Roast Mortem

When the weather finally turns cooler, put on a pot of coffee and grab the latest coffeehouse mystery, Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle. Clare Cosi, manager and head barista of the landmark Village Blend coffeehouse in New York, has perfected the pulling of steaming hot espresso. But can she keep New York's bravest from getting burned? When the firefighters of Ladder Company 189 pull Clare and her friends out of a blazing cafe', she happily comes to their resue. As a favor to the men, she visits their firehouse to teach them the finer points of operating their newly donated espresso machine. But more than their coffee turns out to be hot! Somebody's torching cafe's around the city, and the firefighters are beginning to die in suspicious ways. Believing the two events are related, Clare investigates, staking out a five-borough bake sale and sniffing out clues. When her detective boyfriend, Mike Quinn, is pulled in to the fire of a false accusation, Clare is desperate to put out the flames. Could his firefighter cousin be setting Mike up for payback from a long family feud? And will she be able to come to Mike's rescue before someone tries to extinguish her?