Death by Coffee
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On their very first day of business, Brendon Lawyer huffily takes his coffee…to the grave. It seems he had a severe allergy to peanuts…but how could there have been nuts in his coffee? And who stole his emergency allergy medication?
Fortunately, Krissy’s love of puzzles and mysteries leads her not only to Officer Paul Dalton, but also to many of her new neighbors, who aren’t terribly upset that the book is closed on Brendon. But one of them is a killer, and Krissy needs to read between the lies if she wants to save her new store—and live to see how this story ends…
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Bookstore Cafe Mystery is a 8-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Alex Erickson.
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Overall this feels like it should be book 20 in the series when we know and love all the characters. The murder happens too quickly because we don't know enough about the main characters or the setting before hand. We learn a bit about Krissie and Valerie along the way. I'm still not sure if we are supposed to giggle about the cozy tropes or if we are supposed to take them seriously.
I did like the little hints along the way about the murderer. I liked learning about the other side characters along the way too. I think they are enjoyable. The romance and the enemies and the friends and the job are typical of the genre. Krissie's queationing is over the top, but I don't know if we are supposed to recognize that and be laugh along with the author or not. If it is serious, again it reminds me of the middle of a series cozy mysteries in other series'. So hopefully things get a little clearer in other books. I enjoyed it enough to read the next one.
A little slow to start but picked up somewhere in the middle. Pretty decent cozy mystery.
