Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 4)
by Cleo Coyle
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Author: Cleo CoyleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-01
ISBN: 0425211134
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Berkley
Book Reviews of Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 4)
Book Review: Not So Great Follow Up to the 1st Three Books in the Series
Summary: 1 Stars
"Murder Most Frothy" is the 4th book in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series. I read the first three books in this series and loved them, BUT have found myself sorely disappointed with "Murder Most Frothy". I just finished reading this book recently and am still marveling at how bad it is.
The following summarizes what I don't like about "Murder Most Frothy":
* Claire Cosi, the leading character in this series, spends the entire novel in the Hamptons. Cosi is the manager of The Village Blend Coffeehouse in bustling New York and will someday be co-owner of this business with her ex-hubby...... I like The Village Blend Coffeehouse setting and was disappointed to see the entire novel set outside The Village Blend Coffeehouse and its usual characters (i.e. Tucker her assistant manager, Detective Mike Quinn, etc.)
* Claire makes a lot of stupid/dumb solo moves in this novel in attempts to help find the person trying to murder her friend that seemed really out of character for Claire. Sure she's made some dumb moves in past novels, but not like in this novel.
* Plus Claire jumps to some dumb conclusions about pieces of information she does stumble upon without considering further investigation to see if in fact what she thinks is going is in fact really going on.
* Dialogue in some areas of the book were really lacking. In order to help move the story along, writers usually use dialogue to convey information to the reader, not loads and loads and loads of descriptive paragraphs instead when dialogue can be used.
* I also founding the incessant use of parentheses throughout the novel to be rather annoying feature too.
* Also the ending of the book was completely unbelievable and unrealistic to me.
Summary of Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 4)
"A bright new light in the mystery horizon,"(The Best Reviews) Cleo Coyle returns with a mystery full of fraud, fun, and froth. New Yorker Clare Cosi manages a coffee shop, but this summer she'll leave it behind as she heads for the Hamptons-and perhaps the biggest jolt of her life... Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At his Hamptons mansion, she'll relax, soak up the sun, and, oh yes, train the staff of his new restaurant. So Clare packs up her daughter, her former mother-in-law, and her special recipe for iced coffee-for what she hopes will be one de-latte-ful summer... Soon, Clare tends the coffee bar at her first Hamptons gala. But the festivities come to a bitter end when an employee turns up dead in David's bathroom-a botched attempt on the millionaire's life. Thanks to the Fourth of July fireworks no one heard any gunshots, and the police are stuck in holiday traffic. Concerned for everyone's safety, Clare begins to investigate. What she finds will keep her up at night-and it's not the java jitters..."General Books
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