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THE COZY TIMES

This is a weekly online publication focused on connecting cozy mystery readers to favorite cozy characters by way of their town's newspapers. 

The Cozy Times will be available every Wednesday right here on Lisa Ks blog.

Today I'm featuring the 

Greenwich Village Gazette

Let's check out what's going on in 

Greenwich, New York.

BODY FOUND BY BARISTA

The body of Italian jewelry designer Gustavo “Gus” Campana was found in his West Village home by local coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi.

“I think someone poisoned him,” Ms. Cosi was overheard whispering to her globetrotting ex-husband, Matt Allegro, who sources beans for their landmark coffee shop.

The elderly Mr. Campana, whose custom-designed jewelry is a favorite of pop stars and princesses alike, was rushed to Beth Israel Medical Center, where he has yet to regain consciousness.

When asked to comment for the record, Ms. Cosi was silenced by her octogenarian boss, undisputed queen of the Greenwich Village coffee scene. “Don’t indulge in hearsay, dear,” Mrs. Dreyfus Allegro Dubois told this reporter. “Talk to the police.

”Easier said than done! The NYPD’s 6^th Precinct had no official comment, although an anonymous source claimed Mr. Campana’s estranged son-in-law was the last person to see him alive. Or was he? Watch this column for breaking news on this developing story.

POLICE SHOOTER STILL AT LARGE

The city that never sleeps is on edge with yet another police shooting. Detective Michael R.F. Quinn, head of the NYPD’s famous O.D. Squad, praised one of his officers, who pulled the wounded traffic enforcement agent out of harm’s way. “Sergeant Franco handled the incident with courage and composure,” Quinn said. Like the brass above him, he denied a serial sniper was to blame (in his public statement). But during a coffee break at The Village Blend, this reporter overheard Quinn privately speculate that a single shooter with a grudge against cops may be the perpetrator.

SUPERHERO EXTRAVAGANZA

POW! BAM!

An action-packed charity stage show is in rehearsal with the “world’s greatest superheroes,” according to Tucker Burton, who is writing and directing the show for kids with cancer. Though Tucker’s day job involves pulling perfect espressos at The Village Blend, he moonlights as a director of downtown cabarets and his many children’s theater credits include the smash hit of Central Park’s recent Fairy Tale Festival: Mother Goosed! While this reporter could not gain access to Tucker’s closed rehearsals, local slam poetess Esther Best was overheard griping about “men in tights being so-five-minutes ago.” Her roommate Nancy disagreed, calling the cast “smokin’ hot,” and the actor/model playing Superman (what else?) “super!”

Today's Cozy Times was based on the events in Cleo Coyle’s new Coffeehouse Mystery DEAD COLD BREW (#16 in the series), coming from Penguin Random House January 10, 2017.

THE PERFECT PROPOSAL LEADS TO A CHILLING COLD CASE...

 
Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi sheds tears of joy when her NYPD detective boyfriend surprises her with an engagement ring. But her bridal bliss is put on hold when a chilling mystery brings a wave of deadly danger to those she holds dear...
 
After everything Clare and Mike have been through, they deserve a little bit of happily ever after. So when Mike decides to put a ring on Clare's finger, Clare's eccentric octogenarian employer is there to help. She donates the perfect coffee-colored diamonds to include in the setting and the name of a world-famous jeweler who happens to be an old family friend. But while the engagement is steeped in perfection, the celebration is not long lived. 
 
First, a grim-faced attorney interrupts their party with a mysterious letter bequeathing a strange, hidden treasure to Clare's daughter. Next, the renowned jeweler who designed Clare's ring is found poisoned in his shop. Both events appear to be connected to a cold case murder involving a sunken ship, an Italian curse, a suspiciously charming jewel thief, and a shocking family secret. With deadly trouble brewing, Clare must track down clues in some of New York's most secret places before an old vendetta starts producing fresh corpses.
 
With recipes to die for, including how to make cold-brew coffee at home!

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Cleo Coyle’s exciting new culinary mystery includes more than 25 delicious recipes! To learn more and get Cleo’s Free Recipe Guide for Dead Cold Brew, CLICK HERE.

WHO IS CLEO COYLE?

CLEO COYLE is the pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, who writes popular fiction in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Like their 16 Coffeehouse Mystery novels, their 5 Haunted Bookshop Mysteries (written under the name Alice Kimberly), are bestselling works of amateur sleuth fiction for Penguin Random House. When not haunting coffeehouses or hunting ghosts, Alice and Marc are New York Times bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live and work in New York City where they cook like crazy, rescue stray cats, haunt coffeehouses, and hunt ghosts.

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WHAT ARE THE

COFFEEHOUSE MYSTERIES?

The Coffeehouse Mysteries are bestselling works of amateur sleuth fiction set in a landmark Greenwich Village coffeehouse, and each of the 16 titles includes the added bonus of recipes. 

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE  TITLE CHECKLIST OF BOOKS IN ORDER.

This fun, free checklist includes mini plot summaries for every title and links to many of Cleo’s Free Recipe Guides!

A big thank you to Cleo Coyle aka Alice & Marc, for a great issue of The Cozy Times
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