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Brewed, Crude and Tattooed
Sandra Balzo
A Maggy Thorsen coffee house mystery.
Maggy Thorsen, co-owner of coffee house Uncommon Grounds, is trapped in a shopping mall by a snow storm, which cuts the electricity and phone lines. She finds the body of Way Benson, the owner of the mall. Maggy's discovery unearths other refugees of the storm and more than one of these people has a motive for killing the arrogant Way. Then there is another murder...
UK edition
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Publication Date: 1 Mar 2009
ISBN: 9780727867353
Price: £18.99
Dimensions: 141 x 222
Extent: 192 pages
US edition
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Publication Date: 1 Jun 2009
ISBN: 9780727867353
Price: $27.95
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5
Extent: 192 pages
Death of a Bean Counter
Trouble is brewing for coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen when her barista's wealthy beau is murdered.
Amy Caprese is the star barista at Maggy Thorsen's coffeehouse, Uncommon Grounds. But her new beau Kip Fargo has been shot dead in his bed - and Amy is the prime suspect. Determined to prove her barista's innocence, Maggy soon makes a number of disturbing discoveries. Can she untangle a web of lies in time to avert the disaster that's brewing?
Murder a la Mocha
Coffee, a canine and a corpse: a bad feeling leads to an even worse discovery when Maggy tries to return a Chihuahua to its owners in the new coffeehouse mystery.
Uncommon Grounds coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen is full of good intentions when she attempts to return Mocha, a lost chihuahua who jumped out in front of her car, to her owners. But a trip to the Satterwite's house and meeting their dog-sitter give Maggy a bad feeling... and leads to an even worse discovery. Can she solve another deadly puzzle?
The Importance of Being Urnest
Maggy confronts a number of mysterious deaths and has an important decision to make about her future with Sheriff Jake Pavlik in the new Maggy Thorsen coffeehouse mystery.
The choice of an antique silver coffee urn as the final resting place for elderly Celeste Bouchard's ashes might raise eyebrows but Maggie has other things on her mind - should she marry Sheriff Jake Pavlik, currently taking refuge with her thanks to an escaped convict? Even so, she is soon drawn into a difficult and dangerous puzzle.
To The Last Drop
Maggy Thorsen returns in this brand-new coffeehouse mystery, where the death of her ex-husband's colleague leads to events that hit Maggy close to home - in more ways than one . . .
Maggy Thorsen discovers a dead body outside Thorsen Dental's office block and is soon uncovering disturbing family secrets, lies and betrayal. And when her beau, Jake Pavlik, hits her with another bombshell, can she keep her emotions in check to uncover the truth?
Hit and Run
AnnaLise's philandering father's attempt to 'do right' by his many heirs goes deadly wrong.
Journalist AnnaLise Griggs' birth father, the legendary womanizer Dickens Hart, claims he wants to 'do right' by any other offspring, so throws a Thanksgiving party for his former lovers with potential heirs. But not everyone is in a celebratory mood, and when a body is discovered, AnnaLise is left with the task of identifying the killer.
Murder on The Orient Espresso
Maggy Thorsen and her beau Jake Pavlik find themselves plunged into a real-life mystery as baffling as any Agatha Christie classic.
It's November and Maggy Thorsen is in South Florida at an annual crime-writers' conference with her beau, local sheriff Jake Pavlik. Maggy's pledge to behave solely as a tourist becomes trickier than she expected when the conference's opening night turns out to be a re-enactment of Murder on the Orient Express. As Maggy and Jake reluctantly set off on the night train, it's clear that nothing is quite what it seems.
Dead Ends
The second title in the 'Main Street' series - a blast from the past has deadly consequences for the small town of Sutherton...
Fall arrives early in the High Country of North Carolina, but journalist AnnaLise Griggs is more concerned about one particular trio of visitors: Benjamin Rosewood, his wife Tanja, and their daughter, Suzanne, especially as AnnaLise and Ben have history. When two sudden and unexpected deaths occur, AnnaLise must protect herself and the place she loves as she is forced to confront how far a person might go to get - and keep - what they believe should be their own.
Triple Shot
A Maggy Thorsen coffee house mystery.
There's a chill in the Wisconsin air, and it's a shot in the arm - a triple espresso shot - to Uncommon Grounds, the Brookhills coffeehouse owned by Maggy Thorsen and real estate maven Sarah Kingston. Their new autumn drink is a huge success. But two estate agents have died lately, and Sarah herself is under investigation for irregularities at her job. Then a stench begins to percolate through the coffeehouse, and soon it's clear that corpses - like other bad things - do indeed come in threes...
A Cup of Jo
A Maggy Thorsen caffeine cozy.
Maggy Thorsen's heart, uncharacteristically, is swelling with optimism. Sure, her original Wisconsin coffeehouse, Uncommon Grounds, was destroyed in a freak blizzard. But, with new business partner Sarah Kingston, she's found the perfect place to relocate to - a quaint railroad station that will soon be revitalized by a new commuter-rail connection. Sarah and Maggy hope that the station's 'Dedication Day' will provide great free publicity. But their dream turns into a nightmare when the event manager makes her grand appearance on the day: as a corpse . . .
Running on Empty
The first in a new series by the author of the Maggy Thorsen mysteries.
Life on Sutherton's Main Street has always been inexplicably hazardous. Like the student who bet he could paddle a beer-filled ice chest across the lake. And lost. Not to mention the occasional tourist who wandered into the mountains, never to wander back out. But the day Daisy Griggs siphoned three pints of blood from poor Mrs Bradenham seemed to set a new standard. Now more and more people are dying and unless Daisy's daughter can figure out why, her mother may be next . . .
From The Grounds Up
Maggy Thorsen refuses to give in as trouble brews again.
|When Maggy Thorsen's coffee house, Uncommon Grounds, is virtually obliterated by a snowstorm, she and her friend Sarah resolve to reopen and Maggy's found the perfect spot near the train station, just in time for the opening of the new commuter route. But when Sarah's uncle dies suddenly, in the first of a series of 'accidents', it's clear that someone doesn't want Uncommon Grounds to reopen. Maggy, however, has no intention of yielding . . .
Bean There, Done That
A Maggy Thorsen mystery.
Here's a tip: if your ex-husband's mistress-cum-missus asks for your help in proving that he cheated on her while he was married to you, just say no. And, whatever you do, don't invite her in. Coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen does just that when Rachel Slattery Thorsen comes knocking on her door. When the new Mrs Thorsen disappears that same evening, Maggy quickly finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation involving Rachel's hotelier family - Milwaukee's answer to the Hiltons.
Grounds for Murder
A sharp and amusing mystery from a talented writer.
Set in Milwaukee at a scaldingly competitive trade show for the coffee industry, events reach a head when coffeehouse-owner Maggy Thorsen discovers a body under a table at the conference centre. As the reluctant conference coordinator and a potential suspect Maggy must track down the murderer, save her coffeehouse and hopefully put some froth into her love life...