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Description edit
Penelope Thornton-McClure manages a Rhode Island bookshop rumored to be haunted. When a bestselling author drops dead signing books, the first clue of foul play comes from the store's full-time ghost-a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago. Is he a figment of Pen's... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jack Shepard: the ghost of a private detective killed in the bookstore decades ago.
- Timothy Brennan: the author of detective novels based on Jack Shepherd's career
- Sadie: Penelope's elderly aunt, co-owner of the bookstore
- Shelby: works for the publishing house sponsoring the event
- Seymour: town mailman. friend to the bookstore owners
- Kenneth Franken: son-in-law of the famous author
- Deirdre Franken: daughter of the famous author
- Linda Cooper-logan: owner of the town bakery, friend to bookstore owners
- Penelope: main character. co-owner of bookstore. She can hear and sometimes see Jack Shepherd's ghost
- Fiona Finch: owner of the town's inn and friend tot he bookstore owners
- Josh Bernstein: works for the publishing company sponsoring the event. subordinate to Shelby
- Anna Worth: was trashed by the famous author when he was a reporter. Turns up to the event
- Milner: co-owner of the town bakery. friend to bookstore owners
- Eddie Franzetti: town policeman, on friendly terms with Penelope (was friends with her brother)
- Jack Shield: the fictional counterpart of Jack Shepherd in Brennart's books
- Spencer: Penelope's son. still hurting from the loss of his father and the efforts of his father's family to turn him on his mother (they want him to come live with them). 7 yrs old
- Mrs. Mcclure: Penelope McClure - main character, co-owner of the bookstore, Spencer's momthe ghost of Jack Shepherd has made contact with her
- Marjorie: Add a description of this character.
- Brainert
- Calvin
- Bud
- Dr. Nablaum
- Howie
- Vinny
- Ashley
- Colleen
- Raymond Chandler
- Waterman
- Embry
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Cranberry. What kind of a cornball name was that for a street?
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. The Big Ending
2. The Author Arrives
3. A Postmortem Post
4. A Drink before Dying
5. Hard-Boiled Bogey Man
6. The Morning After
7. Crime Scene
8. Curious Jack
9. Dying for Profit
10. Inquiring Minds
11. Shadow Boxing
12. Dark and Stormy Night
13. Don't Know Jack
14. Strangers in the Night
15. An Open Book
16. Revelations
17. A Worthy Suspect
18. To Quibble or Not to Quibble
19. Things That Get Bumped in the Night
20. The Girl in the Frame-Up
21. Booked
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in Haunted Bookshop. (standard series)
Followed by The Ghost and the Dead Deb.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alice Kimberly (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Cleo Coyle (Author) - Cleo Coyle writes under Alice Kimberly
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2004
ISBN: 978-0425194614
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Berkley
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2004
ISBN: 978-0425194614
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Welcome to the virtual Village Blend: Village Blend is the name of the coffee house of Cleo Coyle's (Alice Kimberly) other book series. However, you can find details about her Haunted Bookshop Mysteries here as well.
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