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Revision as of 19:40, 1 November 2023

The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait (A Haunted Bookshop Mystery #7)
Cover of The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle
Author(s) Cleo Coyle
Published May 4th, 2021
Genre(s) Cozy Mysteries, Paranormal Romance
Age group Adult


Summary

Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost Jack Shepard team up to investigate the self-portrait of a "madwoman".

While gathering a collection of vintage book cover paintings for a special event in her quaint Rhode Island bookshop, Pen finds a spooky portrait of a beautiful woman. Disinherited Henrietta McClure was crazy, according to town gossip. Seymour, local mailman and Jeopardy champ, falls in love with the haunting image and buys the picture. He refuses to part with it, even as fatal accidents befall those around it. Is the canvas cursed? Or is something more sinister at work?

For answers, Pen turns to an otherworldly source: Jack Shepard, PI. Back in the 1940s, Jack cracked a case of a killer cover artist. To Pen's relief, his spirit is willing to help her solve this mystery, even if he and his license did expire decades ago.

Trigger Warnings

  • 1940's derogatory slang
  • Murders
  • Suicide (mentioned, MC's husband)

Series

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Divorced white female MC
  • Ghost white male MC
  • Gay male SC

Tropes