The seventh book in Cleo Coyle's "Haunted Bookshop Mystery" series is absolutely Awesome! I have read every book in the series, and thoroughly enjoy them. This one, "The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait," has mysteries in mysteries and so many likeable characters. Pen and her aunt Sophie run a bookstore in Quindicott, Rhode Island, and Pen has connected with the ghost of a detective who was murdered in the 1940s in the location of what is now her bookstore. The ghost helps her solve mysteries. I couldn't put this book down. I love the bickering between her mailman and professor friends, and all the supporting characters. It also had me wondering who the murderer was all the way until the end. Brilliant writing, fantastic characters, great story. Can't wait for the 8th in the series (hopefully they're working on it). - Rob
ABOUT THE BOOK: 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.
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