The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, No. 5) [Mass Market Paperback]

Alice Kimberly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2009

When the local mailman inherits a haunted mansion and demands an exorcism, bookshop owner Pen must act fast to save her favorite ghost? 1940s detective Jack Shepard?before it?s too late.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Writing under the pen name Alice Kimberly, author Cleo Coyle delivers a fifth "spirited" book in her Haunted Bookshop Mystery series.

About the Author

Alice Kimberly is the pen name for a multi-published author who collaborates with her husband to write the national bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. They also write the bestselling Coffeehouse Mysteries under the pen name Cleo Coyle. They live in Queens, New York.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (January 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425224600
• ISBN-13: 978-0425224601
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Visit Alice Kimberly at the Haunted Bookshop page of her website: www.CoffeehouseMystery.com

ALICE KIMBERLY grew up in a small town on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After earning scholarships to study writing at Carnegie Mellon and American Universities, she began her career as a cub reporter for The New York Times. Now an author of popular fiction as well as a New York Times bestselling media tie-in writer, Alice lives and works in New York City where she collaborates with her husband (also a bestselling author) to pen the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. They also write the Coffeehouse Mysteries under the name Cleo Coyle. In their spare time they cook like crazy, rescue stray cats, drink a lot of java, and hunt ghosts. You can learn more about Alice, her husband, and the books they write by visiting www.CoffeehouseMystery.com. Scroll down the left column of the site's Home Page and you will see links to a number of online interviews that Alice has given.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better all the time, January 9, 2009

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Lorraine Talbot (Winsted,, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

It seemed like I'd been waiting a long time for this latest book in this series, but when I checked dates, it's only been 8 mos. since the previous one.
They get better all the time. The plot is this one is more complex, and it wasn't even clear there was a murder until close to the end, not that there wasn't plenty of action and suspense. The relationship between Penelope, the bookshop co-owner and Jack, the resident ghost has grown. An element of the plot was one of the characters wanted to exorcise all the town's ghosts which made Pen worried, as she's come to depend on Jack, not only to help solve the town's mysteries, but as a friend/confidant.
I love this series and will be counting the months until there's another
installment.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best One Yet, January 9, 2009

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NY Bookster (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was late to this series and found it accidentally, but I am a huge fan of Cleo Coyle's coffehouse mysteries and didn't realize that she also writes this series. I then read all of the prior books and really liked them. This one was my favorite one so far. The mystery definitely had a different twist and as always I really liked the interaction of the two main characters. This is truly a "cozy" book to curl up with!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful cozy with a paranormal touch., January 28, 2009

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K. Albeck (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was the first book that I read in the series, and I was hooked immediately. Our ghost, Jack Shepherd, is pure 1940's Raymond Chandler, and is the perfect companion for our heroine, twenty-first century bookstore owner Penelope McClure. I'm now going back and reading them in order, and I love that Jack has his own ongoing mystery. The supporting cast of Pen's son and aunt, the local mailman, small town political people and other town figures are fleshed out nicely but don't "hog the limelight."

I picked this book up when I discovered that Alice Kimberly is a nom de plume of Cleo Coyle, whose Coffeehouse series is a favorite. The series are entirely different, but both are wonderful - more, please!