Cleo Coyle

(aka Alice Kimberly)

Both Kimberly and Coyle are pseudonyms for a husband and wife team (Marc Cerasini and Alice Alfonsi) who write cozy mysteries together.  They write the Coffeehouse Mystery series as Coyle,  and the Haunted Bookshop Mystery series as Kimberly.

Click here for a post I’ve written about Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse Mystery Series.

COFFEEHOUSE Series:

Main Character: Clare Cosi, Coffeehouse Manager, New York City

1. On What Grounds
2. Through the Grinder
3. Latte Trouble    ‘05
4. Murder Most Frothy    ’06
5. Decaffeinated Corpse    ’07
6. French Pressed    ’08
7. Espresso Shot    ’08
8. Holiday Grind    ’09………………Christmas
9. Roast Mortem    ’10
10. Murder by Mocha    ’11
11. A Brew to a Kill     ’12
12. Holiday Buzz    ’12………………Christmas
13. Billionaire Blend    ’13
14. Once Upon a Grind    ’14
15. Dead to the Last Drop    ’15
16. Dead Cold Brew    ’17
17. Shot in the Dark    ’18
18. Brewed Awakening    ’19
19. Honey Roasted   ’22
20. Bulletproof Barista   ’23

STAND ALONES:

The Cozy Cookbook: More than 100 Recipes from Today’s Bestselling Mystery Authors    ’15 (w/ Avery Aames, Ellery Adams, Leslie Budewitz, Laura Childs, Victoria Hamilton, B.B. Haywood, Julie Hyzy, Jenn McKinlay, & Paige Shelton)

Written as Alice Kimberly:

HAUNTED BOOKSHOP MYSTERY Series:

Main Characters: Penelope Thornton’McClure,Owner of Bookstore & Jack Shepard, Ghost, Bookstore Inhabitant 

1. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure   ’04
2. The Ghost and the Dead Deb   ’05
3. The Ghost and the Dead Man’s Library  ’06
4. The Ghost and the Femme Fatale    ’08
5. The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion    ’09
6. The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller    ’18
7. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait   ’21
8. The Ghost and the Stolen Tears   ’22
9. The Ghost Goes to the Dogs   ’23

Written as Alice Alfonsi & Marc Cerasini:

PINK PANTHER MYSTERY Series:

1. The Pink Panther Gets Lucky    ’06
2. The Pink Panther’s Just Desserts    ’06