The Ghost Goes to the Dogs (Haunted Bookshop Mystery) by Cleo Coyle
Synopsis:
A stray dog leads bookseller Penelope McClure and her gumshoe ghost on a chase for a cunning criminal in this brand-new entry in the “UTTERLY CHARMING” (Mystery Scene) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.
Pet Mystery Week brings brisk business to Penelope’s Rhode Island bookshop, but a real mystery comes barking at her door when a lost dog turns up in a panic. Pen and her son Spencer follow the furry fugitive to a wooded area where the dog’s owner lies unconscious. Mrs. Cunningham is a warm-hearted widow who volunteers at the animal shelter and runs Buy the Book’s pet lovers book club. Why would anyone shoot such a sweet soul?
The police believe it’s an accident, a shot by a careless deer hunter, but Pen remains skeptical. To straighten out this doggone mess, she whistles for the ghost of PI Jack Shepard, an expert in hounding as well as haunting. Jack has a dog story of his own, a case from the 1940s that may help Pen sniff out clues to her present predicament. Yet even with Jack’s hard-boiled help, Pen may not be able to stop the killer from striking again or letting this whole case go to the dogs…
I love, love, LOVE this series! Jack Shepard is my favorite cozy sleuth, living or dead, and I am so thankful to have had a chance to read this installment in his continuing adventures with Pen.
In this episode, Pet Mystery Week is going strong when a dog comes to fetch Pen and bring her back to its owner who has been shot in the woods. It’s up to Pen and Jack to figure out if this was really an accident or if there is a murderer on the loose, Once convinced that it was no accident, they have to catch a killer before he can kill again.
I love getting to go back in time to Jack’s past to hear about his previous cases – it almost feels like reading 2 books in one. This was a great addition to the series, and now I just have to sit and wait for the next one….
About the Author
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 and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, now celebrating nearly 20 years in print. With more than one million books sold, their work has been honored with starred reviews and multiple best-of-year list selections by reviewers. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together.
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Webpage: https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/cleos_haunted_bookshop.cfm
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The Book's the Thing 
Like this review. I’ll have to find the book now. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much, Erika, for the beautiful reader love for Jack and our Haunted Bookshop Mysteries! We love him, too. In fact, he won’t stop haunting us. 🙂 Which is why we’re already writing his next sleuthing adventure with bookseller Penny.
Wishing you and everyone happy reading and high spirits!
xoxo
~ Cleo
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Thank you for stopping by! I’m so glad to hear that there will be more Jack in our future. 😊
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Sounds like a good book. The cover is very nice.
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Hi Rita – I love the cover. The dog is so cute. 😍
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