The Ghost and the Dead Deb
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 262
- ISBN-13
- 9780425199442
- Type
- novel
About this book
The second Haunted Bookshop Mystery book, The Ghost and the Dead Deb, runs 262 pages, continuing Penelope Thornton-McClure's partnership with the ghost of hard-boiled 1940s private eye Jack Shepard, whom only she can hear.
Key facts about The Ghost and the Dead Deb
Cleo Coyle wrote The Ghost and the Dead Deb, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2005. The book has 262 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425199442 to find the main one.
The Ghost and the Dead Deb is book 2 of 9 in the Haunted Bookshop Mystery series. The series has 9 published books. However, the series starts with The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (2004). The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 5 September 2006.
Additionally, Cleo Coyle writes Coffeehouse Mysteries as a separate series. Those series sit on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, No Roast for the Weary is the latest published Cleo Coyle book on file, from 2025.
About Cleo Coyle
Cleo Coyle is the joint pen name of husband-and-wife writing team Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini, used for their long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries series, which follows Clare Cosi, manager of a landmark Greenwich Village coffeehouse, as she solves murders connected to the New York coffee and food world. See every Cleo Coyle book in order.
Its place in Haunted Bookshop Mystery
The Ghost and the Dead Deb is book 2 in the Haunted Bookshop Mystery series. It follows The Ghost and Mrs. McClure. It is followed by The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library. See the full Haunted Bookshop Mystery reading order.
Penelope Thornton-McClure runs Buy the Book, a secondhand bookshop in the small New England town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, that she inherited from her aunt -- and that comes with an unusual permanent resident: the ghost of Jack Shepard, a wisecracking, hard-boiled 1940s private eye who was gunned down in the store decades earlier and can't move on. Only Penelope can hear him, and his blunt, noir-honed instincts for lies and violence make him an invaluable, if invisible, partner whenever a body turns up…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425199442
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101008348