Fun cozy mystery: Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle

 Cleo Coyle scores another fun cozy mystery with "Decaffeinated Corpse." I recently enjoyed the 5th book in the "Coffeehouse Mystery Series." Clare Cosi manages a coffee shop in New York, and not only will you learn about coffee types and presses, but the mystery delves into the coffee industry bringing in some questionable characters that will keep you guessing about the murders.  Clare's ex-husband turned business partner makes things more complicated, too. It's a fun cozy mystery with lots of coffee in the background! 

FUN FACT: Cleo Coyle also writes under the name Alice Kimberly, author of one of my all time favorite Mystery Series called Haunted Bookshop Mysteries."

ABOUT THE BOOK:  Book #5 in New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery series...When an old friend of her ex-husband develops the world's first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean and smuggles it into the country, Clare Cosi, manager of Village Blend, believes it's a business opportunity she needs to investigate...at least until the first dead body shows up.

Another Excellent Cozy Mystery: "The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle

 Cozy mysteries are some of my favorite things to read and one of my all-time favorite series combines a mystery with the paranormal- a Ghost of a Private Investigator from the 1940s who was murdered in a bookstore in Rhode Island, and who can be seen and heard by the new book shop owner in the 2020s. Together they solve mysteries. 

I have read every book in this "Haunted Bookshop Mystery" series and love, love, love them all. The "Ghost and the Stolen Tears" was no exception. Because of the ghostly P.I., Jack Shepherd, often one of his cases from the 1940s either ties into a murder in present day that Penelope, the book shop owner finds herself in the middle of, or the ghost gives Pen advice to help solve the case. 

The books are filled with great characters, and in this story, Seymour the mailman and Brainert the teacher help Pen out when a trailer-living nomad who worked for Pen's shop and suddenly disappears after an expensive and cursed? piece of historic jewelry goes missing. The characters are great and this mystery in a mystery involves a history mystery with a case from Jack in the 1940s, too. Truly a 5 of 5 star book.- Rob

ABOUT THE BOOK -A GEM OF A STORY" —Kirkus Reviews  * With the help of her gumshoe ghost, bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure sets out to clear an innocent woman of a shocking crime in this all-new entry in the "utterly charming" (Mystery Scene) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

Fantastic Cozy Mystery: The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle

 The seventh book in  Cleo Coyle's "Haunted Bookshop Mystery" series is absolutely Awesome!  I have read every book in the series, and thoroughly enjoy them. This one, "The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait,"  has mysteries in mysteries and so many likeable characters. Pen and her aunt Sophie run a bookstore in Quindicott, Rhode Island, and Pen has connected with the ghost of a detective who was murdered in the 1940s in the location of what is now her bookstore. The ghost helps her solve mysteries.  I couldn't put this book down. I love the bickering between her mailman and professor friends, and all the supporting characters. It also had me wondering who the murderer was all the way until the end. Brilliant writing, fantastic characters, great story. Can't wait for the 8th in the series (hopefully they're working on it). - Rob

ABOUT THE BOOK: Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up to solve the stunning mystery at the heart of a madwoman's self-portrait in this all new installment from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

While gathering a collection of vintage book cover paintings for a special event in her quaint Rhode Island bookshop, Penelope discovers a spooky portrait of a beautiful woman, one who supposedly went mad, according to town gossip. Seymour, the local mailman, falls in love with the haunting image and buys the picture, refusing to part with it, even as fatal accidents befall those around it. Is the canvas cursed? Or is something more sinister at work?

For answers, Pen turns to an otherworldly source: Jack Shepard, PI. Back in the 1940s, Jack cracked a case of a killer cover artist, and (to Pen's relief) his spirit is willing to help her solve this mystery, even if he and his license did expire decades ago.

FUN MYSTERY! - The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle

I thought today's post would be appropriate for Halloween week-  I love reading mysteries and I love stories with ghosts (or spirits who crossed over) in them and the latest book by Cleo Coyle brings back that combination in the latest Haunted Bookshop Mystery called "The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller."
    Although I think it's been about or more years since the last book in the series, this book picks up where the others left off. 
     It's about a woman named Penelope who runs a book shop in Quindicott, Rhode Island, and that book shop is the home to a ghost named Jack. Jack was a private eye in the 1940s who was gunned down in the building, which was his office. Pen can hear and see Jack, and together they solve mysteries. 
    This was another great mystery that was very enjoyable to read, and kept you guessing. I love all of supporting characters, too.
5 of 5 stars!

ABOUT THE BOOK - A big bestseller leads to small town trouble. Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn't believe in ghosts, until she was haunted by the hard-boiled spirit of 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful...

After an elegant new customer has a breakdown in her shop, Penelope suspects there is something bogus behind the biggest bestseller of the year. This popular potboiler is so hot that folks in her tiny Rhode Island town are dying to read it--literally. First one customer turns up dead, followed by another mysterious fatality connected to the book, which Pen discovers is more than just fiction. Now, with the help of her gumshoe ghost, Pen must solve the real-life cold case behind the bogus bestseller before the killer closes the book on her