{"product_id":"the-ghost-and-mrs-mcclure-9780425194614","title":"The Ghost and Mrs. McClure","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE FIRST HAUNTED BOOKSHOP MYSTERY FROM \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLEO COYLE--WRITING AS ALICE KIMBERLY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Part cozy and part hard-boiled detective novel with traces of the supernatural, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost and Mrs. McClure\u003c\/i\u003e is just a lot of fun.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mystery Reader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung widow Penelope Thornton-McClure and her old Aunt Sadie are making ends meet by managing a mystery book shop--a quaint Rhode Island landmark rumored to be haunted. Pen may not believe in ghosts, but she \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e believe in good publicity--like nabbing Timothy Brennan for a book signing. But soon after the bestselling thriller writer reveals a secret about the store's link to a 1940s murder, he keels over dead--and right in the middle of the store's new Community Events space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who gives Mrs. McClure the first clue that it was murder? The bookstore's full-time ghost--a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago. Is he a figment of Pen's overactive imagination? Or is the oddly likable fedora-wearing specter the only hope Pen has to solve the crime? You can bet your everlasting life on it...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleo Coyle\u003c\/b\u003e is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries--now celebrating more than ten years in print. As \u003cb\u003eAlice Kimberly\u003c\/b\u003e, they also write the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. Alice has worked as a journalist in Washington, DC, 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655408226578,"sku":"9780425194614","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86abf3d2-c3a0-436b-a48d-d6a3e91e6b66.jpg?v=1733380742","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ghost-and-mrs-mcclure-9780425194614","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}