The Fairy-Tale Detectives  The Fairy-Tale Detectives is the first book in The Sisters Grimm series written by Michael Buckley. There is magic for those who look. Eleven-year-old Sabrina and Seven-year-old Daphne are orphans who go to live with their grandmother (who they thought was dead) in the small town of Ferryport Landing, New York. After the kidnapping of their parents and going through countless abusive foster homes, Sabrina is incredibly suspicious and hesitant to trust their grandmother. Sabrina, having been told her whole life that her grandmother is dead, believes she is an imposter. 'Granny' lives with a man named Mr. Canis, who she says helps her take care of the house. They soon find out that their grandmother is a very strange person. Her house is filled with fairy tale books, her dog, elvis, initially attacks Sabrina, her door has eight locks and eight different keys, her car has a rope rather than a seatbelt, and they are told that they aren't allowed to let anyone or anything in the house without granny or Canis' permission first. Granny claims that she was close with their parents, and has received letters from them in the past. That night, Sabrina attempts to escape with Daphne through the woods, but they are attacked by small bugs that resemble fireflies. When granny finds them, she refers to the bugs as pixies, and keeps them away with a mysterious blue dust that seems to put them to sleep. Granny doesn't seem angry, but she has their windows nailed shut. After, granny and canis drive with the girls through the town, eventually reaching what appears to be the scene of a crime, a house that has been completely crushed into rubble. Granny and Canis leave the girls alone to go investigate the scene, and while Sabrina and Daphne wait, they encounter Mr. Seven and his employer, Mr. Charming. Both seem to have a serious disdain for the Grimm Family, despite being familiar with granny and canis. Granny finds a fresh leaf on the ground and decides that it's from a beanstalk, but Mr. Charming seems eager to dismiss and cover up the case. Granny tells the girls she believes the house has been stepped on by a giant. Sabrina thinks she's gone crazy, and Daphne thinks she's joking, but later they both realize that the rubble is sitting in the indentation of a massive footprint.