On What Grounds

A pretty good read. I like the way the author explains blends of coffees and how to brew a perfect cup while tracking down a killer.

I loved this book! This cozy mystery had everything from the coffee facts, to the recipes, to the great character development and even the whodunnit was a mystery until the very end. I’m definitely excited to continue this series!

Gotta say, I live in Greenwich Village and used to work at St. Vincent's Hospital (where the victim in the book is sent) and I l-o-v-e-d this book. I could really relate to the details, although I can't yet figure out if/where the coffee shop is modeled after here in NY. I don't even know if we have any such places anymore now the Starbucks is here, too. Personally, I loved the coffee-trivia even though some other reviewers... Read Full Review

From the start of this book, the reader is cheering Clare on as she stumbles into a life that she left a decade before. She is intelligent and has the interesting situation of having to decide between two men- her exhusband Matt or Dect. Quinn. Not only is this a mystery that keeps you guessing, it has profound passages and reflections about life, September 11th, and living in New York. If you like coffee, make yourself... Read Full Review

Ten years ago, at the age of twenty-nine, Clare Cosi used to manage the historic Village Blend located in the heart of Greenwich Village, New York, when she left to pursue a life in suburbia where she could raise her daughter. Now, at the age of thirty-nine, she's decided that the slow pace of New Jersey is beginning to bore her, so when she gets a call from Madame (the owner of the Village Blend) to come back as manager,... Read Full Review