Coffee Shop Cozies
- Dane Luna
- May 1
- 2 min read
Updated: May 13
Is there anything cozier than spending a day at a homey cafe where the coffee is made just the way you want, the food is great, and everybody knows your name? It's no wonder coffee shops are a perfect setting for cozy mysteries.
From a coffee shop in New York, a bookstore cafe, to the cafe of a true crime podcaster, here are three cozy mystery books set in coffee shops and an easy recipe for the classic coffee companion: the flat white.
Clare Cosi is returning to her life in New York to manage the historic Village Blend Coffeehouse and she can't ask for anything more: she gets to live in the apartment above the shop with her cat Java, she has many redecorating projects planned, and most of all, she looks forward to serving regulars their daily brew.
But things don't go as planned when she finds the cafe's assistant manager dead in the back of the store. And while the police think it's an unfortunate accident, Clare has reason to believe it might be murder.
Best friends Krissy and Vicki are opening Death by Coffee, a bookstore cafe in Pine Hills, Ohio that they've named after Krissy's father's most famous mystery novel.
Unfortunately, life imitates art in fatal fashion when somebody dies in their cafe on their first day of business. At first glance, the cause of death seems to be a severe case of a peanut allergy, but Krissy and Vicky have their suspicions. Who put nuts in his coffee? Moreover, who stole his allergy medication?
True crime podcaster Parker Hayes is giving up her career and her life in the city to open her own coffee shop in charming Magnolia Grove. But when a murder and a theft take place in one of the town's historic mansions, Parker finds herself in the middle of a mystery steeped in lies and lattes.
Can she find the culprit of the crimes and open her dream coffee shop in time?
Our Featured Cozy Drink: Make a Flat White without an Espresso Machine
A flat white and a good book go hand-in-hand, and while they're perfect to enjoy in your favorite cafe, you can also recreate the experience by making this classic coffee shop drink at home!
You’ll need the following:
Your choice of sweetener
Your choice of milk or milk substitute (1/4 cup)
Find the recipe by The Cookie Rookie here.
