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Feb 03, 2004 | ISBN 9780425194614 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Feb 03, 2004 | ISBN 9781101010440 Buy
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Feb 03, 2004 | ISBN 9780425194614
Feb 03, 2004 | ISBN 9781101010440
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 ReaderYoung 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…
Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York… More about Alice Kimberly
Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York… More about Cleo Coyle
Praise for The Ghost and Mrs. McClure“A deliciously charming mystery with a haunting twist!”—New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs “Quindicott’s enigmatic townspeople come alive in this quirky mystery and readers will eagerly anticipate future installments—and the continuing easy banter and romantic tension between Jack and Penelope.”—RT Book Reviews“Ms. Kimberly has penned a unique premise and cast of characters to hook us on her first of a series.”—Rendezvous “A charming, funny and quirky mystery starring a suppressed widow and a stimulating ghost who is attracted to her even though they can only meet in her dreams. He is hard boiled in the tradition of Phillip Marlowe and she is a genteel Miss Marple; yet the two opposites make an explosive combination. Alice Kimberly definitely has a hit series if the first book is anything to go by.”—Midwest Book Review “What a delightful new mystery series! I was hooked from the start….I adored the ghost of Jack….Pairing him with the disbelieving Penelope is a brilliant touch.”—Roundtable Reviews
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