The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2008
Summary
A film festival gone noir gives bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghostly companion a big screen caper to solve in this Haunted Bookshop mystery.
The Movie Town Theater is holding its first ever Film Noir Festival, with Pen handling book sales for the guest speakers, including screen actress Hedda Geist. The legendary femme fatale has been out of the spotlight for decades. Unfortunately, the moment she steps back into it, she’s nearly killed. Then other guests start to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425218389 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0425218384 |
| Author: | Alice Kimberly, Cleo Coyle |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 107mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Haunted Bookshop Mystery |
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Praise for The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
“A film noir festival is a perfect backdrop for Pen and Jack to undercover the scandalous behavior of the industry’s major players. The sexual tension between them is entertaining, and the way they travel between each other’s worlds works well. Secondary characters are funny and unique.”—RT Book Reviews
More Praise for the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries
“Deliciously charming.”—New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs
“I love this series. Pen and Jack are such likeable characters.”—Spinetingler magazine
“Ms. Kimberly has penned a unique premise and cast of characters to hook us.”—Rendezvous
“[Jack] is hard boiled in the tradition of Phillip Marlowe and [Pen] is a genteel Miss Marple; yet the two opposites make an explosive combination.”—Midwest Book Review
“What a delightful new mystery series! I was hooked from the start.”—Roundtable Reviews
“Combining elements of cozy mysteries with detective noir, throwing in a bit of the paranormal, this is a series that will please any mystery fan.”—The Romance Reader’s Connection
About The Author
Alice Kimberly
Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries—now celebrating more than ten years in print. As Alice Kimberly, they also write the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. Alice has worked as a journalist in Washington, DC, and New York, and has written popular fiction for adults and children. A former magazine editor, Marc has authored espionage thrillers and nonfiction for adults and children. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together.
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