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.

Good Listen!

A real good listen. Performance was very good! Well worth your time to listen to.

Very interesting story.

I was quite surprised to learn so much about coffee making that I hadn’t known, and also so much about cooking that I hadn’t known.

Good story with lots of clues.

The story was good with lots of clues and possible culprits. The characters continue to be developed with back stories. I like the characters. They keep me listening.

Character voices and intonation perfection

character voices and intonation perfection - I've read the series up until #9 and ended up with the audio version for this particular book. The narrator I am so pleased to say, did not disappoint in how I had always imagined these characters.

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.