Cleo Coyle

Cleo Coyle is the pen name for American mystery writers Alice Alfonsi in collaboration with her husband Marc Cerasini, best-known for the Coffeehouse Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime), a series of cozy mysteries set in and around a fictional coffeehouse in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.^[1]

Biography

Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini both grew up with

Among their co-authored projects are the Haunted Bookshop mysteries (Penguin Group), originally written under the pen name Alice Kimberly and later published under their Cleo Coyle name.^[8] The paranormal cozy mystery series is set in and around an independent bookstore in Rhode Island, and features the ghost of a hardboiled PI from the 1940s who helps the modern-day bookshop owner solve crimes.

Novels

The Coffeehouse Mystery Series

• On What Grounds (2003,
  ISBN 0-425-19213-X
  )
• Through the Grinder (2004,
  ISBN 0-425-19714-X
  )
• Latte Trouble (2005,
  ISBN 0-425-20445-6
  )
• Murder Most Frothy (2006,
  ISBN 0-425-21113-4
  )
• Decaffeinated Corpse (2007,
  ISBN 978-0-425-21638-5
  )
• French Pressed (2008,
  ISBN 978-0-425-22049-8
  )
• Espresso Shot (2008,
  ISBN 978-0-425-22177-8
  )
• Holiday Grind (2009,
  ISBN 978-0-425-23005-3
  )
• Roast Mortem (2010,
  ISBN 978-0-425-23459-4
  )
• Murder by Mocha (2011,
  ISBN 978-0-425-24143-1
  )
• A Brew to a Kill (August 2012,
  ISBN 978-0-425-24787-7
  )
• Holiday Buzz (November 2012,
  ISBN 978-0-425-25535-3
  )
• Billionaire Blend (December, 2013,
  ISBN 978-0-425-25291-8
  )
• Once Upon a Grind (December, 2014,
  ISBN 978-0-425-27085-1
  )
• Dead to the Last Drop (December, 2015,
  ISBN 978-0-425-27609-9
  )
• Dead Cold Brew (January, 2017,
  ISBN 978-0-425-27611-2
  )
• Shot In the Dark (April, 2018,
  ISBN 978-0-451-48884-8
  )
• Brewed Awakening (December 2019,
  ISBN 978-0451488879
  )
• Honey Roasted (January 2022,
  ISBN 978-0593197561
  )

External links

• Official website
• Gumshoe Review interview with Alice Alfonsi
• HarperCollins bio