Death Unfiltered

Name: Death Unfiltered
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Emmeline Duncan
ISBN: 9798855526189

Author: Emmeline Duncan

Series: Ground Rules Mystery #4

Narrator: Carly Robins

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Cozy Culinary, Amateur Sleuth, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

A fresh-voiced and witty cozy mystery series set in Portland, Oregon, from rising star Emmeline Duncan, starring twenty-something master barista Sage Caplin. Perfect for coffee-lovers, cozy listeners, and fans of Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mysteries.

Ground Rules isn't the only newcomer set to open in Portland's grand new Button Building. Fortunately, most of the fellow micro-restaurant owners and patrons are great—with two exceptions. There's Rose, a true-crime podcaster and active TikToker who's pestering Sage for an interview about her estranged con-artist mother; and Bianca, the familiar and perpetually unpleasant owner of Breakfast Bandits. Bianca is abrasive to everyone, so Sage doesn't feel singled out . . . Until Bianca falls dead at the building's grand opening—a to-go cup of Ground Rules coffee in her hand. Laced with Ketamine, also known as Special K.

It doesn't help that just before she collapsed, Bianca was publicly rude to Sage. Or that Bianca's boyfriend points the police toward Sage. Or that Rose, still hung up on investigating Sage's mom, has declared she'll solve the murder. Now it will be up to Sage to sift through a complex blend of motives, blackmail, and old and new rivalries to get to the truth of a very bitter brew . . .

About Emmeline Duncan

Emmeline Duncan is a writer based out of Portland, Oregon. The author of the Sage Caplin Mystery series, she also writes YA novels under the name Kelly Garrett. She is a 2020 Oregon Literary Fellow, a board member of the Northwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, and co-organizer of the Friends of Mystery's Bloody Thursday lecture series. She's also a member of Sisters-In-Crime, Willamette Writers, and SCBWI.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah on March 07, 2024

This was a new author and series for me. Didn't realize it was book four in the series, but that's alright. The author did a good job letting you know what was going on and the relationship between the characters. The fact that the main character's backstory is very much tied up in the mystery only......more

Goodreads review by Tara Kat (MagnoliaPigeonBookBlurbs) on March 25, 2024

The Ground Rules baristas are back in the fourth installment of Emmeline Duncan’s Ground Rules Mystery series with Death Unfiltered! While Sage and the crew would rather focus on coming up with new signature blends and brewing up delicious beverages - they are caught in yet another scandal! With a m......more

Goodreads review by Lana on November 22, 2023

I really enjoyed this cozy novel set in Portland, Oregon. Sage owns Ground Rules coffee cart in downtown Portland and the story starts as she is expanding into a store front. Owning a food cart in Portland can be very competitive and as her new store opens, someone in her store dies. This leaves Sag......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on August 02, 2024

I love this series. I can almost smell the scent of coffee coming through the pages. Sage is just opening her coffee shop after running a successful coffee cart for a while. While tryin to navigate opening a new shop, she is trying to deal with a podcaster who is detailing her mom's shady past. To a......more

Goodreads review by Beth on March 07, 2025

I jumped to 4 after finishing one. This is a comfort read; I know it will wrap up tidily, I know angst levels will remain slow, I know there will be good food. And yep. They open a new store, everyone is nice, there are cute dogs, someone gets murdered, we figure out why, it doesn’t make much sense.......more