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WHO IS
CLEO
COYLE?

 
To read Cleo's
essay "Brewing
up Murder"

CLICK HERE

 The essay
appeared in
the Quarterly
Issue of Mystery
Readers Journal  

 

 

To read
Cleo Coyle's
WIki Entry
Click Here

 

CONTACT
CLEO COYLE AT

CoffeehouseMystery@
gmail.com

 

  

 Cleo
Interview
here

 

 

 What is a
cozy mystery?
The Cozy
Mystery
List tells you
click here

 

 

 

  

Gumshoe
Review
Interviews
Cleo Here
 

  

LIBRARY
THING
Hosted a chat
with Cleo.
 

Read it by...

CLICKING
HERE

    

 

  

Fun Foodie
Book Resort
Interview
with Cleo
Here.

 

  

 

 

 

 

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How to Clean
Your Drip
Coffee Maker...

Your best tasting
cup of java will
come from a clean
coffee maker!

 


Just for fun, see actor
Al Pacino's coffee
commercial below.
It was shot in New
York's West Village,
the home of
my Clare Cosi's
Village Blend!

 
  

 

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NYPD DET. 
MIKE QUINN'S 
BEAT

   

Click »  NYPD: Official Website for New York's Finest

Click »  NY Crime File (Daily News)

Click »  Police Blotter (NY Post)

 

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Want to
know
WHY
I write?

  

 Wait for the last line
of this movie preview.
~ Cleo
 

 

 

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 RISK

 

EVERYTHING


 

 

 

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 How to Make
Cuban Coffee
 

 

For more
info on the
Moka Express
stovetop pot
used in the
above video,

Click Here

 

 

 

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On Opinions...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So you're
scared
and you're
thinking that...

 ...maybe
we ain't that
young
anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

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How
about
remembering
your...



divinity.

 

        

 

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MEMBER
OF...

 Click the logo
to learn more
about
Sisters in Crime

  


 

 

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Colonial
Cranberries

 

 To read my
HOLIDAY GRIND
guest post
at Fresh Fiction.com
and get 4 of my
holiday recipes,
 CLICK HERE.

 

 

A BLOG
POST
FOR
WRITERS:

Read Cleo's
Guest Post at
Mystery Writing
Is Murder
"Genre Blending
and Your Character's
Love Life"
Click here to read.

 

 

 

 

Cozy Murder
Mysteries Blog
Interviews
Cleo

Part 1
click here

Part 2
click here

 

 

 

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How to Make
Coffee in a
French Press

  

For more
info on the
French Press pot
click the photo
below...

For more coffee
tips, scroll down
this left column...


 

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Cleo's Past 
Coffee Pick was...

Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti

Read more in
Cleo's archives or
 click here  to
visit Just Haiti.org

 

See more of
Cleo's past
coffee picks
by scrolling
down the 
right column.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOLIDAY
GRIND

Cleo's TOP-9
National
Bestseller in
Hardcover
is
now a
bestseller in
paperback!

 

“Fun and gripping…”
~ Huffington Post
 
 

 "Some of the most
vibrant characters
I've ever read."
~ Mystery Scene


"This one will keep
your cup
piping hot."
~ Kirkus
vif   

  

 

 

 

 
 

To order this very special entry in Cleo's series, click on one of the links below:

 

 
 

 

 

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Cleo Coyle's
Recipes
&
Coffeehouse Mystery 
Characters

 

 

 

To download PDFs of
Cleo's free bonus recipes,
scroll down...
 

 

 

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Free
Recipe PDF!

 

Aphrodisiac
Brownies

In Murder by Mocha,
coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi
bakes up these delicious brownies 
using three ingredients long
believed to be aphrodisiacs...

 

To get the free recipe
for Cleo's
Aphrodisiac Brownies

CLICK HERE!

This recipe will appear
as a PDF document that
you can print, save, or share...

 

Scroll down for more
free recipes from
Cleo Coyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Old Fashioned
Maple Sugar
Cookies

 

Cleo bakes these Maple
Cookies two different ways.
Find out how by clicking
the link below...

 

Get a free recipe PDF
for old fashioned 
maple sugar cookies by...

 

CLICKING HERE.

 

Bake with joy!

~ Cleo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Special
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Cleo Coyle's
"Cake Pan"
Dutch Babies

      

Forget the cast iron skillet. Cleo will show you how to make this classic, giant, popover pancake in a cake pan. Recipes included for classic lemon-sugar and my own cocoa-cappuccino variation.

 

 TO GET THE
RECIPE,
CLICK HERE

   

 

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  The best time for
planning a book is
when you're doing
the dishes . . .

 

~ Agatha Christie

 

 

 

 

 

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Twilight
Cauliflower 
 

20-Clove
Roasted Garlic
Cauliflower
 

Possibly anti-cancer.
Definitely anti-vampire...
 

    To get a free PDF of
Cleo's recipe....

CLICK HERE  

 

 

 

 

 

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Foodbuzz
Top 9 Pick!

 

 

   Cleo Coyle's
Holiday Sprouts
with Stilton, Bacon
& Figs
  

 This blog post was a
FoodBuzz Top 9 Pick!
(click to see)  

  

English Stilton is a superb blue cheese that is traditionally served at Christmastime. It is one of my favorite "flavors of the Season." In fact, my love for Stilton inspired my new recipe for you today: "Holiday Sprouts"

This side dish carries layers of flavor, so it works especially well when paired with straightforward main dishes like roasted turkey, chicken, or beef.  If you have trouble finding Stilton cheese, no worries, my recipe will work just fine with any blue cheese... ~ Cleo Coyle
 

To get Cleo's Holiday Sprouts
recipe, click below and jump
to her blog post...

  CLICK HERE

 

 



 

 

 

 

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Free
Recipe PDF!
 

 

Cleo's
Chocolate Chip 
Cobbler

An easy and amazing adaptation
of a reader's favorite chocolate
cobbler recipe.

Download both versions
of this recipe in one PDF
that you can print, save,
or share by...
 

 CLICKING HERE.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A free recipe PDF for
Clare Cosi's
Brooklyn Blackout Cake
will post here soon...
 

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What are these?

 

 

Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough
Bites!


You will find this recipe
in the Recipe Section of
Murder by Mocha

The eyes eat first!
~ Italian proverb!

If that's true, then Cleo invites
you to *feast* on her special
slideshow of foodie photos from
Murder by Mocha...

CLICK HERE TO SEE
THE SHOW!

 

Scroll down for more
of my bonus recipes...

~ Cleo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Cleo's free
Recipe Guide!

 

This free guide illustrates
the recipe section of
Murder by Mocha...

CLICK HERE
TO DOWNLOAD
FOR FREE 

 This document has several photos
and may take a few moments to load.
Please be patient.

Print out this PDF and tuck it into
your copy of Murder by Mocha
and you will have an instant illustrated
recipe section!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The following recipe post was chosen
as a "Top 9" (of over 4,000 posts)
by the editors of  Foodbuzz.com
and its online community of users!

 

 Click here to see Cleo's
post in the Top 9!

 
Thank you,
Foodbuzz!

 
 

Cleo Coyle's
Key Lime Coolers
(Cookies)

 Bake these delicious sweet-tart
meltaway treats with Key limes
or your "everyday" (Persian) limes.
Cleo's recipe post includes a
taste test that will tell you
the difference...
 

A free, downloadable PDF
of this recipe is linked
in Cleo's recipe post.
Jump to the post by
clicking the link below...

 

If you like it,
buzz it!
 

CLICK HERE
TO SEE
   

 

 

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 "The only real
stumbling block is
fear of failure..."
 

"In cooking
you've got to have
a what-the-hell
attitude."

~ Julia Child

 

 


To Read "3 Things Julia Taught Me"
by Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief
of Bon Appétit...
 click here.

 


 

 

 

  

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Guess What
Julia Child Loved
To Do?

 

 

   To find out, click the arrow
in the window below...

 

 

 

AND....

 

   

Get Cleo Coyle's
recipe for...

Corn Muffin Tops
"a la Julia Child"

 

By

Clicking Here!

 

 

 

 

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Cleo's Amazing
Blueberries 'n' Cream
Coffee Cake Pie!


Takes 5 minutes
to mix together.
Impressive to serve...


 
  For a peek at this and
some of the other
"must-make!"
recipes featured in Cleo's
2010 culinary mystery,
Roast Mortem, a
"Favorite Book of the
Year" Reviewer's Pick of Bookreporter.com...

 CLICK HERE!


Because the above recipe is already
published in Roast Mortem, it will not
be posted here, but keep scrolling down
to get more of Cleo's free bonus recipes....

 

 To purchase Roast Mortem
in its new paperback format,
click on one of the links below.


      

 

   

   

    

CLICK HERE
to Read
Roast Mortem's
Prologue &
First Chapter!
 

 
 

 

 

 


 

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Cleo Coyle’s
Sensuous as Sin
Chocolate-Dipped
Cinnamon Sticks

Guilt-free
Chocolate Bliss!

 Download a free PDF of Cleo's recipe
for this easy yet elegant and
sensuous dessert by,

CLICKING HERE
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Very Special
Recipe Blog Post


 
  Cleo Coyle's
Italian Easter Pie
Palmiers

 

 A savory appetizer based on
the annual Easter Pie of
Cleo's beloved Aunt Mary...

 

      

TO GET MY
RECIPE
CLICK HERE

  If you like it,
buzz it!

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of Cleo's recipe is linked inside
the blog post.


 

 

 

 

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Lomo Saltado

A delicous, easy main dish
from one of Matteo's
favorite South American
destinations for
coffee buying...Peru!

  Click here

 to read Cleo's recipe post at
"Vintage Cookbooks,"
a blog run by a librarian
who collects and writes about retro,
out-of-print cookbooks and is a
great fan of mysteries!

 

 

 

 

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"Top 9" Recipe
Blog Post!

 

  LITTLE
CHOCOLATE
CLOUDS IN MY
COFFEE  

 

Cleo's blog post was a FoodBuzz
Top 9 Pick! (click to see)

   

 Float these little cocoa meringues
into coffee or espresso for
an instant mocha. Or simply dip them
and bite for a chocolate delight.
 

   To get Cleo's free recipe,
click here

 

 

 

  

 

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 Part of my reseach for my culinary mystery,
Murder by Mocha,
included persuading Jason,
a coffee pro and top barista,
to share his prize-winning
mocha recipe... 

To get Jason’s $1500
prize-winning recipe for the 
 

MOCHA
CHALLENGE

Click here and read
his guest blog post... 

Wishing you java joy, 
~ Cleo

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Cleo's "Pernil"

Puerto Rican-Style
Roasted Pork Shoulder

 

  

  

To get Cleo's free recipe,
click here

 

The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 A Foodbuzz
Top 9 Pick!

 

 Cleo Coyle's
Leftover Champagne
Vinaigrette

 

 This blog post was a FoodBuzz
Top 9 Pick! (click to see)  

 

  

CLICK HERE TO GET
CLEO'S FREE RECIPE 

 
 If you like it,
buzz it! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Cleo Coyle's
Colonial
Cranberries

 

This blog post was
named a Foodbuzz
Top 9 Pick (Click to see)
 

 

To get Cleo's
Colonial Cranberries recipe,
click below and jump
to her blog post... 

 CLICK HERE TO READ
CLEO'S CRANBERRY POST 

 

If you like it,
buzz it!

  

 (Alice)

 

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Scroll down to meet

the fictional characters who

populate Cleo's

Nationally Bestselling

Coffeehouse Mystery

book series...

 

  

 

 

Meet the
Village Blend
Staff

 

  

 

 

 Meet
Clare Cosi...

 

 

Name: Clare Cosi
Job: Village Blend Manager & Head Barista
Internet handle: "The Coffee Lady"
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York
Originally from: Western Pennsylvania

About Me: When I’m not making espresssos or supervising our barista staff, I’m creating and roasting new blends from the beans brought in by our coffee buyer. I’m divorced with one grown daughter (Joy), who is now in culinary school. Oh, and that coffee buyer I mentioned? He also happens to be Matteo Allegro, my ex-husband. So far, Matt and I are working together without too much drama, but all the issues that originally broke us up do occasionally rear their ugly, hydra-like heads. And then there’s my little habit of getting mixed up in murder. Don’t ask. It would take too long to explain, and Matt thinks I’m just seeking the thrills I missed while he was off cliff-diving in Hawaii, and I was home alone, raising our daughter. Anyway, bottom line: love me, love the bean. Decaf drinkers, move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Mm'kay?

What My Avatar Says About Me: Coffee is love. There's not much a good cuppa Joe can't make a little bit better.

 

 

 

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Meet
Matt Allegro...

 

 

Name: Matteo “Matt” Allegro

Job: Village Blend Coffee Buyer, International Coffee Broker

Internet handle: "Coffee Hunter"

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Residence: Changes weekly

Originally from: Greenwich Village, NYC
 

About Me: Okay, I admit it. I’m an adventure junkie. When I was younger, my addictive personality was channeled into extreme sports. Now I travel the world in search of the best beans on the planet. There’s nowhere I won’t go--from the Costa Rican mountains to the Brazilian rainforests; from the islands of Indonesia to the muddy tracks of Uganda’s Mount Elgon (used by the Bagisu tribesman who’ve become experts at coffee farming). I’ve seen it and done it all; and although my ex-wife Clare believes I’ve also “done” every woman in every country I’ve visited, my extra-curricular activities have been nowhere near that egregious. Actually, despite my straying during our ten year marriage, she and I have managed to remain on pretty good terms. My elderly mother owns the Village Blend Coffeehouse, but she’s turned its operation over to me and Clare. I think we still make a good team, even if it’s no longer as man and wife. Bottom line: I’ve always been a thrill seeker, but at this age, I’m beginning to consider limiting my extreme sports to the bedroom.

 

What my Avatar says about me: Happiness is...trekking the globe, hunting for the world’s choicest cherries (coffee cherries, I mean).

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Meet
Madame...

 

 

Name: Madame Dreyfus Allegro Dubois
Job: Village Blend Owner
Internet handle: "Coffee Queen"
Gender: Female
Age: 79 (and counting)
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York 
Originally from: Paris, France

About Me: Hello! My granddaughter, Joy, claims this virtual world is the way of the future, so she's typing this up for me. Well, what can I tell you about myself? I've been through so much in this long life. I was born in Paris, and came to New York during World War II. At eighteen, I met my first husband, Antonio Allegro, and fell madly in love. He was so virile, so handsome, so passionate; and after he inherited the Village Blend from his father, he and I ran it together for years. We also traveled the world and had wonderful adventures!

     From a very young age, our son Matt was steeped in coffee; and after Antonio passed, Matt took over purchasing coffee for the Blend and began brokering coffee for international clients. The Village Blend has always been a family business—and I'm determined to keep it that way. That's why it broke my heart when Matt and his adorable wife, Clare, divorced.

     Clare is the best barista I've ever met, and I've always considered her the daughter I never had—the divorce didn't change that. (What's a silly piece of legal paper against a lifetime of caring?) That's why I was thrilled when she finally agreed to come back to my Blend and run it for me. It will be half hers one day, too. My will makes it official. And now I know that when I die, my beloved Blend will be in the very best hands.

     As for me, I've got a lot of life yet to live, and I'm always up for adventure—just ask Clare! New York is quite a bubbling cauldron. Passions run high in my city and every so often, it seems my former daughter-in-law finds herself embroiled in the most interesting cases of murder. That's when I offer my services. While I may no longer be a spring guinea hen, I'm nobody's fool. And Clares knows better than to turn down the wisdom of a woman who's been around more than a few blocks!

 

What My Avatar Says About Me:  Welcome to my coffeehouse! It is my hope you'll think of it as a second living room—where (of course) freshly roasted coffee is always brewing!

 

 

 

 

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Meet
Joy Allegro...

 

 

Name: Joy Allegro
Job: Culinary Student (and part-time barista)
Internet handle: "One Hot Cookie!"
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York 
Raised in: (mostly) suburbs of New Jersey
 

About Me: I'm currently studying to become a professional chef. My goal (eventually) is to have my own restaurant, but until then I'm totally determined to apprentice under a top chef. I love cooking food, hanging with my friends, and my family. My grandmother is the coolest, and even though my parents are divorced, they're working pretty well together. Mom and Dad have been big boosters for me, and I seriously appreciate that--even though Mom's way too snoopy. I don't mean she asks too many questions. I'm talking Defcon 1 Snoop Level here. It's a real pain. A girl needs her privacy, you know? So, okay, I have this thing for older men that freaks Mom out a little. But I can’t help it if guys keep hitting on me. And the drug thing was no biggee. My partying is totally under control--the coke was just recreational! Anyway, I'm really a nice girl who works hard and is totally mature enough to run her own life. Totally.

What My Avatar Says About Me: Cooking Like Crazy rules! And so does The Frying Pan, which seriously beats falling into the fire!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Village Blend Barista: Esther Best

Village Blend Barista: Tucker Burton

Village Blend Barista: Dante Silva

More NYPD Customers:
Sergeant Emmanuel Franco
The Fish Squad

 

  

 

 

  

 

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Foodbuzz
Recipe Post!

 

   

 Cleo Coyle's
Eggnog Latte
Cookies

One dough made 2 Ways
with Easy Eggnog Glaze
and Nutmeg Sugar


    A FThis post was chosen by 
Foodbuzz.com as
a "Daily Special" featured
recipe and a "Top 9" Post 

 

 

To get Cleo's recipe for
Eggnog Latte Cookies
(one dough made 2 ways),
and recipes for
Eggnog Glaze and Nutmeg Sugar,
click the link below...
 

   Click here to get Cleo's
Eggnog Latte Cookie
Recipe    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why do Crime
Writers Like
Lamb?

Cleo Coyle's
"Dinner To Die For"
with a nod to
Alfred Hitchcock!

 

To find out why
crime writers like lamb and
get Cleo's favorite recipe
for Aussie rack of lamb,
 

CLICK HERE AND
JUMP TO CLEO'S FOODIE
BLOG POST 



A free, downloadable PDF
of Cleo's recipe is linked inside
the blog post.





 

 

 

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Still cooking!

Check back soon
to get more of Cleo's
downloadable recipes...

 

 

Liver Let Die (A Clueless Cook Mystery)

 

 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing

 

 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing