The Ghost and Mrs. McClure [Paperback]

THE FIRST HAUNTED BOOKSHOP MYSTERY FROMNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR CLEO COYLE—WRITING AS ALICE KIMBERLY

“Part cozy and part hard-boiled detective novel with traces of the supernatural,The Ghost and Mrs. McClureis 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 shedoesbelieve 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...Praise forThe Ghost and Mrs. McClure

“A deliciously charming mystery with a haunting twist!”—New York Timesbestselling 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 tlW