Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for No Roast for the Weary (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
No Roast for the Weary (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
by Cleo Coyle
No Roast for the Weary (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
21st in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher : Berkley (April 1, 2025)
Hardcover : 368 pages
When the Village Blend opens a Writer’s Block Lounge, a cold case crime turns up the heat on Clare and her crew in this gripping new entry in the beloved Coffeehouse Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.
As much as master roaster Clare Cosi adores coffee, the landmark shop she manages won’t survive if she doesn’t sell enough of it. So when the Village Blend’s customer traffic grinds to a halt, she turns to her staff for creative ideas, and the Writer’s Block Lounge is born.
Madame, the eccentric octogenarian owner of the shop, is upset by this news. Years ago, a group of accomplished writers used the shop’s second-floor lounge to inspire each other, but the group disbanded when something dark occurred. Though that history is shrouded in mystery, Clare presses forward…
Soon the Village Blend tables are filled with aspiring novelists, playwrights, and poets, all happy to be coaxed, cajoled, and caffeinated by her coffeehouse crew. Clare admires the stamina of these scribes, many of them toiling at night jobs—driving taxis, tending bar, ushering for Broadway—while penning projects during the day.
Then one of their fictions turns fatal when a shocking secret leads to a deadly end. Unless Clare can untangle this mystery, uncover the truth, and stop a desperate killer, she fears more of these weary writers may be marked for eternal rest. ~ Includes a knockout menu of recipes.
20 Years of Coffee and Crime with Cleo Coyle
For more than 20 years, readers have watched our Coffeehouse Mystery characters face down cold-blooded criminals, fight past personal failures, and survive the dazzling lights and dark alleys of New York City with the strength of camaraderie and good strong coffee.
From what our readers have told us (in emails and messages), one of the reasons they’ve enjoyed our books so much is because they are more than simple whodunits. Our long-running series also explores the ups and downs of relationships among three generations of women (a mother, a daughter, and a grandmother), along with a loyal group of co-workers and friends. Together, they make a loving family, one which our readers tell us they love, too.
If you’re new to our Coffeehouse series, I’m happy to introduce you to our amateur sleuth. Clare Cosi is a single mom in her forties who manages the Village Blend, a charming, century-old coffeehouse in New York’s historic Greenwich Village.
Clare often knows more than the police about the quirky and creative community she serves. When crime happens, and the professionals hit dead ends, Clare goes to work. And she has her work cut out for her in our latest Coffeehouse Mystery, No Roast for the Weary.
If you’re a newcomer to our Coffeehouse world, don’t hesitate to pick up our latest. Every title in our series can be read as a stand-alone story. And, if you like one, you’ll have twenty more to explore. But don’t miss this one…
In No Roast for the Weary, we did our best to create a page-turning murder mystery for you, an exhilarating roller coaster with plenty of surprises, but there’s even more here. Layered into our amateur sleuth’s quest for the truth are real and entertaining truths about the writing life—truths we know from our long experience living and working as professional writers in New York City.
Until our full-time careers as authors kicked into gear, we spent years laboring in this big, crowded, astonishing city, working day jobs while writing on the side, which is why we know how crazy, inspiring, and exhausting life in the arts can be (yep, No Roast for the Weary), and we weaved that knowledge and experience into our newest Coffeehouse Mystery.
At the end of the book, we even share a list of our favorite tips on battling creative blocks, including the dreaded “Writer’s Block”—an idea that plays an important part in Clare’s case. So, join us and hold on for this one. No Roast for the Weary is one heck of a caffeinated ride, and we hope you enjoy it.
“An interesting puzzle infused with Big Apple attitude.”
—Kirkus Reviews on No Roast for the Weary
“Cleo Coyle delivers a knock-out story…I loved it…a terrific read [and] delightfully engaging whodunit.”
—Dru Ann Love, award-winning reviewer on No Roast for the Weary
FREE RECIPE GUIDE
No Roast for the Weary Recipe Guide
Cleo Coyle’s new Coffeehouse Mystery, No Roast for the Weary, includes an appendix of tasty recipes that will show you how to prepare the delicious foods and drinks mentioned in the story. To see, print, or download the free, illustrated guide to the book’s recipe section, click here.
About Cleo Coyle
CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, now celebrating more than 20 years in print. With more than one million books sold, their works have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech; received multiple Best of Year selection honors from reviewers; and have been recommended by Booklist as among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together, wrangle their rescue cats, drink a lot of java, and cook like crazy. Connect with Cleo at CoffeehouseMystery.com
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No Roast for the Weary TOUR PARTICIPANTS
April 3 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
April 3 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
April 4 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
April 4 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
April 5 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW
April 5 – The Mystery of Writing – SPOTLIGHT
April 6 – The Editing Pen – AUTHOR GUEST POST
April 7 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
April 8 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
April 9 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
April 9 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
April 10 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
April 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
April 12 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
April 12 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
April 13 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
April 14 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW
April 15 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
April 16 – Frugal Freelancer – SPOTLIGHT
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I love cozy mysteries.
I have enjoyed other books in this series. I look forward to reading this one also.
Hi, Christy ~ Cleo Coyle here. Thank you so much for being part of our blog tour. We appreciate it. Marc and I had a great time writing our newest Coffeehouse Mystery, NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY, especially because it involves a quirky community of writers. We’re quirky ourselves, and we’ve been writing professionally for a few decades now, so this was a plotline we had agreat fun with, and we hope everyone has even more fun on the reading end of the process. Thanks again for hosting us!
With love from NYC,
Cleo
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Clever, fun cover