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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
391 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after an old friend gives Aunt Sadie a rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe's complete works, he is found dead. The police say it was an accident. But bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure, Sadie's niece, has her doubts. When someone else turns up dead, Penelope is accused of stealing the book. Pen wants to clear her name and sets out to do so with the help of the ghost of Jack Shepard, a hard-boiled PI who died in the 1940's.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bookstore owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghost-in-residence Jack Shepard must solve the mystery surrounding a haunting portrait of a woman who supposedly went mad and the deadly accidents that befall those around it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Norma is a modern-day nomad. Living out of her van and teardrop trailer, she revels in self-reliance, solitude, and reading in the glorious peace of nature. Jovial, wise, and scrupulously honest, she's become an uplifting presence in the little town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, where bookseller Pen is thankful to have her part-time help. But it's Norma's other job, working as a housekeeper at the Finch Inn, that gets her into terrible trouble. Norma...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...