When Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki decide to open a bookstore café in their new town of Pine Hills, they decide to call it "Death by Coffee," after Krissy&;s father&;s most famous mystery novel. Little do they know how well the name fits&;On their very first day of business, Brendon Lawyer huffily takes his coffee&;to the grave. It seems he had a severe allergy to peanuts&;but how could there have been nuts in his coffee? And who stole his emergency allergy medication?Fortunately, Krissy&;s love of puzzles and mysteries leads her not only to Officer Paul Dalton, but also to many of her new neighbors, who aren&;t terribly upset that the book is closed on Brendon. But one of them is a killer, and Krissy needs to read between the lies if she wants to save her new store&;and live to see how this story ends&;