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Penelope "Pen" Thornton‑McClure runs a small bookshop in Larchmont and thinks ghosts are only fairy‑tale fodder. Her world turns upside‑down when she meets the wandering spirit of hard‑boiled detective Jack Shepard.
Seymour Tarnish, a local mailman and Pen’s close friend, inherits a grand mansion after an elderly lady’s sudden death. The will, inexplicably revised to name Seymour, makes him the prime suspect in a murder mystery. Haunted by Jack and other lingering apparitions, Seymour must bring in parapsychologists to clear the house—but the spirits are not ready to leave.
Pen is left racing against time to protect the ghost she loves, clear Seymour’s name, and unravel the secrets of the mansion before the restless entities take control of the town of Quindicott.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Alice Kimberly
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