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  • Published: 18 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9780425270868
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $19.99

Once Upon a Grind



The mass market reprint of the 14th in our New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series!

From the New York Times bestselling author of Billionaire Blend—a mystery with a sleeping beauty that is “so much fun to read.”*

It’s Fairy Tale Week in New York City, and Clare Cosi has given her coffee truck a “Jack and the Beanstalk” makeover for the Central Park festival. Her ex-husband has contributed a bag of African coffee beans with alleged magical properties, and his octogenarian mother is giving out readings of the grinds. But Clare remains skeptical—until 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. But when Clare uncovers evidence that points to murder, she winds up with a dangerous predator on her heels and an investigation that leads right back to her own NYPD detective boyfriend. If she doesn’t solve this mystery fast, those magic beans predict an unhappy ending.

*Once Upon a Romance

  • Published: 18 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9780425270868
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Cleo Coyle

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 national bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries.

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Praise for Once Upon a Grind

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