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Death by French roast / Alex Erickson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Erickson, Alex. Bookstore cafe mystery ; 8.Publisher: New York, New York : Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 282 pages ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1496721136
  • 9781496721136
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: " Krissy's helping a friend clean out her late mother's house when she learns that although the deceased died peacefully at an advanced age, her brother did not. In fact, Wade was killed more than thirty years ago, and the case was never closed. What surprises Krissy even more is that she has a personal connection to the story--her friend Rita was seeing Wade at the time, scandalizing the town with the couple's large age difference. With an older Rita now part of Krissy's writing group--and another member with police experience--she starts digging up gossip, talking to the victim's local coffee klatsch, and trying to find real clues amid the old rumors. But things just seem to grow muddier as she fights to identify whodunit . . ."-- Amazon.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Krissy Hancock runs a bookstore-café in Pine Hills, Ohio, but she'll be setting up shop as a sleuth when she discovers a long-unsolved murder . . .

Krissy's helping a friend clean out her late mother's house when she learns that although the deceased died peacefully at an advanced age, her brother did not. In fact, Wade was killed more than thirty years ago, and the case was never closed. What surprises Krissy even more is that she has a personal connection to the story--her friend Rita was seeing Wade at the time, scandalizing the town with the couple's large age difference.

With an older Rita now part of Krissy's writing group--and another member with police experience--she starts digging up gossip, talking to the victim's local coffee klatsch, and trying to find real clues amid the old rumors. But things just seem to grow muddier as she fights to identify whodunit . . .

" Krissy's helping a friend clean out her late mother's house when she learns that although the deceased died peacefully at an advanced age, her brother did not. In fact, Wade was killed more than thirty years ago, and the case was never closed. What surprises Krissy even more is that she has a personal connection to the story--her friend Rita was seeing Wade at the time, scandalizing the town with the couple's large age difference. With an older Rita now part of Krissy's writing group--and another member with police experience--she starts digging up gossip, talking to the victim's local coffee klatsch, and trying to find real clues amid the old rumors. But things just seem to grow muddier as she fights to identify whodunit . . ."-- Amazon.

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Kirkus Book Review

A 30-year-old cold case heats up when an amateur sleuth becomes curious. Krissy Hancock, owner of a bookstore/cafe in Pine Hills, Ohio, is no stranger to murder. When her grouchy neighbor Eleanor Winthrow dies, Krissy, who's helping Eleanor's daughter pack up the house, learns that Eleanor had long been depressed over the unsolved murder of Wade, her brother. At the time he was killed, the town was up in arms over 30-something Wade's dating a teenage girl. Wade made so many enemies that nobody was much interested in catching his murderer. That teen is now Krissy's friend Rita Jablonski, who's never married or mentioned her past. Krissy decides to investigate to honor Eleanor and help Rita. She learns that Wade had a group of friends who still meet for coffee every morning. Even the current police chief, Patricia Dalton, the mother of Krissy's love interest, Paul, is reluctant to talk about the past, especially since a former colleague was a suspect. All of Wade's friends were cleared, but most do not have kind thoughts about him or Krissy. When one of them is murdered just before he's about to reveal something to her, it becomes clear that the killer is still around and willing to strike again to hide his identity. Erickson's intrepid sleuth makes some reckless choices in her determined hunt for a surprising killer. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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