Where culinary crimes meet a perfect roast—one sip could be your last.
Food critic Harper Wilde has solved culinary crimes from Savannah to San Francisco, but Seattle's coffee scene might serve up her most challenging case yet.
When Harper arrives in the Emerald City at the invitation of artisanal roaster Matthew Goldstein, she expects to write about exceptional coffee—not investigate a murder. But after internationally renowned coffee judge Takashi Yamamoto collapses during a tasting at Heritage Beans, Harper finds herself drawn into a web of corporate espionage, sabotage, and deadly deception.
Seattle's tight-knit community of independent coffee roasters is under siege. Equipment mysteriously malfunctions, shipments disappear, and quality control issues plague once-reliable businesses. Behind it all looms GlobalBrew, a coffee conglomerate acquiring failing roasteries at suspiciously convenient prices.
With help from no-nonsense Detective Cameron Park and agricultural scientist Dr. Rosa Alvarez, Harper races to uncover the truth before the Pacific Northwest Coffee Championship, where Matthew hopes to showcase a rare Ethiopian bean varietal that could change the industry—if someone doesn't brew up more trouble first.
From misty Pike Place Market to gleaming corporate towers, Harper follows the evidence one cup at a time. But as she uncovers connections to prohibited pesticides, exploited farmers, and a rare alkaloid compound that mimics deadly allergic reactions, she realizes this case is far bigger—and more dangerous—than local business rivalry.
Someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth from being filtered, and Harper might be brewing her last cup unless she can identify the killer before they strike again.
A perfectly extracted mystery with notes of danger, deception, and an expertly calibrated finale that will leave you thoroughly satisfied.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Food critic Harper Wilde has solved culinary crimes from Savannah to San Francisco, but Seattle's coffee scene might serve up her most challenging case yet.
When Harper arrives in the Emerald City at the invitation of artisanal roaster Matthew Goldstein, she expects to write about exceptional coffee—not investigate a murder. But after internationally renowned coffee judge Takashi Yamamoto collapses during a tasting at Heritage Beans, Harper finds herself drawn into a web of corporate espionage, sabotage, and deadly deception.
Seattle's tight-knit community of independent coffee roasters is under siege. Equipment mysteriously malfunctions, shipments disappear, and quality control issues plague once-reliable businesses. Behind it all looms GlobalBrew, a coffee conglomerate acquiring failing roasteries at suspiciously convenient prices.
With help from no-nonsense Detective Cameron Park and agricultural scientist Dr. Rosa Alvarez, Harper races to uncover the truth before the Pacific Northwest Coffee Championship, where Matthew hopes to showcase a rare Ethiopian bean varietal that could change the industry—if someone doesn't brew up more trouble first.
From misty Pike Place Market to gleaming corporate towers, Harper follows the evidence one cup at a time. But as she uncovers connections to prohibited pesticides, exploited farmers, and a rare alkaloid compound that mimics deadly allergic reactions, she realizes this case is far bigger—and more dangerous—than local business rivalry.
Someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth from being filtered, and Harper might be brewing her last cup unless she can identify the killer before they strike again.
A perfectly extracted mystery with notes of danger, deception, and an expertly calibrated finale that will leave you thoroughly satisfied.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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