The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)

THE FIRST HAUNTED BOOKSHOP MYSTERY FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLEO COYLE--WRITING AS ALICE KIMBERLY

"Part cozy and part hard-boiled detective novel with traces of the supernatural, The Ghost and Mrs. McClure is just a lot of fun."--The Mystery Reader

Young widow Penelope Thornton-McClure and her old Aunt Sadie are making ends meet by managing a mystery book shop--a quaint Rhode Island landmark rumored to be haunted. Pen may not believe in ghosts, but she does believe in good publicity--like nabbing Timothy Brennan for a book signing. But soon after the bestselling thriller writer reveals a secret about the store's link to a 1940s murder, he keels over dead--and right in the middle of the store's new Community Events space.

Who gives Mrs. McClure the first clue that it was murder? The bookstore's full-time ghost--a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago. Is he a figment of Pen's overactive imagination? Or is the oddly likable fedora-wearing specter the only hope Pen has to solve the crime? You can bet your everlasting life on it...
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272 pages

Average rating: 7.25

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margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
8/10 stars
Fun mystery about a book store specializing in mysteries. At their very first author event, the author drops dead. And a ghost who is haunting the bookstore helps the owner solve the crime. quirky combination of hard-boiled detective language, and publishing house politics. The audiobook was voiced by two people, the owner Penelope and the ghost. This makes it fun.

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