Bulletproof Barista

Informationen zum Autor Cleo Coyle Klappentext "Only Murders in Gotham, the smash hit streaming show, is famous for filming in authentic New York City locations and using real New Yorkers as extras. For their latest episode, they've chosen to spotlight the century-old Village Blend and its quirky crew of baristas. But when the film crew's week of shooting delivers an actual shooting, Clare Cosi and her staff find themselves at the scene of a true crime"-- Leseprobe ONE If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever. -David Letterman Greenwich Village, New York Present Day After I tied and retied my ponytail, slipped into a fresh Village Blend apron and straightened it, I wondered if I might look more "managerial" without it, so I took it off. That's when I noticed the Appalachian Trail of wrinkles on my thin cotton sweater and put the apron back on. Esther Best watched this anxious process with a critical eye. As I slicked back my ponytail (yet again), my most outspoken barista finally spoke. "I hope you're finished fussing, Ms. Boss. It's distressing to see a manic Clare Cosi." With a twist of her zaftig hips, Esther punctuated her statement by sliding a wrought iron chair into place. "But I'm not manic," I protested as I reapplied lip gloss while checking my reflection in the espresso tamper's chrome. "Okay, I'll be blunt. You're acting bat guano crazy! You're behaving like a refugee from a 1950s sock hop who's about to meet Elvis." "I'm about to meet Jerry Sullivan, Esther. Jerry is my Elvis. And he'll be right here, in our coffeehouse, any minute!" "Oh, come on. It's not like he's a superstar recording artist or something. He's just a comedian." "Jerry Sullivan is not just a comedian. When I was growing up, he . . . well, let's just say he means a lot to me . . ." Secretly, I feared I'd be tongue-tied the moment I met him, but I hoped that someday I could tell the man how much his comedy meant to a girl brought up in a struggling corner of Western Pennsylvania. Despite the dreariness of mill town life, my mother's desertion of me and my father, and eating my feelings through a chunky monkey childhood, Jerry made me laugh, no matter how low or unattractive I felt. His humor reassured me that I wasn't crazy simply because I thought the whole world was. "Look at her!" Esther threw up her arms. "Ms. Boss is actually gushing." "Maybe I am. But in my view, Jerry Sullivan deserves a little gushing-and fussing. And, by the way, if you're so blasé about his visit, why did you and Nancy come in two hours early?" Tucker Burton, my trusted assistant manager by day and off-off-Broadway's favorite thespian by night, leaned his lanky form against the coffee bar, flipped back his floppy brown mop, and drawled- "You tell 'em, Clare. Show business runs on fandom like yours." "And mine!" Nancy Kelly, our youngest (and most enthusiastic) barista, shook her wheat-colored braids. "I mean, okay, I don't know much about Jerry Sullivan's history, but I do know he's the star of Only Murders in Gotham and he's coming to our coffeehouse!" And why not? I thought. Our century-old shop was a singular destination with its restored plank floors, cozy fireplaces, and romantic wall of French doors. But the Village Blend's atmosphere was only part of its charm. Our coffeehouse served some of the finest sourced beans in the world and boasted a colorful history with roots that ran directly through the bohemian life of Greenwich Village. For decades, aspiring actors, writers, musicians, and artists sipped espressos at our marble-topped tables and crashed in our upstairs lounge when they couldn't make it home (or pay the rent). We had so many framed sketches, paintings, and napkin doodles from patrons who'd made it big that I'd become a curator ...

Product details

• Authors: Cleo Coyle
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9780593197592
• ISBN: 978-0-593-19759-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Series: A Coffeehouse Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense