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The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait

 (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)  

by Cleo Coyle

About The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait

 

The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)  

Cozy Mystery 7th in Series  

Publisher: Berkley (May 4, 2021)  

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages  

ISBN-10: 0425251861  

ISBN-13: 978-0425251867 

 Digital ASIN: B08274WCLM

 

Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up to solve the stunning mystery at the heart of a madwoman’s self-portrait in this all new installment from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

While gathering a collection of vintage book cover paintings for a special event in her quaint Rhode Island bookshop, Penelope discovers a spooky portrait of a beautiful woman, one who supposedly went mad, according to town gossip. Seymour, the local mailman, falls in love with the haunting image and buys the picture, refusing to part with it, even as fatal accidents befall those around it. Is the canvas cursed? Or is something more sinister at work?

For answers, Pen turns to an otherworldly source: Jack Shepard, PI. Back in the 1940s, Jack cracked a case of a killer cover artist, and (to Pen’s relief) his spirit is willing to help her solve this mystery, even if he and his license did expire decades ago.

REVIEW

*I received a free copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to write an honest review for.

 

 Penelope is bearing up for a big event at her cozy book store. Helping to launch a new coffee table book release the focuses on vintage book covers covering their history. An older gentleman is allowing them to borrow some of his collection to highlight this. After the first meeting he finds some more for them to use but when she goes back the next morning it is to find him dead on the floor when he was fine the night before. Pen's ghostly sidekick Jack ties this current event to past events taking her back to see what happened way back when. This makes for a multi layered story as it all connects both the past and the present. Secrets buried for quite some start coming out making for quite a few surprise twists that lead to the ending that is a tad shocking to say the least. I must admit it made for an interesting story as we bounce back and forth in time. The ghostly sidekick adds a fun layer to the story that makes this a different type of cozy for those looking for a slight change. A highly recommended read. I really liked it so I give it 4/5 stars.

  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 long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries—now celebrating eighteen years in print. They are also authors of the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, previously written under the pseudonym Alice Kimberly. Alice has worked as a journalist in Washington, D.C., and New York, and has written popular fiction for adults and children. A former magazine editor, Marc has authored espionage thrillers and nonfiction for adults and children. Alice and Marc are also both bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together.

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