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Shot in the dark, Cleo Coyle

eng

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fiction

Shot in the dark

Cleo Coyle

A new smartphone dating game turns the Village Blend into a hook-up hot spot. As Village Blend manager Clare Cosi attempts to finalise a date for her wedding, her ex-husband becomes addicted to making dates through smartphone swipes. Clare has mixed feelings about these quickie matchups happening in her coffeehouse. Even her octogenarian employer is selecting suitors by screenshot! But business is booming, and Clare works hard to keep the espresso shots flowing. Then one dark night, another kind of shot leaves a dead body for her to find. The corpse is a successful entrepreneur who became notorious for his 'hit it and quit it' behaviour: prowling for women on dating apps, then devastating his conquests with morning-after insults. Though the NYPD quickly arrests one of his recent victims, Clare finds reason to believe she's been framed. Now, with the help of her ex and crew of quirky baristas, Clare starts 'swiping' through suspects in her own shop, determined to find the real killer before another shot rings out

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