Title: Murder and the Coffee Bean Betrayal
Author: Andi Cane
Date: May 25, 2026
Quote: "This is not what was ordered."
The coffee beans ordered in big heavy sacks have included sacks of what used to be called Hollow Roast--sacks with inner pockets that concealed smuggled goods, in this case collectible silver medallions. Hattie thinks that was just an historical curiosity until the man who's pronounced a sack "not what was ordered" is found dead.
This is not the chatty, charming sort of cozy mystery where recipes and cute animals play an important role. Hattie learns a fair bit about coffee, collectibles, and smuggling, and sweats over a plan to make people willing to believe who committed the murder. It's not really a "hard-boiled" story, with only one murder solved by a little old lady and a few friends, but neither is it the kind you revisit after solving the mystery just for the pleasure of the characters' company.
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