I (Rob) found a series of novels that involve two things I enjoy: Ghosts and mysteries. The series is called "A Haunted Bookshop Mystery" and it's by Alice Kimberly (also known as Cleo Coyle who writes another fun series called "the Coffee House Mysteries.")I just read the first in the series called "The Ghost and Mrs. McClure" and it was really enjoyable. It kept you guessing. The characters were great. You come to love Penelope Thornton-McClure, the widowed young mom of an 8 year old, who co-runs a bookstore with her aunt Sadie. Penelope learns that she can actually hear the ghost of a detective who was murdered in the same shop back in the mid-1940s. The detective, Jack, speaks in 1940-lingo, and helps Penelope solve another murder.
This was a really enjoyable first book, and I had previously read another in the series called "The Ghost and the Dead Deb" which was equally as enjoyable.
SO, go get "The Ghost and Mrs. McClure." Since one of our good friends has the last name McClure, we're sending her this book. :)