Holiday Grind Audiobook

" I think I need to read this whole series! "

" I shouldn't have even tried this. It combines two things I hate -- amateur detectives and Christmas mysteries -- and not surprisingly it was godawful. It would probably be less godawful to people who actually like those things. "

" I enjoy these light murder mysteries featuring Clare Cosi who manages the Village Blend, a coffehouse in New York. The author does a good job of crafting a mystery and creating good relationships and interesting characters. In this case, Clare rushes out to find her friend, a Traveling Santa who collects donations for the homeless, who has promised to attend her Fa-la-la-la-la latte testing. He is the one who suggested coming up with some new holiday flavors to tempt the public (what flavors and smells remind you of Christmas?). Unfortunately, Clare finds his dead body instead and becomes embroiled in solving the mystery when the police want to brush it off as an opportunistic mugging. There are lots of tasty recipes in the back and tips to make the recipes work out well, and though I won't try the coffee creations there are other yummy creations. Well, I probably won't try those either since I am a lazy cook, but I enjoyed reading them. "

" Once again, I really enjoy the coffeehouse series by Cleo Coyle. It's one of two cozy mystery series I adore (the other being Sara Rosett's Ellie Avery series). "

" More personal relationship stuff than mystery, but it was an ok mystery. The "Santa's Helper" scene was very funny. "

" As always this was a great, fun read. "

" A good, light, easy story to pass the time. It made me want coffee, fancy coffee, very badly but I liked it. I don't know if I liked it enough to read the first seven Coffeehouse Mystery books, but I liked it. "

" Another fun book set in one of my favorite places and dealing with one of favorite drinks good coffee. "

" Really enjoying this series! Looking forward to Roast Mortem. "

" Cute & fun. If I see more of these at the Penguin sale I'll pick them up :-) "

" I really enjoyed this one! I think it's the best of the series! A very fun, entertaining read. Very well put together. "

" Great story - love the holiday theme. There's nothing like Christmas in NYC. :) "

" Just OK - the plot is interesting, but it is just so unplausable that it's pretty hard to swallow. "

" Too bad I didn't read this in December......like the holiday theme. "

" Holiday Grind was an interesting book with a blend of mystique. Enjoyed the characters but would not have guessed the ending. "

" I found Holiday Grind to be a well-written, enjoyable "cozy" mystery. I definitely plan to read others when I am in the mood for an entertaining read. "

" 3.5 stars. Another fun romp in the Village Blend. "

" This series is a lot of fun, especially if you love real coffee, which I do. I do find our heroine's ex-husband fairly annoying, though, as he acts like a dog-in-the-manger with no right to do so. What I really like are the employees of the coffeehouse -- great characters. "

" For some reason, I was really intrigued this year to read holiday mystery books. It's an interesting genre that has a fast-growing number of entries. I liked the book's setting, a coffee house in New York City. "