the 6th installment of Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mysteries. "French Pressed" is definitely a bit darker(pardon the pun)in tone and flavor than the first four, but this is a good thing. A lot of cozies try to stay light and bubbly, but as we all know, darkness lurks, and while murder is never clean, Coyle manages to describe the gore of death without being too graphic or over the top. Being a food professional, I appreciate her descriptions of restaurant life, the crazy chefs, the competitive tension,the drug use, and yes, the sexual relationships that may spring up between employee and boss. It's nice to see Claire's relationship with the detective progress, and being an woman in Claire's age group, the realities of having relationships being a single 40 something(or very near it!). I have to say that, in Claire's case though, hers was a little too easy to find. Talk to any woman who lives in the NY Metro area, it's kinda hard to find a good looking single, employed man who wants monogamy and commitment that quickly! I guess that's why they call it fiction. I eagerly await what happens with Claire, Joy, Matteo and Madame.
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Summary: This series continues to be a strong read
Comment: This is the sixth in Coyle's clever and well-written series featuring Clare Corsi, the manager of the Village Blend coffeehouse in New York City.
Clare runs the coffeehouse along with her ex-husband Matt Allegro, who is often away on long trips buying coffee. Their daughter Joy is a culinary school graduate, now interning at the prestigious Solange. Clare has met Joy's boss, head chef Tommy Keitel, a conceited but talented womanizer many years her senior. Clare is eating at Solange one night, and when she goes to the kitchen to visit Joy, she witnesses Tommy's assistant Brigitte, screaming at the staff. She rescues Joy from a knife-wielding Brigitte, who then disappears, running out the door.
Later Joy checks on sick co-worker Vinny, who she finds stabbed to death in his apartment. There are plenty of possible suspects, but the police like Joy for the murder. They let her go, but Clare swears to investigate on her own and goes to Solange to pitch her own superior coffee blends as a way to hang around and question the staff.
Clare had been shocked to discover that Tommy and Joy are having an affair, and she has been trying to talk some sense into her daughter, but to no avail. Tommy vows to break up with Joy, and Clare is appeased, but he dumps her in a very nasty way. Joy flees in tears to her grandmother's apartment. Late that night she returns to Solange to get her knives, and when Clare hears where she is going, she dashes there as well. Clare arrives just in time to hear Joy's scream when she discovers a second body with a knife in the neck, just like Vinny. Now the cops arrest Joy, and won't listen to Clare's list of possible other suspects, starting with Brigitte, the crazy drug-addled chef fired the day before. Clare decides to investigate since the police aren't-and Clare enlists her boyfriend Mike Quinn, a police detective.
Clare and Mike make a great team, in more ways than one.
Armchair Interviews says: Another great addition to this series.
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