Once upon a Grind

When coffeehousemanager turned amateur sleuth Clare Cosi roasts 'magic' beans for Fairy TaleWeek, she brews up a vision that leads to a sleeping beauty in Central Park; abig, bad wolf of Wall Street; and an East Side enclave with storybook secrets.Fairy tale fever has descended on New York City. Broadwayfans are flocking to Red Riding Hood: The Musical; museums areexhibiting art inspired by the Brothers Grimm; and Clare Cosi gives her coffeetruck a 'Jack and the Beanstalk' makeover for a Central Park festival.Clare's coffee hunter ex-husband contributes a bag ofAfrican beans with alleged magical properties, and his octogenarian motherentertains customers with readings of the grinds. But Clare remainsskeptical-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 drugoverdose. 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 WestSide.Now Clare is really in the woods-with a dangerous predatoron her heels and an investigation that leads from a secret Prince Charming clubright back to her own NYPD detective boyfriend. If she doesn't solve thismystery, those magic beans predict an unhappy ending.