Death by French Roast (Bookstore Café Mystery #8)

by Alex Erickson

Overview

Krissy Hancock runs a bookstore-café in Pine Hills, Ohio, but she’ll be setting up shop as a sleuth when she discovers a long-unsolved murder . . .
 
Krissy’s helping a friend clean out her late mother’s house when she learns that although the deceased died peacefully at an advanced age, her brother did not. In fact, Wade was killed more than thirty years ago, and the case was never closed. What surprises Krissy even more is that she has a personal connection to the story—her friend Rita was seeing Wade at the time, scandalizing the town with the couple’s large age difference.
 
With an older Rita now part of Krissy’s writing group—and another member with police experience—she starts digging up gossip, talking to the victim’s local coffee klatsch, and trying to find real clues amid the old rumors. But things just seem to grow muddier as she fights to identify whodunit . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496721143
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	10/27/2020
Series:	Bookstore Café Series , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	99,495
File size:	776 KB

About the Author

Alex Erickson has always wanted to write, even at a young, impressionable age. He’s always had an interest in the motive behind murder, which has led him down his current path. He’s always ready with a witty—at least in his opinion—quip, and tries to keep every conversation light and friendly. Alex lives in Ohio with his family and resident felines, who provide endless amounts of inspiration. You can visit him on Twitter at twitter.com/AEricksonbooks and on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/alexericksonbooks.

Editorial Reviews

2020-07-29
A 30-year-old cold case heats up when an amateur sleuth becomes curious.

Krissy Hancock, owner of a bookstore/cafe in Pine Hills, Ohio, is no stranger to murder. When her grouchy neighbor Eleanor Winthrow dies, Krissy, who’s helping Eleanor's daughter pack up the house, learns that Eleanor had long been depressed over the unsolved murder of Wade, her brother. At the time he was killed, the town was up in arms over 30-something Wade’s dating a teenage girl. Wade made so many enemies that nobody was much interested in catching his murderer. That teen is now Krissy’s friend Rita Jablonski, who’s never married or mentioned her past. Krissy decides to investigate to honor Eleanor and help Rita. She learns that Wade had a group of friends who still meet for coffee every morning. Even the current police chief, Patricia Dalton, the mother of Krissy’s love interest, Paul, is reluctant to talk about the past, especially since a former colleague was a suspect. All of Wade’s friends were cleared, but most do not have kind thoughts about him or Krissy. When one of them is murdered just before he's about to reveal something to her, it becomes clear that the killer is still around and willing to strike again to hide his identity.

Erickson’s intrepid sleuth makes some reckless choices in her determined hunt for a surprising killer.

Kirkus Reviews