Book 46, 2014
Aug. 12th, 2014 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeOn Monday, I brought home my book from work, because all I had left to read was the epilogue. The book was The Ghost and Mrs McClure by Alice Kimberly (aka Cleo Coyle). It is the first book in the "Haunted Bookshop" mystery series.
Recently widowed, Penelope Thornton-McClure escapes the cloying clutches of her in-laws to help her Aunt Sadie run her mystery book shop Buy the Book. Pen is also trying to raise her young son Spencer on her own. Penelope scores a big coup in getting renowned author Timothy Brennan to a book signing at the store. Unfortunately, the author drops dead in the middle of the event.
Penelope begins hearing the voice of Jack Sheperd, a PI who was murdered in the same place some 50 years ago. He convinces her that Brennan's death was not from natural causes. Wtih the help of Jack, Penelope begins to do some investigating of her own.
The story was interesting, although it wasn't engrossing. It was told in first person pov, from Pen's pov, for the most part, but it occasionally switched to third person when telling things from Jack's perspective. That was fine, but I noted that in some spots, Pen's pov waffled between first and third. Gah!
Eh, I give this one three stars:
★★★
Recently widowed, Penelope Thornton-McClure escapes the cloying clutches of her in-laws to help her Aunt Sadie run her mystery book shop Buy the Book. Pen is also trying to raise her young son Spencer on her own. Penelope scores a big coup in getting renowned author Timothy Brennan to a book signing at the store. Unfortunately, the author drops dead in the middle of the event.
Penelope begins hearing the voice of Jack Sheperd, a PI who was murdered in the same place some 50 years ago. He convinces her that Brennan's death was not from natural causes. Wtih the help of Jack, Penelope begins to do some investigating of her own.
The story was interesting, although it wasn't engrossing. It was told in first person pov, from Pen's pov, for the most part, but it occasionally switched to third person when telling things from Jack's perspective. That was fine, but I noted that in some spots, Pen's pov waffled between first and third. Gah!
Eh, I give this one three stars:
★★★
