num_pages: 245
description: Patricia Harper is dead, killed by a hot-wired espresso machine, in Uncommon Grounds, her very own gourmet coffee store! Maggy Thorsen wants to know who killed one of her partners. Maggy needs the store to succeed. Starting over after her divorce, she's quit her PR job to open the coffee store. And if things aren't already tough enough, she begins to suspect one of her friends is responsible for Patricia's murder. Maggy joins forces with Sarah Kingstown, Patricia's closest friend, to investigate her killing. Together, they uncover unsavory small-town politics, bribes, kickbacks, and rampant infidelity. Before she's through, Maggy's sense of right and wrong will be shaken to its foundations. For once in her life, she is forced to draw her own line in the sand, and be prepared to defend it. Sandra Balzo currently resides in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
language: English
title: Uncommon Grounds
titlecomplete: Uncommon Grounds (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #1)
characters: Maggy Thorsen, Ted Thorsen, Gary Donovan, Rachel Thorsen, Rudy Fischer, Eric Thorsen, Courtney Harper, Kate McNamara, David Harper, Sam Harper, Patricia Harper, Caron Egan, Sarah Kingston, Sophie Daystrom, Bernie Egan, Jake Pavlik, Henry Wested
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Murder Mystery, Contemporary, Culinary, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Whodunit, Cozy Mystery
ratings_count: 1043
places: Wisconsin
series: Maggy Thorsen Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Five Star (ME)