The Ghost and the Dead Librarian - Hardcover

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by Cleo Coyle (Author)

In an utterly charming new paranormal cozy mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle, a smalltown Rhode Island bookshop owner investigates the death of an eccentric librarian with the help of a wisecracking, 1940s gumshoe ghost.

As a young widow, Penelope moved back to her quaint Rhode Island town to give her young son a safer home and her aunt's dying bookshop new life. Using her late husband's insurance money, Pen polished the store into a local treasure. But her updates did more than attract new customers. They roused a dead private eye from his big sleep.

With Pen's affection for hardboiled detective stories, it's no surprise she's developed a fondness for the wisecracking yet oddly likeable spirit. Sure, Jack's cold spots are exasperating, along with his proclivity for putting noir fiction in the cozy section. But murder was Jack's business in life, and his PI skills come in awfully handy when the body of an eccentric librarian is found amid the bookshop's mystery aisles.

For years, Dory jokingly called herself "The Dead Librarian" because of her hobby of collecting local obituaries. Now, in death, she's discovered holding her own eerily pre-written obit. Was it a suicide note? Jack and Pen say no and their certainty takes them from a ghost town's ancient cemetery to a prominent family's Newport estate. Then an intriguing stranger comes to town. Nikki Burnside takes a keen interest in Dory's death and makes Pen a shocking offer, one that may change her life--and Jack's afterlife. But unless Jack can help Pen prove who "checked out" the librarian, a ruthless killer may close the book on her.

Author Biography

Cleo Coyle is the pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini, the New York Times bestselling husband and wife writing duo with more than 1 million books sold. The authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, and the Haunted Bookshop Detective Mysteries, their books have landed on numerous "Best of" lists and received starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus. They are also accomplished media tie-in writers who have penned bestselling properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Disney, Imagine, Fox, Toho, and MGM. Originally from Western Pennsylvania, they live in New York City and can be found online at CleoCoyleBooks.com.

Number of Pages: 384

Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN

Publication Date: September 29, 2026