The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait (Haunted Bookshop Mystery) by Cleo Coyle







 


  The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait
(Haunted Bookshop Mystery)
by Cleo Coyle


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.



 

Planning a spectacular book launch event at the bookstore she owns, Pen Thornton-McClure sets off to pick up display items. She takes along some extra hands in the form of well educated friends, a professor and a postal carrier. As soon as they arrive at the mansion to retrieve the items, paintings, things begin to heat up. Could it be possible one (or more) of those paintings is haunted, or worse, cursed?

Something is causing one disaster after another, although it seems to be helping sales.
From family disputes to random accidents to MURDER, the twists and action never end.
I enjoyed the travel via dreams back to 1947 with Jack and visiting another era, along with a crime to solve. This book is a delight for the senses.

The ending is one you can not predict. 

About Cleo Coyle

 
Cleo Coyle - Alice Alfonsi - Marc Cerasini

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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Comments

  1. Cleo CoyleMay 5, 2021 at 11:01 AM

    Thanks for the lovely post and review, Laura! Marc and I are so glad to know you enjoyed your trip to our Haunted Bookshop world.

    Cleo

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  2. BrendaMay 5, 2021 at 4:41 PM

    I can't wait to read it!

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  3. diannekcMay 5, 2021 at 6:40 PM

    On my TBR list. Can't wait to read.

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  4. Kay GarrettMay 5, 2021 at 7:41 PM

    Thank you for being part of the book tour for "The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait" by Cleo Coyle. The more I head about the book the stronger the desire to read it. It's already on my TBR list.
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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