Roast Mortem

A Coffeehouse Mystery, Book 9

De: Cleo Coyle

Narrado por: Rebecca Gibel

When the firefighters of Ladder Company 189 pull Clare's friends out of a blazing cafe, 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 cafes 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?

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This my be my favorite coffeehouse yet!

If you could sum up Roast Mortem in three words, what would they be?

Amazing character development!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes! Aside from two mysteries to be solved, there was so much action. I also loved learning more about Quin. I'm not mad that Matt takes a backseat because I'm such a fan of Mike! He's great!

What about Rebecca Gibel’s performance did you like?

You know who is speaking by how she does each character's voice! It's amazing!

NOT Awful :-) !

I've read and listened to a lot of the Cleo Coyle Coffee House Mysteries. Love them. It is set in a compolitan background with lots of different accents: Brooklyn, NJ, English, French, Italian....
Interesting plot and satifying ending.

Satisfying as your first morning cup of joe

I love this series of books! The narration by Rebecca Gibel is soothing and fluid, pulling you into the story making my walks longer, more enjoyable, and me ready for my next cappuccino!

Best One Yet

I have been so so on the series. Not particularly fond of Claire’s character.
With that said however, I did enjoy this book as the background about the fire department was throughly researched.

I loved it

I'm really enjoying this coffee house series so much. This one had many twist and turn, and even had a little "Strangers on a Train" plot. We also learned a little more about the Michael Quinns history. Excellent narration. I reccomend this book and series.

A Salute to Fire Fighters

This story gets off to a fast and frightening start when Clare and two friends are trapped in a fire while visiting a coffee house owned by an acquaintance. They are rescued by the FDNY.

Fire fighters are key characters in the plot and I found that aspect of the story interesting.

I loved the first book of this series that I read (Murder by Mocha). I did not like this one quite as much for reasons that are particular to me. I enjoy stories about amateur detective . However, I do not enjoy it when the amateur detective puts herself in danger while following a "hunch". That occurs several times in this story.

I will give this series another try. The core characters are colorful and interesting. The mysteries are intricate and move along at a steady pace.

Narrator Rebecca Gibel has a clear voice and excellent diction.

I truly enjoyed listening to the story.

I felt the plot had a nice twist to it while being entertaining not to mention giving high praise to the brave NYC Fire Fighters. My heart will always be with them on their unselfish daily struggle to care for the public. They don't get enough Kudos for what they do. We love them and pray for them daily!

Nicely done...

Loved it...
I couldn't wait to find out who actually did it...
Several twists and turns...

Learning to be a coffee snob

I have been listening to all of this series and and can’t for the next. Easy to listen to, interesting and love the characters. Thank you to the author for all the extras and to the voice actor .

Good story but too much minutiae

I really like this series but wish the author would refrain from so much in-depth detail that doesn’t add to the story. She displays her knowledge of culinary arts, coffee, fine art, fashion, and architecture but it is distracting and unnecessary.