Steeped in Malice
Afternoon tea isn’t just about flavorful brews and delicious treats. It’s also about presentation—fine china teacups or fun tea sets (never mugs!) with carefully coordinated saucers and plates. With her …
Category: Coffee/Tea/Wine/Bar/Pub
A crime is committed at a coffee/tea or Wine shop/vineyard or the sleuth runs, manages or is involved with this type of business.
Till Death Do Us Port
It’s June in Boulder, Colorado, and wedding season is in full swing. Vintner Parker Valentine is excited to attend the wedding of her cousin, Emma, where in addition to celebrating …
Death by Iced Coffee
It’s a brutally hot day in Pine Hills, and Krissy Hancock would love to sit in a shady spot and sip her favorite iced coffee. Instead, she’s lacing up her …
Rum and Choke
The Florida Panhandle Barback Games are coming up, and Chloe’s been drafted to represent the Sea Glass Saloon, competing in various obstacle-course events that conclude with rolling an empty keg …
Steeped in Secrets
Flat-broke and divorced, intuitive gemologist Shay Myers has changed since leaving her artsy hometown of coastal Bray Harbor sixteen years ago. But when she moves back under strange circumstances, old …
Live and Let Grind
Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach Island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying …
Death by Spiced Chai
In a small town like Pine Hills, reputation counts for a lot. And for reasons that Krissy Hancock can’t figure out, someone is trashing hers. Cockroaches in the bookstore’s coffee, …
Steeped to Death
Phoebe Winchester’s beloved aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure and a knack for making magical tea. It’s even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora …
In Too Steep
It seemed like a simple case: the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber who lived alone in a cabin in the Oregon hills. But the newspaper article piques the interest …
A Dark and Stormy Tea
It was a dark and stormy night, but that was the least of Theodosia Browning’s troubles. As she approaches St. Philips Graveyard, Theodosia sees two figures locked in a strange …
Double Shot Death
At Campathon, an annual eco-friendly music festival held on a farm outside of Portland, fans celebrate the Pacific Northwest’s music scene in quintessential PDX style, with gourmet food carts, reusable …
Three Shots To The Wind
Saloon owner Chloe Jackson appears to have a secret admirer. She’s pouring drinks at the Sea Glass Saloon in Emerald Cove when an airplane flies by above the beach with …
Pleading the Fish
Café owner and amateur sleuth Everly Swan, like every Swan woman before her, is cursed in love. The only problem? Her fiancé Detective Grady Hayes has something to say about …
A Three Book Problem
It’s a crisp, early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and …
Cold Brew Corpse
It’s a steamy September, and business is brisk at Perkatory, the hottest coffee shop in Devil’s Beach, FL. Much of the clientele pours in from Dante’s Inferno, the hot yoga …
Claret and Present Danger
The Trueheart Renaissance Faire and Circus rolled into town, attracting locals who can’t wait to spend a few summer days lost in a whimsical world of all-knowing fortune-tellers and daring …
A Time to Swill
The Blurb Chloe loves her new life pouring beers and mixing cocktails at the Sea Glass Saloon in the Florida Panhandle town of Emerald Cove. But on the job, the …
Fresh Brewed Murder
The Blurb Portland is famous for its rain, hipsters, craft beers: food trucks, and coffee. Sage Caplin has high hopes for her coffee truck, Ground Rules, which she runs with …
A Pairing to Die For
The Blurb It’s fall in Boulder, Colorado, and the leaves aren’t the only things changing. Parker Valentine, the owner of Vino Valentine for wine enthusiasts, is finally settling into her …
Murder with Oolong Tea
The faculty of Willow Creek High School are having a get-together after the spring concert with refreshments provided, courtesy of Daisy’s Tea Garden. Oolong tea and chocolate biscuits are just …
Wine Tastings Are Murder
When Poppy and Aunt Ginny agreed to host a Wine and Cheese Happy Hour for a tour group at their Butterfly House Bed and Breakfast on the Jersey Shore, they …
The Malt in Our Stars
Sadie is delighted to have booked famous romantic suspense novelist Linnea Bliss for an event at The Inkwell, her literary-themed pub, housed in a renovated grist mill. The author and …
