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!
