Grounds for Murder: In a town that runs on coffee, the deadliest cup looks like all rest: 2

A killer competition. A poisoned cup only she can taste.When the Southeastern Specialty Coffee Competition rolls into the little mountain town of Ashford, North Carolina, Marigold "Mari" Calloway braces for two weeks of crowds, chaos, and more espresso than her honey-and-coffee shop has ever pulled under one roof. What she doesn't brace for is the competition's celebrated head judge dropping dead in the middle of The Golden Cup - and being the only person in the room who can tell it wasn't his heart that killed him. The death looks natural. The cup says otherwise. Mari's trained palate caught the one bitter note that had no business being there, and now she's holding a secret someone was willing to kill to keep. But every soul in that competition had a reason to hate Julian Thorne. The roaster he ruined. The rival he humiliated. The coordinator who ran his life for eighteen years. And while a sharp out-of-town investigator quietly decides the most likely suspect is the woman whose shop the man died in, the real killer is still pouring, still smiling, still close enough to watch Mari get warm. With her best friend, a slow-burn deputy she can't quite stop thinking about, and a large orange cat who's a far better judge of character than anyone gives him credit for, Mari has one cup left to read - before someone makes sure she never tastes the truth. Grounds for Murder is the second Golden Cup Mystery: a clean, cozy whodunit set in a honey-soaked Appalachian town, perfect for readers who like their mysteries warm, their amateur sleuths sharp, and their cats judgmental. Includes an original recipe from The Golden Cup kitchen.