Book 1 in a new cozy series that's sure to delight and intrigue you! When a man bursts in right in the middle of her double shot espresso to tell her the father she never knew has been murdered, New York born and bred Callie Quick leaves the bright lights of her big city home and the wayward turn her life has taken lately to travel all the way down to the small Southern town of Lake Happenstance, Georgia for answers. Taking it upon herself to find her father's killer, Callie finds a charming little lakefront coffeeshop with a 'Now Hiring' sign in the window, an extended family of quirky relatives, an intriguingly stubborn protege of her father's who she just can't seem to shake (though, the truth is, she might not want to), and a mystery about her father's last days that will send her down a rabbit hole that even the most potent cup of Joe might not be able to save her from. A Deadly Roast is a light cozy mystery with an amateur female sleuth. A standalone with no cliffhanger, this book contains no swearing or otherwise graphic scenes.