title: Brewing Up Murder (Coffee Cup Mysteries) (Volume 1)
author:  Neila Young 
description: Neila Young is a Midwestern girl and a lover of coffee, live music, and horror movies, not necessarily in that order. Writing (and reading) mysteries are Neilas passion, and she approaches each day by thinking, everything is a story. She has been writing all her life and cant remember a time when she wanted to do anything else. She loves to take notes and spin tales about the quirky characters she meets, and she has found that she can create some great stories by asking what if and suppose that Neila studied journalism at the University of Kansas and then spent many years suffering the trials of corporate America, writing about everything from financial risk management to software user manuals to website copy about radiators (sadly, thats not a joke). She finally decided to take the plunge and write the cozy mysteries she loves so much, complete with recipes! When Neila is not writing, shes probably hanging out at a coffee shop or fighting evil with the help of her very supportive husband, two awesome children who constantly ask to have characters named after them, and the most loveable dog in the world, Dizzy.
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  Freshly Ground
  
  
  Murder
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Book 3
  
  
  A Killer Coffee Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Freshly Ground Murder
  
  
  
  
  
  A Killer Coffee Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  Loretta gave Patrick the nod that told him to kill the power.
  
  
  When Loretta pushed up the big fake on button, he’d reconnect the electric so
  it would have a dramatic effect.
  
  
  “On the count of three. Y’all ready?” Loretta’s voice echoed into the dark.
  “One, two, three. Merry Christ….”
  
  
  The lights came on and Loretta fainted. I’d like to say she fainted from the
  sheer excitement of the beauty of the tree. But I believe it was the legs and
  the feet that stuck out from underneath the tree and bound by lit up Christmas
  lights that knocked her out cold.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Freshly Ground Murder
  
  
  
  
  
  Killer Coffee Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  Book Three
  
  
  
  
  
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  Tonya Kappes
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialo