Her octogenarian employer is bunking with her in a charming Georgetown mansion, and a Smithsonian curator invites her to work on its culinary salute to coffee in America.Clare's new Village Blend, DC is struggling to earn a profit-until it attracts a high-profile fan, the college-age daughter of the president. Clare's visit to the nation's capital is off to a graceful start.
Her octogenarian employer lands her a housesitting job in a charming Georgetown mansion, and she's invited to work with a respected curator on the Smithsonian's culinary salute to coffee in America. Now long-simmering secrets boil over, scalding Clare and the people around her.Ĭlare's visit to the nation's capital is off to a graceful start. From the New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Grind comes an exciting new installment in the "highly satisfying"* Coffeehouse Mystery series.Īfter the White House asks coffeehouse manager and master roaster Clare Cosi to consult on the coffee service for a Rose Garden Wedding, she discovers a historic pot was used as a CIA "dead drop" decades before.