Roast Mortem, Cleo Coyle
Roast Mortem, Cleo Coyle
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Roast Mortem

Author: Cleo Coyle

Narrator: Rebecca Gibel

Unabridged: 10 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

When the firefighters of Ladder Company 189 pull Clare's friends out of a blazing caf├®, she happily comes to their rescue. As a favor to the men, she visits their firehouse kitchen 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 caf├®s around the city, and 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 in the pizza joints of Brooklyn. When her detective boyfriend, Mike Quinn, is pulled into the fire of a false accusation, Clare is desperate to put out the flames. But will she be able to come to Mike's rescue before someone tries to extinguish her?

About Cleo Coyle

Cleo Coyle grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh. After earning scholarships to study writing at Carnegie Mellon and American University, she began her career as a cub reporter for the New York Times. Now a New York Times bestselling author, Cleo lives and works in New York City, where she collaborates with her husband to pen the Coffeehouse Mysteries. Together Cleo and her husband also write the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries under the name Alice Kimberly.

About Rebecca Gibel

Rebecca Gibel (a.k.a. Kasha Kensington) is a audiobook narrator and stage actress who has performed in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Camelot (IRNE Award nomination), Urinetown (Denver Post Ovation Award nomination), and Othello. She won the Denver Post Readers’ Choice Award for Best Year by an Actress. She is a graduate of the Brown University Trinity Rep MFA acting program, where she was the Stephen Sondheim Fellow.

Reviews

Goodreads review by beachbum bookworm

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Goodreads review by Amy

This book was between 2 and 3 stars for me. I liked the addition of the firefighters. There's a lot of potential for future storytelling there. The first coffeehouse explosion, with Lorenzo, pulled me right into the story. However, the ending was a bit convoluted, and I yelled to my husband, (view spoiler)[Oh, com (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Stacie

“Cold here in the alley, but things will get hotter soon…” I really love this series. I’ve never liked coffee but this series has taught me so much that I have started to expand my tastes. I had been putting off reading this book as it hit a bit close to home for me. We survived a house fire two year......more

Quotes

“The pseudonymous Coyle’s strong ninth coffeehouse mystery pays tribute to New York City firefighters.” Publishers Weekly

“Coyle’s Coffeehouse books are superb.” Library Journal

“This is my first narration by Rebecca Gibel, and she was wonderful! Her smooth, rich voice completely drew me into the story. I especially fell in love with her ‘Madame’ vocalization, which was so endearing.” Darlene’s Book Nook (audio review)

“Both new and returning readers will love this coffee-flavored mystery…Even readers who normally don’t pick up cozies will be right at home with the fast pacing and clever dialogue of this fantastic mystery.” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars)

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