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Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up to solve the stunning mystery at the heart of a madwoman's self-portrait in this all new installment from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle. While gathering a collection of vintage book cover paintings for a special event in her quaint Rhode Island bookshop, Penelope discovers a spooky portrait of a beautiful woman, one who supposedly went mad, according to town gossip. Seymour, the local mailman, falls in love with the haunting image and buys the picture, refusing to part with it, even as fatal accidents befall those around it. Is the canvas cursed? Or is something more sinister at work? For answers, Pen turns to an otherworldly source: Jack Shepard, PI. Back in the 1940s, Jack cracked a case of a killer cover artist, and (to Pen's relief) his spirit is willing to help her solve this mystery, even if he and his license did expire decades ago.
About the Author
Visit Cleo Coyle at her online coffeehouse: www.CoffeehouseMystery.com where she posts bonus recipes, shares coffee picks, and maintains a message board.
CLEO COYLE grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After earning scholarships to study creative and professional writing at Carnegie Mellon and American Universities, she began her career as a cub reporter for The New York Times. Now an author of popular fiction and bestselling media tie-in writer, Cleo lives and works in New York City, where she collaborates with her husband (also a bestselling author) to pen the Coffeehouse Mysteries for Penguin Random House. With well over 1 million copies of her books in print, Cleo Coyle has written 17 entries in the Coffeehouse Mysteries. The newest entry, SHOT IN THE DARK, now a national mystery bestseller in hardcover, was awarded a starred review by Library Journal and chosen as its MYSTERY PICK OF THE MONTH. The previous entry, DEAD COLD BREW, was a national bestseller in both hardcover and paperback formats. This critically acclaimed series of light, amateur sleuth mysteries has now earned three starred reviews, including a Kirkus Star. Multiple entries have been Top Picks and chosen for Best of Year lists by reviewers.
Together Cleo and her husband also write the popular HAUNTED BOOKSHOP MYSTERIES, first released under the pen name Alice Kimberly. Every one of the five books was a national bestseller. After nearly a decade-long hiatus, Cleo has resumed writing the series. PRH's Berkley Books will publish the 6th entry in the series, THE GHOST AND THE BOGUS BESTSELLER, on September 25, 2018.
When not haunting coffeehouses, hunting ghosts, or rescuing stray cats, Cleo and Marc are New York Times bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for NBC, Lucasfilm, Disney, Fox, Imagine, and MGM. In their spare time they cook like crazy and drink a lot of java. You can learn more about Cleo, her husband, and the books they write by visiting www.CoffeehouseMystery.com. Scroll down the left column of the site's Home Page and you will see links to a number of online interviews that Cleo has given.
