The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait

An Aunt Agatha’s Best of Year Pick! ~ “THE COLLISION OF TWO CASES FROM DIFFERENT TIMES ELEVATES THIS HAUNTING TALE…” –Kirkus
Bookshop proprietor Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost group as much as clear up the beautiful thriller at the coronary heart of a madwoman’s self-portrait on this all new installment from New York Times bestselling creator Cleo Coyle.
While gathering a group of classic ebook cowl work for a particular occasion in her quaint Rhode Island bookshop, Penelope discovers a spooky portrait of a gorgeous girl, one who supposedly went mad, in accordance with city gossip. Seymour, the native mailman, falls in love with the haunting picture and buys the image, refusing to half with it, at the same time as deadly accidents befall these round it. Is the canvas cursed? Or is one thing extra sinister at work?
For solutions, Pen turns to an otherworldly supply: Jack Shepard, PI. Back in the Forties, Jack cracked a case of a killer cowl artist, and (to Pen’s aid) his spirit is keen to assist her clear up this thriller, even when he and his license did expire many years in the past.
“Cleo Coyle has written another knockout cozy-noir hybrid that’s sure to satisfy fans of this TERRIFIC SERIES.” ~ Criminal Element