Review: The Ghost Goes To The Dogs by: Cleo Coyle

Title: The Ghost Goes To The Dogs

Author: Cleo Coyle

Publisher: Mass Market Paperback 

Series: Haunted Bookshop Mystery #9

Format: paperback ( 336 p.) NetGalley

Description:

A stray dog leads bookseller Penelope McClure and her gumshoe ghost on a chase for a clever killer in this brand-new entry in the “utterly charming” (Mystery Scene) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

Pet Mystery Week brings brisk business to Penelope’s Rhode Island bookshop, but a real mystery comes barking at her door when a lost dog turns up in a panic. Pen and her son Spencer follow the furry fugitive to a wooded area where the dog’s owner lies unconscious. Mrs. Cunningham is a warm-hearted widow who volunteers at the animal shelter and runs Buy the Book’s pet lovers book club. Why would anyone shoot such a sweet soul?

The police believe it’s an accident, a shot by a careless deer hunter, but Pen remains skeptical. To straighten out this doggone mess, she whistles for the ghost of PI Jack Shepard, an expert in hounding as well as haunting. Jack has a dog story of his own, a case from the 1940s that may help Pen sniff out clues to her present predicament. Yet even with Jack’s hard-boiled help, Pen may not be able to stop the killer from striking again or letting this whole case go to the dogs...

My Description:

Pen is getting read for pet week at her bookstore in her town. PI Jack Shepard is working on his latest case after he's been deemed a dog savior all around.  When a dog leads Spencer and Pen to his missing owner who has been shot.  Who shot the volunteer for the animal shelter and book club?  Was it someone she ticked off?  Without the victim to tell Pen while she is in the hospital with a bad head issue.  

Jack and Pen dig deep to find out what happened to the pet owner and who caused the attempt on her life?  This also coincides with a case Jack worked on back in the day.  The two work together to connect the dots and find out what really happened.

I love this series and have been a huge fan since I first picked up a copy of Alice Kimberly's book The Ghost and Mrs. McClure.  This series is such fun and wonderful to delve into the world of Pen and Jack and things they have been through I especially love Seymour the local postman he's hilarious!  

Anyone of fan of Mickey Spilane type mysteries and bookstore and mysteries will definitely find themselves drawn into the adventure of these two!  Definitely a great series to check out!

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Review: Lost and Fondue by: Avery Aames

Title: Lost and Fondue

Author: Avery Aames

Publisher: Berkley 

Series: A Cheese Shop Mystery #2

Format: e-book ( 297 p.) Personal 

Description:

When a body is found in a long-abandoned winery, cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette trades in her fondue fork for a flashlight to clear a friend's niece of suspicion. But as Charlotte starts to turn up the truth, the killer starts turning up the heat.

My Thoughts: 

This book follows Charlotte and her family and friends at the local cheese shop.  In this book they are helping out at her friends work hoping to have a college in their town.  When one of the artists winds up dead Charlotte begins to wonder what really happened and who is really guilty?

I love this series it's fun reading about Charlotte, Matthew their co-workers and their grandparents.  We learn more about the people in Ohio in this book and who had the most to gain from murder.  Along with a rumor about buried treasure and who had the most to gain from it.

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Review: Murder at the Marble House by: Alyssa Maxwell

Title: Murder at the Marble House

Author: Alyssa Maxwell

Publisher: Kensington

Series: Gilded Newport Mysteries #2

Format: Paperback ( 336 p.) Personal 

Description:

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…

With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve a murder and a disappearance. . .Responding to a frantic call on her newfangled telephone from her eighteen-year-old cousin, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Emma Cross arrives at the Marble House mansion and learns the cause of her distress--Consuelo's mother, Alva, is forcing her into marriage with the Duke of Marlborough. Her mother has even called in a fortune teller to assure Consuelo of a happy future.

But the future is short-lived for the fortune teller, who is found dead by her crystal ball, strangled with a silk scarf. Standing above her is one of the Vanderbilts' maids, who is promptly taken into police custody. After the frenzy has died down, Consuelo is nowhere to be found. At Alva's request, Emma must employ her sleuthing skills to determine if the vanishing Vanderbilt has eloped with the beau of her choice--or if her disappearance may be directly connected to the murder. . .

My Thoughts: 

This book follows Emma Cross who is related to the Vanderbilts and spends lots of time with them.,  This book focuses on Consuelo who wants to be with someone other than the Duke her mother is determined she marry, more for social standing then actual love.  When Consuelo goes missing it's up to Emma to figure out where her cousin is and what happened to her.  Also she finds herself investigating what happened to the fortune teller who wound up dead?  Who had the motive to kill her and why?

This book brings you back to Rhode Island and the Vanderbilts.  We learn more about the complex family and what they are up too.  We also see more of Emma risking herself to get to the truth of what is going on in the family and why her cousin is missing!

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