Cleo Coyle is absolutely my favorite cozy mystery writer and this novel doesn't disappoint. Fans have waited about ten years for this next addition to the Haunted Bookshop mystery series. Earlier novels in the series were written under pseudonym Alice Kimberly, but now Alice Alfonsi and her husband Marc Cerasini are using their pseudonym Cleo Coyle to write this latest one, THE GHOST AND THE BOGUS BESTSELLER. They also write the Coffeehouse Mystery series under Cleo Coyle and slipped in a little surprise for readers of both series. I loved it!

Penelope is back solving mysteries with her ghost crime fighter partner Jack. A customer comes to get the hottest novel that has hit the bookshelves and is spooked by what she saw on the new novel's back cover. She leaves upset, leaving Penelope determined to find out why, and to get the money for the book that she took with her during her rushed exit. With two customers' deaths and other bizarre happenings all surrounded by this bestseller, Penelope is left to find out what all the uproar is about, along with the help from Jack, her gumshoe ghost who haunts her bookshop. Will they get answers before it is too late?

Cleo Coyle wrote another amazing cozy mystery with THE GHOST AND THE BOGUS BESTSELLER! This book was worth the ten-year wait because they just seem to get better. As a fan of these authors, I would love to see more interaction between the Coffeehouse Mystery series and the Haunted Bookshop series down the road. Either way, I hope Coyle keeps the mysteries coming because I cannot wait for the next adventure for Penelope and Jack!