Groundless

I wanted to like this book. It should have hit all the points:

• I'm a coffee enthusiast 
• I'm a big fan of dual use buildings and city life
• I like strong, female characters...I even married one. 
• I read a lot of mysteries

Despite all the ingredients being present, On What Grounds (first in the Coffeehouse Mystery series) just didn't come together for me.

This wasn’t my first foray into the cozy mystery genre, but it may be a while till I revisit. I could put up with a lot of poor decisions being made by the protagonist. Even all the relationship angst didn’t bother me too much; it comes with the territory, after all. My biggest complaint with this book is that Cleo Coyle got most of the coffee info wrong. It’s the central shtick of the book and the characters don’t seem to know the difference between a dark or a light roast and the resultant flavor profiles. It was quite off-putting.

Speaking of Competence Triggers, this was really detracted from my ability to trust the author to be accurate and correct in areas outside my own knowledge base.