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The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller

By Cleo Coyle

By Cleo Coyle

By Cleo Coyle

By Cleo Coyle

Part of Haunted Bookshop Mystery

Part of Haunted Bookshop Mystery

Category: Cozy Mysteries

Category: Cozy Mysteries

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Sep 25, 2018 | 320 Pages

Ebook $7.99

Sep 25, 2018 | 320 Pages

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    About The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller

    Penelope Thornton-McClure and her bookshop’s ghost-in-residence Jack Shepard are back on a new case in this delightful paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

    A big bestseller leads to small town trouble.

    Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn’t believe in ghosts, until she was haunted by the hard-boiled spirit of 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful…

    After an elegant new customer has a breakdown in her shop, Penelope suspects there is something bogus behind the biggest bestseller of the year. This popular potboiler is so hot that folks in her tiny Rhode Island town are dying to read it–literally. First one customer turns up dead, followed by another mysterious fatality connected to the book, which Pen discovers is more than just fiction. Now, with the help of her gumshoe ghost, Pen must solve the real-life cold case behind the bogus bestseller before the killer closes the book on her.

    About The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller

    Penelope Thornton-McClure and her bookshop’s ghost-in-residence Jack Shepard are back on a new case in this delightful paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

    A big bestseller leads to small town trouble.

    Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn’t believe in ghosts, until she was haunted by the hard-boiled spirit of 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful…

    After an elegant new customer has a breakdown in her shop, Penelope suspects there is something bogus behind the biggest bestseller of the year. This popular potboiler is so hot that folks in her tiny Rhode Island town are dying to read it–literally. First one customer turns up dead, followed by another mysterious fatality connected to the book, which Pen discovers is more than just fiction. Now, with the help of her gumshoe ghost, Pen must solve the real-life cold case behind the bogus bestseller before the killer closes the book on her.

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    About Cleo Coyle

    Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries—now celebrating more than ten years in print. As Alice Kimberly, they also write… More about Cleo Coyle

    About Cleo Coyle

    Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries—now celebrating more than ten years in print. As Alice Kimberly, they also write… More about Cleo Coyle

    Product Details

    Category: Cozy Mysteries

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Berkley
    Sep 25, 2018 | 320 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780425237458

    Category: Cozy Mysteries

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Berkley
    Sep 25, 2018 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780698188624

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    Praise

    Praise for the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries

    “A magnificent cold case mystery!”—Fresh Fiction  

    “Jack and Pen are a terrific duo who prove that love can transcend anything.”—The Mystery Reader

    “I highly recommend the complete series.”—Spinetingler Magazine

    “A charming, funny, and quirky mystery starring a suppressed widow and a stimulating ghost.”—Midwest Book Review

    “The plot is marvelous, the writing is top-notch.”—Cozy Library

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