The Ghost and Mrs. McClure

The Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Cleo Coyle

Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer, Traber Burns

The first Haunted Bookshop mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle, writing as Alice Kimberly

Young 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 does 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.

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.

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I Love This Series

After finishing Ms. Coyle's Coffee House Series I needed another outlet. This bookshop series is very entertaining. She has a large colorful cast of characters. I'm really enjoying the banter between Jack (the ghost detective) and Pen (co-owner of the bookshop). His 1940's slang is so funny against her present day language.

Extremely Fantastic Story

A detective story with the ghost of a hard nosed 40's detective and a straight laced bookstore owner. Fantastic story and great characters, narrators were great too.

A good mixture of ghost and live human cozy mystery detecting

If you’d like a little paranormal along with a cozy mystery, check this book out. I like it so far, will continue on reading the second book. Love the different characters made up the town. It was easy for me to figure out who was the perpetrator. It doesn’t matter, it was a good novel, quick read, and I enjoy it very much. Love both narrators. They did a great job.

Awesome Audiobook!

I really enjoyed this Audiobook and I'm looking forward to the next audiobook. great mystery.

The Ghost & Mrs McClure

This book was so good. Mrs. McClure in my opinion was innocently naive. She hadn’t known she was at least a suspect in a murder. But I am so glad in the end she had cleared any unanswered questions and solved the mystery. I loved the ghostly help from Jack, I wonder if his Murder will be solved and he’ll be set free from the book store?

Light reading, but good

Definately light reading, but the story line was interesting, and both narrators did a good job of orally interpreting the characters. I'm looking forward to kicking back with book 2 right now.

Enjoyed the listen

I got a copy of book 5 and listened to it, and now going back to the brgining to catch up. Enjoying the series thus far.

Ghost and Mrs. McClure

Loved it the characters are uniquely likable informative, great at solving mysteries. A must listen to more!

Perfect driving book

Charming mystery story. Refreshingly simple without the profanity and gore of so many other detective fiction books. I

glad I stuck with it

when the book started I almost stopped listening because of the voice, tone, speech. bit I'm glad I stayed. it's a cozy mystery and easy listen. I plan to try the next book