The ghost goes to the dogs / Cleo Coyle.
When someone attacks a beloved member of Quindicott's community during Pet Mystery Week, bookshop owner Penelope McClure calls upon resident ghost PI Jack Shepard for help in digging up clues, but when the killer strikes again, Penelope's investigation turns into a doggone mess.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780425255490
- ISBN: 0425255492
- Physical Description: 302 pages ; 17 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The language of canines -- A loyal companion -- Sparky always barks twice -- Car chases dog -- Mistress in distress -- The deer hunter -- A friend in need -- Mail call -- Sparkly's tale -- Pizza the puzzle -- Cat-astrophe -- A boy and his dog -- Punchy pillow talk -- Nightcap -- Doggy business -- The mug next door -- Jack's type -- Comings and goings -- A dog walk in the park -- In the garden -- Gun control -- Out to lunch -- Event planning -- Puppy dogs' tails -- Bed, bath, and beyond hearsay -- Here comes the judge -- Wash away your troubles -- News hounds -- Key to disaster -- A bowl of riddles -- Pets on parade -- Mystery guest -- Animal crackers -- Loyal to a fault -- Family affairs -- Sight to see -- The swindler -- The aces high -- Jack's jackpot -- Who's that girl? -- Remote worker -- Where's that girl? -- A walk in the trailer park -- Shocking developments -- Wrestle mania -- Robbing hoods -- A tale of two Totos -- A dangerous doggy business -- Case overload -- Return to Larchmont -- Motivationally speaking -- Collision course. |
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Subject: | Women booksellers > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Rhode Island > Fiction. |
Genre: | Cozy mysteries. Ghost stories. Novels. |
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- 11 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Garden City | F COY 2023 (Text) | 0002206294122 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F COY 2023 (Text) | 0002206294130 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Ghost Goes to the Dogs
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Summary
The Ghost Goes to the Dogs
Pet Mystery Week brings brisk business to Penelope McClure's Rhode Island bookshop, but a real mystery comes barking at her door, when a lost dog turns up in a panic. Pen and her son, Spencer, follow the furry fugitive, Lassie-style, to a wooded area where the dog's owner lies unconscious. Mrs. Cunningham is a beloved member of Quindicott's community, a warmhearted widow who volunteers at the local animal shelter and runs Buy the Books' pet-lovers book club. Why would anyone shoot such a sweet soul? The police believe it is an accident, a shot by a careless deer hunter, but Pen is not rolling over. To straighten out this doggone mess, she whistles for the ghost of PI Jack Shepard, an expert in hounding as well as haunting. Jack has a shaggy-dog story of his own, a case from the 1940s that may help Pen sniff out clues to her present predicament. Yet even with Jack's hard-boiled help, Pen is not able to catch the killer before he pounces again. It seems the whole case may be going to th