MURDER AT THE VILLAGE COFFEE SHOP: A 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery: 4

When a gilded coffee shop steals her regulars overnight, Josie Fairleigh never imagined she'd end up the prime suspect in its owner's murder.Meadowbrook Hollow has never seen anything like it: a fashionable coffee house opening right across the square from Josie's beloved Bluebell Tea Room, promising espresso and ambition in equal measure. Then its charming, secretive proprietor turns up dead behind his own counter on opening day, poisoned by the very blend he was so proud to serve - and Josie finds herself at the top of the suspect list simply for having the most to lose.With her corgi Toffee at her heels and Detective Inspector Julian Thackeray caught between duty and his growing feelings for her, Josie must untangle a web of forged loans, buried debts, and secret obligations before the coffee shop becomes Meadowbrook Hollow's next unsolved tragedy. Every neighbour she trusts hides something. Every clue points somewhere different. And the real killer is watching far more closely than anyone realizes.For fans of cozy mystery books, this 1920s historical cozy mystery brings together a charming English village setting, a slow-burn mystery romance, and amateur sleuth heroine who refuses to let anyone-least of all a murderer-ruin her tea room's reputation.Pour the tea and find out who really poured the poison.