num_pages: 368
description: From Cleo Coyle the New York Times bestselling author of Shot in the Dark and Dead Cold Brew comes a delicious new entry in the fun and gripping (Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mysteries.When coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi awakens on a bench in Washington Square Park she has no idea she's been missing for days or that her friends and family have been frantic with worry. Now that she's back everyone is overjoyed including a handsome NYPD detective who claims to be her fiance. But to Mike Quinn's crushing distress Clare doesn't remember him or much of anything about the last fifteen years of her life.Clare's missing memory is tied to a crime she witnessed. An acquaintance of Clare's elegant employer--and fellow member of an exclusive Gotham circle known as The Ladies Who Brunch--invited Clare to her posh hotel to sample gourmet wedding cakes. After their indulgent tasting they headed to the parking garage where a camera captured a masked figure with a gun confronting the hotel heiress with Clare looking on. Did the kidnapper take Clare too? The camera went dark just like Clare's memory. Soon authorities grow suspicious. Is Clare really a victim? Or merely acting like one? Evidence is mounting that she set the woman up.To clear her name Clare must find a way to reclaim her memories and rescue the heiress before this high-stakes crime ends in tragedy. Otherwise instead of walking down the aisle Clare may find herself perp-walking to prison as an accomplice to kidnapping and murder.
language: English
title: Brewed Awakening
publisher: Berkley