Cafe Zoey — Martin Roth

MEET ZOEY STARR – BARISTA FROM HELLIt has been six months since champion barista Zoey Starr fled overseas after the tragic death of her young daughter. Six months during which she tried to escape the memories that continued to haunt her.Now she is back. She is seeking revenge. And she doesn’t care who gets hurt.Jenny Bilbey is a recovering alcoholic and an aspiring journalist. She is working on her first story, about the country town that was razed to the ground in a bushfire and has now been rebuilt as a super-trendy foodie paradise. But she quickly discovers that some of the locals do not want her to learn about their town.She finds an unlikely ally in the impulsive and unpredictable Zoey Starr, now barista at one of the hottest cafés in this town. And together they work to unravel the mysteries that many would prefer to remain hidden.Set in the world of specialty coffee, Cafe Zoey is a gripping psychological thriller about the dark secrets that people hold and the dark places to which they are led.Best read with a double espresso or cappuccino in hand from your favorite barista.About the AuthorMartin Roth is a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent who lived in Tokyo for seventeen years and whose reports from throughout Asia have appeared in leading publications around the world. He now lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia, where he enjoys walking his Šarplaninac mountain sheepdog and drinking coffee in the city’s many wonderful cafés.