Cleo Coyle

Once Upon a Grind Cleo Coyle

Brief Description: "Fairy tale fever has descended on New York City. Broadway fans are flocking to Red Riding Hood: The Musical; museums are exhibiting art inspired by the Brothers Grimm; and Clare Cosi gives her coffee truck a 'Jack and the beanstalk' makeover for a Central Park festival. Clare's coffee hunter ex-husband contributes a bag of African beans with alleged magical properties, and his mother entertains customers with readings of the grinds. But Clare remains skeptical--until she receives a vision that helps her find the body of a young model in the park's woods. The police dismiss the 'sleeping beauty' as the victim of a drug overdose. Then Clare uncovers evidence that points to a roster of suspects, from a wolf of Wall Street to a New York Giant and a wicked witch of the West Side. Now Clare is really in the woods--with a dangerous predator on her heels and an investigation that leads from a secret Prince Charming club right back to her own NYPD detective boyfriend"--Container. Marc Notes: Title from disc label.; Series title from container.; Compact discs.; Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking--Container.; In container (15 cm).; Read by Rebecca Gibel.; Fairy tale fever has descended on New York City. Broadway fans are flocking to Red Riding Hood: The Musical;museums are exhibiting art inspired by the Brothers Grimm;and Clare Cosi gives her coffee truck a 'Jack and the beanstalk' makeover for a Central Park festival. Clare's coffee hunter ex-husband contributes a bag of African beans with alleged magical properties, and his mother entertains customers with readings of the grinds. But Clare remains skeptical--until she receives a vision that helps her find the body of a young model in the park's woods. The police dismiss the 'sleeping beauty' as the victim of a drug overdose. Then Clare uncovers evidence that points to a roster of suspects, from a wolf of Wall Street to a New York Giant and a wicked witch of the West Side. Now Clare is really in the woods--with a dangerous predator on her heels and an investigation that leads from a secret Prince Charming club right back to her own NYPD detective boyfriend--Container. Publisher Marketing: When coffeehouse manager turned amateur sleuth Clare Cosi roasts magic beans for Fairy Tale Week, she brews up a vision that leads to a sleeping beauty in Central Park; a big, bad wolf of Wall Street; and an East Side enclave with storybook secrets. Fairy tale fever has descended on New York City. Broadway fans are flocking to "Red Riding Hood: The Musical"; museums are exhibiting art inspired by the Brothers Grimm; and Clare Cosi gives her coffee truck a Jack and the Beanstalk makeover for a Central Park festival. Clare s coffee hunter ex-husband contributes a bag of African beans with alleged magical properties, and his octogenarian mother entertains customers with readings of the grinds. But Clare remains skeptical until she receives a vision that helps her find the body of a young model in the park s woods. The police dismiss the sleeping beauty as the victim of a drug overdose. Then Clare uncovers evidence that points to a roster of suspects, from a wolf of Wall Street to a New York Giant and a wicked witch of the West Side. Now Clare is really in the woods with a dangerous predator on her heels and an investigation that leads from a secret Prince Charming club right back to her own NYPD detective boyfriend. If she doesn t solve this mystery, those magic beans predict an unhappy ending." Review Citations:

Romantic Times 12/01/2014 pg. 50 (EAN 9780425270851, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 11/24/2014 (EAN 9780425270851, Hardcover)

Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9780425270851, Hardcover)

Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9780425270851, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Coyle, Cleo CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of The Coffeehouse Mysteries, now celebrating over ten years in print. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together, including the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries.