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The Ghost and the Dead Deb (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)

(Book #2 in the Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series)

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When a visiting author is murdered, bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghostly companion must spook out the devious killer in this Haunted Bookshop mystery from Cleo Coyle, writing as Alice Kimberly. The only rule bookshop owner and widow Penelope Thornton-McClure has given ghostly hard boiled P.I. Jack Shepard is to not haunt the customers. But when hot, young author Angel Stark arrives at the store to promote her latest, a true crime novel, Jack can hardly contain himself. After all, this is his specialty Angel's book is an unsolved mystery about a debutante found strangled to death. And it's filled with juicy details that point a finger at a number of people in the deb's high society circle. But when the author winds up dead too--in precisely the same way--Pen is fast on the case...which means Jack is too. After all, a ghost detective never rests in peace. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Customer Reviews

5 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
A Good Series Becomes Great

I love this series! I was iffy on the first book wondering just how the author was going to convince me that there was a palpable heat between a ghost and a very much alive young woman, but she did, and now I'm into this series for the long haul. The frequent glimpses into Jack's past were enjoyable and the construct of Penelope joining him is an interesting twist with room to grow. This entry was a great deal more enjoyable...

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Rated 5 stars
This series keeps getting better!

I ran across the first title in this series, The Ghost and Mrs, McClure, in my local library. After finishing it, I made a trip to my used bookstore and was lucky enough to find both titles in stock. I am now anxiously awaiting the third. Penelope and her ghost private detective Jack must solve another mystery. This one has some overtones which remind Jack of one of his cases from 1940s. Jack uses dreams to show Penelope...

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Rated 5 stars
A Worthy Addition to an Interesting Series

I'm enjoying this series -- no obvious fake red herrings, enough believable suspects to keep the reader guessing, and a strong but not annoying female lead. The forties-type ghost who's the second character is a good match for the lead, and the beginnings of a "he's here and now" but "he can bring her into his past" is leading to some interesting heat. The contrast between Newport society and the rest of the world was well...

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Rated 5 stars
Great mystery set in a bookstore

Penelope Thornton-McClure is back solving another mystery. She has young author Angel Stark speak about her latest novel, true crime, in her bookstore Buy The Book that she owns with her Aunt Sadie. Angel's book is about the unsolved mystery surrounding a debutante found strangled to death. There are juicy details pointing fingers at a lot of people in the dead deb's circle of friends. Many of them are at this event and...

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Rated 5 stars
Much better than the usual serial/genre mystery

First off I should say that I'm not a frequent reader of any mysteries--particularly not of the contemporary series that are so ubiquitous now: mysteries for foodies, coffee drinkers, pet lovers, garderners, piano tuners, lion tamers--you name it--it's been done. I've dipped into several of them, and usually I'm disppointed by generically "quirky" characters and, especially, contrived dialogue and/or predictable situations...

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