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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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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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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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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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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