Book Review – The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Cleo Coyle

Book Review – The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Cleo Coyle

Real Moments - By Linda

The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion

The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion is the fifth book of the Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series by Cleo Coyle. This was my favorite book so far and I really enjoy the series. Bookstore owner Penelope Thornton-McClure is on her way to deliver a book order to shut-in Miss Timothea Todd when she almost hits her good friend, mailman Seymour Tarnish running down the road. He dashes away and she continues on to Miss Todd’s house to find the woman frightened to death in her living room. It was rumored that her mansion is haunted with ghosts. The situation becomes complicated when it’s revealed the mailman has inherited the mansion and the grounds. When Seymour is arrested for Miss Todd’s murder, Penelope decides to help prove his innocence with help from her ghost friend, dead 1940’s Private investigator Jack Shepard. It turns out that Jack has had some experience with Miss Todd’s ghost when he was very much alive in the 1940’s. Through Penelope’s dreams, Jack brings her back to work the case in the 1940’s as well as continuing to work the case in present day. The two characters, Penelope and Jack, are great together and I love how this series combines both time periods, comparing clothes, culture and investigative techniques.
The Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series is a great paranormal cozy mystery series. Cleo Coyle (a pen name)also writes the Coffee-house Mysteries under pen name Alice Kimberly with her husband. If you enjoy clever cozy mystery with a in-depth plot, pick up the mystery series by Cleo Coyle and/or Alice Kimberly.

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