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COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE

Carlos Allende

LAST NOVEMBER, I FOUND A DEAD BODY inside the freezer that my roommate keeps inside the garage. My first thought was to call the police, but Jignesh hadn't paid his share of the rent just yet. It wasn't due until the thirtieth, and you know how difficult it is to find people who pay on time. Jignesh always does. Also, he had season tickets for the LA Opera, and well . . . Madame Butterfly. Tosca. The Flying Dutchman . . . at the Dorothy Chandler . . . you cannot say no to that, can you? Well, it's been a few good months now - Madame Butterfly was just superb, thank you. However, last Friday, I found a second body inside that stupid freezer in the garage. This time I'm evicting Jignesh. My house isn't a mortuary . . . alas, I need to come up with some money first. You'll understand, therefore, that I desperately need to sell this novel. Just enough copies to help me survive until I find a job . . . what could I do that doesn't demand too much effort? We have a real treasure here, anyhow. Some chapters are almost but not quite ornographic. You could safely lend this to nana afterward!
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Published 2022-06-01 by Red Hen Press

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"Elaborate scams and workplace murders abound in this bleakly comic novel." Read more...

Carlos Allende's COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE included in Lambda Literary's “June's Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature”! Read more...

"It's been a long time since I've read a book as unabashedly fun as Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love, and I think it'll be a while before I read another book that so deftly marries whimsy with wrongdoing, that makes me laugh out loud while cringing at the same time." - Independent Book Review Read more...

"With a super-intense economical use of words, here is a writer who knows exactly just how much description to give." - Life Elsewhere Read more...

Carlos Allende, Author of COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE, Interviewed on LitHub First Draft Podcast by Mitzi Rapkin Read more...

Carlos Allende Interviewed by Shelagh Shapiro from Write the Book! Read more...

Carlos Allende's COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE included in Independent Book Review "45 Books We're Excited About"! Read more...

"Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love is a delightful beach read, a lampoon of American culture that provides plenty of suspenseful fun." - The Art Fuse Read more...

"The writing is fresh and the story is very compelling. There are a lot of moments readers will want to look away, but it's impossible to put the book down." Read more...

Carlos Allende's COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE included in She Reads' Indie Book Club Picks for 2022! Read more...