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Death Before Decaf

Java Jive Mystery Series, Book 1

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Death Before Decaf

Written by: Caroline Fardig
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
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After her music career crashes and burns, Juliet Langley is forced to turn to the only other business she knows: food service. Unfortunately, bad luck strikes yet again when her fiancé robs her blind and runs off with her best waitress. Flushing what's left of her beloved cafe down the toilet with her failed engagement, Juliet moves back to her college stomping grounds in Nashville to manage an old friend's coffeehouse.

At first glance it seems as though nothing's changed at Java Jive. What could possibly go wrong? Only that the place is hemorrhaging money, the staff is in open revolt, and Juliet finds one unlucky employee dead in the dumpster out back before her first day is even over. The corpse just so happens to belong to the cook who'd locked horns with Juliet over the finer points of the health code. Unimpressed with her management style, the other disgruntled employees are only too eager to spill the beans about her fiery temper to the detective on the case. Add to the mix a hunky stranger who's asking way too many questions, and suddenly Juliet finds herself in some very hot water. If she can't simmer down and sleuth her way to the real killer, she's going to get burned.

©2015 Caroline Fardig (P)2017 Tantor Cozy Detective Fiction Mystery Romantic Comedy Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Romance Comedy Employment

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The main character is supposedly celebrating her 30th birthday at the beginning of the book, but the voice actress sounds more like a 45-50yrs old woman. It really didn't fit the character. She's also teases her best friend a lot for being just a normal nerdy good guy and not some bulky machismo guy. I wanted to listen to it since it was part of the Audible free titles (it's going back to paid titles in about 2 days) and was set in a coffee shop, which I found interesting, but after over 3h 🎧 I'm still not thrilled by catching the murderer or by the characters themselves. I don't feel invested.

DNF at 40%, 3:30+

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