Once upon a Grind - Rilegato

Coyle, Cleo

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ISBN 10: 0425270858 ISBN 13: 9780425270851

Casa editrice: Berkley Pub Group, 2014

Riassunto

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. His octogenarian mother entertains customers with readings of the grinds, but Clare remains skepticaluntil she receives a vision that helps her find a young model’s body in the park’s woods.

The police dismiss 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 woodswith 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.
Includes wicked good recipes!

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Praise for Once Upon a Grind:
"There's magic in the Ethiopian coffee beans that Matt Allegro, Clare Cosi's ex-husband, brings to her New York coffeehouse at the start of Coyle's 14th amusing combination of caffeine and chaos." --Publishers Weekly

"This series continues to mix clever and intricate plots with a regular cast of characters who become more enjoyable with every episode. Many recipes finish off another successful coffee hour (or two) with Clare." --Booklist
Praise for the Coffeehouse Mysteries
“Coyle’s long string of coffeehouse mysteries are always good value for the coffee lore and appended recipes. This is one of her best.”—Kirkus Reviews on Billionaire Blend (Starred Review)
“Highly recommended for all mystery collections.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“Sprightly...and engaging.”—Publishers Weekly
“Some of the most vibrant characters I’ve ever read.”—Mystery Scene Magazine
“What a pleasure to read a book by this author.”—Portland Book Review
“A delicious mystery!”—Woman’s World
“Clare Cosi is one of my favorite amateur sleuths...An excellent series...If you are not reading the Coffeehouse Mysteries yet, you are seriously missing out.”—Cozy Mystery Book Reviews

L'autore

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.

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• Editore: Berkley Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0425270858
• ISBN 13: 9780425270851
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 402