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Revision as of 10:46, 28 August 2023

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
Cover of The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Cleo Coyle
Author(s) Cleo Coyle (pseudonym)
Published February 4th, 2004
Genre(s) Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
Age group Adult


Summary

Young widow Penelope Thornton-McClure and her old Aunt Sadie are making ends meet by managing a mystery book shop—a quaint Rhode Island landmark rumored to be haunted. Pen may not believe in ghosts, but she does believe in good publicity—like nabbing Timothy Brennan for a book signing. But soon after the bestselling thriller writer reveals a secret about the store’s link to a 1940s murder, he keels over dead—and right in the middle of the store’s new Community Events space.

Who gives Mrs. McClure the first clue that it was murder? The bookstore’s full-time ghost—a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago. Is he a figment of Pen’s overactive imagination? Or is the oddly likable fedora-wearing specter the only hope Pen has to solve the crime? You can bet your everlasting life on it..

Trigger Warnings

  • 1940's derogatory slang
  • Alcohol use
  • Depression
  • Gaslighting
  • Mind Reading
  • Misogyny
  • Misuse of the word penetrate
  • Murder(s)
  • Peeping in the shower (by the ghost)
  • Physical Assault
  • Predatory sexual advances (not unwanted by MC though)
  • Racism
  • Rich People Priviledge
  • Sexism
  • Sexual Fantasies
  • Stalking (mentioned)
  • Suicide (past, mentioned MC's husband via jumping out a window)

Representation

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

  • Divorced white female MC
  • Ghost white male MC

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