Ground Rules Mystery #01: Fresh Brewed Murder

- Blurb -

With its entrepreneurial, 20-something protagonist, focus on a hipster-run food truck pod in Portland, Oregon, and real-world issues involving homelessness and gentrification, Fresh Brewed Murder is a trendy, updated cozy mystery that offers strong appeal to Millennial and Gen Z readers. Master barista Sage Caplin is opening a new coffee cart in Portland, Oregon, but a killer is brewing up a world of trouble. . . Portland is famous for its rain, hipsters, craft beers. . . and coffee. Sage Caplin has high hopes for her coffee truck, Ground Rules, which she runs with her business partner, Harley--a genius at roasting beans and devising new blends. That' s essential in a city where locals have intensely strong opinions about cappuccino versus macchiato--especially in the case of one of Sage' s very first customers. . . Sage finds the man' s body in front of her truck, a fatal slash across his neck. There' s been plenty of anger in the air, from long-time vendors annoyed at Ground Rules taking a coveted spot in the food truck lot, to protestors demonstrating against a new high-rise. But who was mad enough to commit murder? Sage is already fending off trouble in the form of her estranged, con-artist mother, who' s trying to trickle back into her life. But when Sage' s very own box cutter is discovered to be the murder weapon, she needs to focus on finding the killer fast--before her business, and her life, come to a bitter end. . .