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The Ghost and Mrs. McClure

by Alice Kimberly · 2004

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Penelope Thornton-McClure manages a Rhode Island bookshop rumored to be haunted. When a bestselling author drops dead signing books, the first clue of foul play comes from the store's full-time ghost - a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago.

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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisRhode IslandRhode IslandMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 261 pages

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