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Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series

9 primary works • 9 total works
Penelope Thornton-McClure, a bookshop owner, and Jack Shepard, the store’s resident ghost-sleuth, in Quindicott, Rhode Island.

Cleo Coyle originally wrote this ghostly mystery series under the pen name Alice Kimberly and is now writing as Cleo Coyle.

Book 1

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
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3.80 · 7427 Ratings · 715 Reviews · published 2004 · 24 editions
Penelope Thornton-McClure manages a Rhode Island b…

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    Book 2

    The Ghost and the Dead Deb
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    3.92     · 3636 Ratings · 265 Reviews · published 2005 · 18 editions
    Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure wants her…

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    Book 3

    The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library
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    3.97     · 2947 Ratings · 234 Reviews · published 2006 · 16 editions
    Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure has just …

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    Book 4

    The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
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    4.05     · 2703 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2008 · 14 editions
    A film festival gone noir gives bookshop owner Pen…

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    Book 5

    The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion
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    4.10     · 2487 Ratings · 196 Reviews · published 2009 · 19 editions
    When the local mailman inherits a haunted house an…

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    Book 6

    The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller
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    4.06     · 2088 Ratings · 257 Reviews · published 2018 · 9 editions
    A "Best Book of 2018" selection by Suspense Magazi…

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    Book 7

    The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait
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    4.07     · 1601 Ratings · 209 Reviews · published 2021 · 11 editions
    Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her g…

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    Book 8

    The Ghost and the Stolen Tears
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    4.10     · 1050 Ratings · 133 Reviews · published 2022 · 8 editions
    With the help of her gumshoe ghost, bookshop owner…

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    Book 9

    The Ghost Goes to the Dogs
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    4.13     · 955 Ratings · 102 Reviews · published 2023 · 7 editions
    A stray dog leads bookseller Penelope McClure and …

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