The Ghost and the Femme Fatale (Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, No. 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Alice Kimberly
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 7019
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0425218384
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425218389
ASIN: 0425218384
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
The local Film Noir festival takes a dark turn when a legendary femme fatale is nearly killed. Now, bookstore owner Penelope Thornton-McClure enlists the help of Jack Shepard, P.I.even though he and his license expired more than fifty years ago.
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 Good mystery July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this mystery. Penelope and Jack have a certain chemistry that keeps me coming back for more. A nice cozy mystery, but, not the first in the series. So, if you want to read this book, look back at this author's previous books in this series.
 Ghost & The Bookseller June 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am really enjoying these "ghost stories." The interaction between Mrs. McClure and Jack are heartwarming in their differences due to generation changes. I did miss the opening chapter dealing with Jack's death/murder in 1948 but there are other 'scenes' that do make up for the ommission. I look forward to how the relationship is dealt with between human and ghost in the future.
4 stars June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
An old time film noir former bombshell, Hedda Geist, is nearly killed at a revival festival, and shortly thereafter, those who attended the Festival begin to die. Because the cops are completely off base in their investigations, Penelope Thornton and her ghostly partner, PI Jack Shephard, take on the case. Jack remembers Hedda from his days among the living, and many of the clues lie in his past, when he was alive, so that's where he takes Penelope. Once upon a time is now with this charming pair on the trail of a killer.
**** Time travel, magnificent, spectral rogues, mystery, and romance, what more could a girl want? Jack is one of the most charming spooks since Daniel Gregg haunted Mrs. Carolyn Muir. This book also solves a mystery for me personally; where did one of my favorite authors go, Alicia Alfonsi, and now I learn she's writing mysteries under two names and I have a whole new series to track down, something I advise everyone coming to these books for the first time to do. ****
Amanda Killgore for Huntress Reviews
An excellent noir-cozy! June 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This Haunted Bookshop series is a winner. This book is the fourth in the series, and I think that they are only getting better. I love the mix of cozy with noir detective story, and this one really plays on that as all the happenings occur around a "film noir festival" that is being held in Penelope's small town. And a lot of murder and mayhem is happening there too. As Penelope tries to make sense of it with the aid of her ghost companion Jack, she realizes that the motives for the murders may go back a long time (sixty years, and during the time when Jack was a practicing PI in New York City). We slip back and forth from one time to the next as the story progresses, and Ms. Kimberly keeps us interested and lots of stuff keeps happening. It's really unbelievable how really believable these stories are. The mix of paranormal with present day detection is a winning one, and it is highly addicting.
Entertaining Series June 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved the first book in this series, and it reminded me of Carolyn Haines Mississippi Delta Ghost series. Had no idea Cleo Coyle is also writing as Alice Kimberly - both series are solid, although I prefer this series to the coffee. She's developed Pen's friendship with Jack, the dead PI, with clear enjoyment and great humor to their dialogue, but I'm not giving this book 5 stars because of the thuds of too many dead bodies, plus the mystery plot was a bit too simple for me. But I really like her flashbacks into the past; they are smoothly handled. I'm looking forward to the next installment.
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