Thanks for the heads-up on the Coffee Party, Alice! And I will look up The Coffee Trader, by David Liss. Sounds interesting!

And—damn and blast!! I went to the Coffee Party web site and discovered that there was a meeting this afternoon about four and a half blocks from where I live—but it was over about two hours ago!

Mutter mutter mutter. . . .

Well, I'll keep checking the web site and catch the next one.

Don Firth