FUN MYSTERY! - The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle

I thought today's post would be appropriate for Halloween week-  I love reading mysteries and I love stories with ghosts (or spirits who crossed over) in them and the latest book by Cleo Coyle brings back that combination in the latest Haunted Bookshop Mystery called "The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller."
    Although I think it's been about or more years since the last book in the series, this book picks up where the others left off. 
     It's about a woman named Penelope who runs a book shop in Quindicott, Rhode Island, and that book shop is the home to a ghost named Jack. Jack was a private eye in the 1940s who was gunned down in the building, which was his office. Pen can hear and see Jack, and together they solve mysteries. 
    This was another great mystery that was very enjoyable to read, and kept you guessing. I love all of supporting characters, too.
5 of 5 stars!

ABOUT THE BOOK - A big bestseller leads to small town trouble. Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn't believe in ghosts, until she was haunted by the hard-boiled spirit of 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful...

After an elegant new customer has a breakdown in her shop, Penelope suspects there is something bogus behind the biggest bestseller of the year. This popular potboiler is so hot that folks in her tiny Rhode Island town are dying to read it--literally. First one customer turns up dead, followed by another mysterious fatality connected to the book, which Pen discovers is more than just fiction. Now, with the help of her gumshoe ghost, Pen must solve the real-life cold case behind the bogus bestseller before the killer closes the book on her

Fun Mystery: The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice (Barking Detective Mysteries Book 4)

I read a lot of mysteries, and as I've noted on this blog before The Barking Detective mystery series is truly one of my favorites. I recently finished "The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice" by Waverly Curtis and it's another 5 out of 5 star, fun novel. It features Geri Sullivan, a private investigator and her Chihuahua named Pepe. The thing is that Pepe can talk in English, but only Geri hears him. He also  helps her solve every case. It's like Scooby Doo!  
  This novel was just as great as the other 4 in the series (I have already read the 5th). It's fun, light-hearted and a page turner. It's about a family of step-kids who are angry that their step mother left her fortune to 5 cocker spaniels. ... and they all want to prove she's insane (after she died). 
  The last Pepe novel (www.pepnovels.com) came out in 2015 and I can't wait for another one. I love Pepe and Geri. I really hope the authors are writing a 6th book! - Rob 

You can buy it on Amazon.com here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFP7YK4/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in Pepe's book. But when Geri and Pepe investigate, they discover that it's not just the coddled canines who are in danger. Now there are human targets too. 
  At the lavish Carpenter manor, Pepe digs for clues among the pampered pooches, bitter relatives, suspicious staff, and larcenous lawyers. But there's only one diminutive detective smart enough to save the day--and the dogs.

Another Fun Barking Detective Mystery! The Big Chihuahua by Waverly Curtis

I just finished reading and enjoying the 3rd in the "Barking Detective Mystery" series with Pepe the talking chihuahua called  The Big Chihuahua by Waverly Curtis. 
  This is the third book I've read in the series and it is absolutely my favorite mystery series involving a dog. Pepe is a talking Chihuahua who has a fun personality, and seems to have lived so many adventures before his mom, Geri Sullivan adopted him. 
   This time, they're investigating a dog-related cult called "Dogawanda" that includes a Weimaraner (like ours) and a murder mystery.  The characters, including Geri's P.I. "boss" Jimmy G who always talks in third person, and her boyfriend Felix are great supporting characters.
   I can't wait to read the next in the series!
  BTW- You can follow the authors on their website devoted to Pepe at: http://www.thepepenovels.com/
-Rob 

ABOUT THE BOOK: "In matters of courage, there is no bigger dog than me!"
P.I. Geri Sullivan and her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, are always hungry to sink their teeth into a new case. So if helping a hapless husband win back his wayward wife means sneaking into a cult of dog-worshippers, porque no?
Inside the believers' rural retreat, Pepe perks up his ears when the charismatic leader pegs him as the next incarnation of the spirit Dogawanda. But the discovery of a body, murdered between mantras, suggests there's more chicanery than channeling going on in this suspicious sect. While wild wolves howl, a killer is on the prowl--and it's up to Geri and her canine compadre to dig up the dirt.