Cleo Coyle

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Cleo Coyle | Author-Reader Match: BULLETPROOF BARISTA
November 14, 2023
Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Exclusive Excerpt: THE GHOST GOES TO THE DOGS
May 2, 2023
“It’s a sordid life, but I’m used to it.”—Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Author-Reader Match: HONEY ROASTED
January 24, 2022
Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where  Read More...

Cleo Coyle Shares a Brewed Awakening + Giveaway
July 1, 2021
My husband and I have had plenty of ups and down, and we always try to put the pain, joy, and absurd humor of  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Exclusive Interview: BREWED AWAKENING
December 2, 2019
By Fresh Fiction Senior Reviewer Teresa Cross *** First, I have  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Top 5 Reasons Readers Demanded More Haunted Bookshop
September 24, 2018
Some characters haunt you long after the book is done. That's what fans of our   Read More...

Dead Cold Brew: A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle
January 16, 2017
It’s official. After sixteen books, our Greenwich Village coffeehouse manager, Clare Cosi, finally becomes engaged to her boyfriend, NYPD Detective Mike Quinn. Unfortunately, the  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Escape to Washington in the new Coffeehouse Mystery
December 7, 2015
How does a hard-working single mother and coffee shop manager go from befriending the First Lady and catering a glittering party at the Smithsonian  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Once Upon a Grind and a Magic Bean Necklace Giveaway
December 6, 2014
Do you have a favorite fairy tale? Mine is Cinderella, but I am no Disney princess. While I love pumpkins, I’d rather turn one  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Billion Dollar Brew and a Latte Cup Giveaway
August 25, 2014
My amateur sleuth grew up much like I did, in a family of food-loving Italian Americans. By the age of eight, I was learning  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Billionaires Can Be Murder (with Recipes)
December 3, 2013
Wonderful reviews are coming in for my new culinary mystery Billionaire Blend  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Coffee. It Can Get a Girl Killed!
August 6, 2013
It's true. In all twelve of my culinary mysteries, coffee can get a girl killed. Today I'm happy to tell you—it  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Holidays are Murder—with Recipes
December 4, 2012
"Pluck" is a word I usually associate with chickens. On the other hand, Booklist was kind enough to describe my amateur sleuth as  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Fresh Brewed Murder
August 7, 2012
How do you keep things fresh? An important question for any author writing a long-running series.   Read More...

Cleo Coyle | On Bosses from Hell, Thunder Thighs, and Making Crime Pay
September 20, 2011
Crime writing can be a challenge at times, but it can also be barrels of fun— double barrels. Where else can you get even  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Holiday Grind and Fun Recipes
November 5, 2010
What do you most look forward to tasting every holiday season? Pumpkin pie? Gingerbread? Candy canes? Thumbprints? Rum balls? Stollen? Latkes? When I  Read More...

Cleo Coyle | Latte Cup Giveaway and My Recipe for Blueberry Firehall Pancakes!
August 14, 2010
Who loves pancakes? Raise your hand! I’ll bet you all have special memories associated with a tall, hot stack, drenched in butter and swimming  Read More...