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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425194614
ISBN number: 0425194612
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: February 03, 2004
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: February 03, 2004
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Penelope Thornton-McClure manages a Rhode Island bookshop rumored to be haunted. When a bestselling author drops dead signing books, the very first clue of foul play comes from the store'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 likable, fedora-wearing specter the only hope Pen has to solve the crime?
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I am speaking as someone who really does not do mysteries all that often so believe me when I say that these books are excellent. The author did two things that I liked a lot created a strong female character and does not center the stories on her child Spencer. Speaking for myself I find the involvement of children in a series of mystery novels to be almost nauseating. Too often the plot degrades into a modern adaptation of saving timmy because he fell down the well. If the author continues the series long enough I'm sure Spencer will be a valuable addition to the teams its just that right now he cannot contribute much.
The author does the intelligent thing and centers the action on Peneleope along with her collection of friends and the fact that in addition to trying to solve a murder mystery she is trying to pull her life back together after her husband's suicide. Her character has much more depth then you would expect.
Jack Shepard is also an interesting character in typical fashion soft on the inside and tough on the outside. Considering that the author writes a series about a coffee shop the author does hard boiled detective very well.
Overall-A fun and fast series of mysteries that I would recommend to anyone.
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This is a very enjoyable book with very real likable characters, except for the ghost, he isn't "very real". It is a nice mystery that brings in characters, working together, in a small northeast American town. I have since read all of the books in this series and have enjoyed them very much.
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I picked up this book after hearing great things about the series. While I thought the story was somewhat predictable, I thought it was a great storyline and a great introduction to the series' characters. I'm looking forward to reading the subsequent in the series!
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The concept behind this series is as entertaining as the old series The Ghost and Mrs Muir. The references to old 40'smovies and mystery books brings humour to a serious subject. This is a a good start to the series and the subsequent three are as enjoyable.
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This book was not the best book I have read, but it was not horrible either. I liked Penelope the main character, I liked the people in the town even if they were a little cliché at times, but the one part of this book I actually did not like was the ghost, Jack. His character was the most formulaic of all. It felt like Ms. Kimberly had spent too much time watching really bad 1930's/40's detective movies and decided to model Jack after what she had seen. The usage of doll and dame and other clichéd detective speak was prolific in this book. It made it difficult to make Jack the ghost a likable character because I kept rolling my eyes when he would say anything. I do, however, intend on purchasing another book in this series. I am hoping that maybe with the very first book behind her, Ms. Kimberly improves on the characterization in the preceding books. I think this series has great promise. It just needs a little more thought put into it.
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