Murder Most Frothy

Summary

ClareCosi’s new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York baristacould turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At hisHamptons mansion, she will relax, soak up the sun, and, oh yes, train the staffof his new restaurant. So Clare packs up her daughter, her formermother-in-law, and her special recipe for iced coffee for what she hopes willbe one de-latte-ful summer.

Soon,Clare tends the coffee bar at her first Hamptons gala. But the festivities cometo a bitter end when an employee turns up dead in David’s bathroom—a botchedattempt on the millionaire’s life. Thanks to the Fourth of July fireworks, noone heard any gunshots, and the police are stuck in holiday traffic. Concernedfor everyone’s safety, Clare begins to investigate. What she finds will keepher up at night—and it’s not the java jitters.