To the last drop : Maggy Thorsen mysteries #9 / Sandra Balzo.

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Title:

To the last drop : Maggy Thorsen mysteries #9 / Sandra Balzo.

Author:

Balzo, Sandra

ISBN:

9780727885920

Edition:

First World edition.

Publication Information:

Sutton, Surrey, England : Severn House, 2016.

Physical Description:

184 p.

Series:

Maggy Thorsen Mysteries #9

Abstract:

"Maggy Thorsen's shock at finding her ex-husband Ted in a fight with William Swopes, an oral surgeon at Ted's dental practice, outside Uncommon Grounds, the Wisconsin gourmet coffeehouse she co-owns, is soon usurped by the horror of discovering a dead body outside Thorsen Dental's office block the next morning. Did he jump from the tenth-floor office window, or was he pushed?"--Amazon.com.

Subject Term:

Thorsen, Maggy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Coffeehouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Fiction.

Businesswomen -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

Maggy Thorsen returns in this coffeehouse mystery, where the death of her ex-husband's colleague leads to events that hit Maggy close to home - in more ways than one . . . Maggy Thorsen's shock at finding her ex-husband Ted in a fight with William Swopes, an oral surgeon at Ted's dental practice, outside Uncommon Grounds, the Wisconsin gourmet coffeehouse she co-owns, is soon usurped by the horror of discovering a dead body outside Thorsen Dental's office block the next morning. Did he jump from the tenth-floor office window, or was he pushed? It's not long before Maggy is uncovering disturbing family secrets, lies and betrayal. As Maggy tries to piece together the clues, her beau, Jake Pavlik, hits her with another bombshell. Can she keep her emotions in check and find out the truth about a possible murder?

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Someone kills dental surgeon William Swope by throwing him out his 10th-floor office window in Balzo's entertaining ninth mystery featuring Brookhills, Wis., coffee shop owner Maggy Thorsen (after 2013's Murder on the Orient Espresso). Maggy has more than one personal link to the victim. Swope shared his dental practice with Ted Thorsen, Maggy's ex-husband; Maggy recently consulted Swope's wife, Lynne, a financial planner, about her inheritance; and Maggy's son, Eric, got a lift from school from Swope's daughter the day of the murder. Suspects include a woman who has been picketing the dentists' office for their being in cahoots with a government plot, and an irate dentist from Louisville, Ky., who blames Swope for illegal business practices and drug use. Maggy can't keep out of the case, even if it costs her relationship with the investigating sheriff, Jake Pavlik, her boyfriend. Maggy makes an appealing amateur sleuth, though the story would have benefited from more action and fewer discussions and less analysis. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Against the wishes of her boyfriend, Sheriff Jake Pavlik, Maggy Thorsen, part owner of Uncommon Grounds, a coffee shop in Brookhills, Wisconsin, turns sleuth after her ex-husband Ted's former dental-office partner, William Swopes, is found dead. Was his fall from the tenth story of his office building suicide or murder? Suspects include Ted himself as well as a seemingly unbalanced woman who followed Swopes from Kentucky; Ted's daughter, Ginny; and his wife, Lynne, who just filed for divorce due to Ted's many infidelities. Even though Maggy has only known the Swopes family for a short time, she agrees to help Lynne and Ginny, after they emerge as the chief suspects. The self-deprecating Maggy makes an endearing cozy protagonist, and the coffee-shop frame story is brimming with interesting details. There are numerous mystery series starring women who own small businesses and who have some kind of personal connection to law enforcement. Suggest Maggy's adventures to fans of Chris Cavender's Pizza mysteries, Elizabeth J. Duncan's Penny Brannigan series, and Laura Child's Tea Shop mysteries.--O'Brien, Sue Copyright 2016 Booklist