'-Criminal Element 'Full of riveting twists!'-First for Women magazine 'The collision of two cases from different times elevates this haunting tale.' -Kirkus Reviews 'Jack and Pen are a terrific duo who prove that love can transcend anything.' - The Mystery Reader 'A charming, funny, and quirky mystery starring a suppressed widow and a stimulating ghost.'-Midwest Book Review ' CAPTIVATING. ' - Library Journal Praise for Cleo Coyle's Haunted Bookshop Mysteries A Best Book of Year Selection-Suspense magazine An Aunt Agatha's Best of Year Pick ' UTTERLY CHARMING '-Mystery Scene 'Cleo Coyle has written another knockout cozy-noir hybrid that's sure to satisfy fans of this TERRIFIC SERIES. Cozy readers.may want to try Coyle's entire series.

' -Kirkus Reviews 'Stolen jewels link two investigations, one in present-day Rhode Island, and one on Broadway in 1947.fans of the series will be eager to pick up with Pen and Jack. Praise for The Ghost and the Stolen Tears 'Engaging characters, historical backgrounds, and plenty of red herrings add up to a gem of a story. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful. From the look of things, history is about to repeat. Back in the 1940s, those same Valentino Teardrops starred in a bizarre case of betrayal and murder. Jack Shepard, PI, may have been gunned down decades ago, but his memory hasn't been ghosted.

And when the spirited Norma vanishes before her arrest, Pen turns to another spirit. Pen doesn't believe Norma is guilty of the crime-though the evidence is distressingly strong. Norma is accused of stealing jewels from a guest's room: the legendary Valentino Teardrops, an antique necklace and earring set, inherited by a young socialite. But it's Norma's other job, working as a housekeeper at the Finch Inn, that gets her into terrible trouble. Jovial, wise, and scrupulously honest, she's become an uplifting presence in the little town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, where bookseller Pen is thankful to have her part-time help. Living out of her van and teardrop trailer, she revels in self-reliance, solitude, and reading in the glorious peace of nature. With the help of her gumshoe ghost, bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure sets out to clear an innocent woman of a shocking crime in this all-new entry in the 'utterly charming' ( Mystery Scene ) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

The ghost and the stolen tears