Author: Cleo Coyle
Publisher: Berkley (August 2, 2011)
Format: Audio
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: Library
Series: Coffeehouse #10
Holy Smoke and Rockets this book is twisty and the reader is going to have to pay close attention to the plotline if there is any chance of understand who is responsible and why.
I love when a well-liked series expands a character just a bit more; a character that you thought you knew, but come to find out that you only saw the tip of the iceberg. That is what happened with Madame Allegro DuBois in Murder by Mocha. I thought I knew her from the previous nine books, but it appears that there was more to the instant love and friendship that she had with her daughter- in -law Clare. We now understand why after Clare’s divorce from Mateo, Madame still holds Claire closer than anyone one else.
As we know from the previous books, Clare is the manager of a coffee house that is owned by Madame, but there is more to Madame’s past and she had decided to help an old friend Alicia Bower who is trying to sell an aphrodisiac through an online consortium. Mocha Magic uses village blend coffee with a few other added ingredients. There is something more to these ingredients that literally leaves a person unable to control their libidos.
Mateo is concerned, Officer Mike is concerned and now there are dead bodies piling up. Not all are associated with the drink, but there is history with the woman that runs the online group and people keep dying.
That might be a bit misleading, the storyline is a tad interwoven and at the end, you really have to pay attention as to how the different characters are tied together and who is on the killers list and why.
I adore every character in the Coffeehouse mystery books. Cleo Coyle has a way of bringing out their personalities and quirks allowing the reader to differentiate between them.
I love when a well-liked series expands a character just a bit more; a character that you thought you knew, but come to find out that you only saw the tip of the iceberg. That is what happened with Madame Allegro DuBois in Murder by Mocha. I thought I knew her from the previous nine books, but it appears that there was more to the instant love and friendship that she had with her daughter- in -law Clare. We now understand why after Clare’s divorce from Mateo, Madame still holds Claire closer than anyone one else.
As we know from the previous books, Clare is the manager of a coffee house that is owned by Madame, but there is more to Madame’s past and she had decided to help an old friend Alicia Bower who is trying to sell an aphrodisiac through an online consortium. Mocha Magic uses village blend coffee with a few other added ingredients. There is something more to these ingredients that literally leaves a person unable to control their libidos.
Mateo is concerned, Officer Mike is concerned and now there are dead bodies piling up. Not all are associated with the drink, but there is history with the woman that runs the online group and people keep dying.
That might be a bit misleading, the storyline is a tad interwoven and at the end, you really have to pay attention as to how the different characters are tied together and who is on the killers list and why.
I adore every character in the Coffeehouse mystery books. Cleo Coyle has a way of bringing out their personalities and quirks allowing the reader to differentiate between them.
1 comment:
I can't believe that this series has been going on for so long without me starting it. I love a great cozy and there is no doubt that this is my sort of book. Thank you for your review. Characters are everything in a good cozy series.
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