"Norma is a modern-day nomad. Living out of her van and teardrop trailer, she revels in self-reliance, solitude, and reading in the glorious peace of nature. Jovial, wise, and scrupulously honest, she's become an uplifting presence in the little town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, where bookseller Pen is thankful to have her part-time help. But it's Norma's other job, working as a housekeeper at the Finch Inn, that gets her into terrible trouble. Norma is accused of stealing jewels from a guest's room: the legendary Valentino ...
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"Norma is a modern-day nomad. Living out of her van and teardrop trailer, she revels in self-reliance, solitude, and reading in the glorious peace of nature. Jovial, wise, and scrupulously honest, she's become an uplifting presence in the little town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, where bookseller Pen is thankful to have her part-time help. But it's Norma's other job, working as a housekeeper at the Finch Inn, that gets her into terrible trouble. Norma is accused of stealing jewels from a guest's room: the legendary Valentino Teardrops, an antique necklace and earring set, inherited by a young socialite. Pen doesn't believe Norma is guilty of the crime--though the evidence is distressingly strong. And when the spirited Norma vanishes before her arrest, Pen turns to another spirit... Jack Shepard, PI, may have been gunned down decades ago, but his memory hasn't been ghosted. Back in the 1940s, those same Valentino Teardrops starred in a bizarre case of betrayal and murder. From the look of things, history is about to repeat. Now Jack is back on the job, and Pen is eternally grateful."--Provided by publisher.
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PI Jack Shepard is back for another case with bookseller Penelope Thornton-McClure (Pen). One of Pen's employees has been accused of stealing some famous jewelry at her other job working as a housekeeper at The Finch Inn. One of the inn's guests had an antique necklace and earring set known as the legendary Valentino Teardrops. The same gems that Jack was tracking back in the 1940s.
Norma hasn't been in Quindicott long, but she has had influence within the little town. She is pretty laid back, knowledgeable on many subjects, and loves to read. She is a modern-day nomad traveling from town to town in her van and teardrop trailer. She works where she can and moves on whenever the mood strikes her. The problem is this time she moved on right after the jewels were stolen. Pen and many others believe she is innocent. She hopes teaming up with Jack she can uncover the real thief so that Norma can return to Quindicott.
I love this series, its characters, and this book!
Pen and Jack make such a great team and the way they communicate is unique. Jack can get in Pen's head and take her back in history to participate in his case where they can get clues that help them solve the present-day crime. Both cases are full of twists and turns and have Pen and Jack escaping from some by the skin of their teeth moments.
What makes this story so good is that Cleo Coyle is an expert at setting the scenes. Whether present-day or 1947, at The Finch Inn or the basement of The Martin Beck Theater, or Sadie and Pen's bookshop or a high fashion house, Ms. Coyle brings each and every person and place to life. I felt at times like I was an extra on a movie set and other times like I was right there in the moment watching everything play out in front of my eyes. The words had my imagination running at high speed as I truly escaped right into the pages of this book. I even got the shivers reading the passage that was similar to The Birds. The first scary movie I watched as a kid.
I am so happy the author and publisher brought this series back because I cannot get enough of my favorite gumshoe and bookseller. I enjoyed each one and encourage you to read them all but the author does a wonderful job of making each stand on its own.
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears is a marvelous must-read mystery. I was engaged and entertained from the first page to the last. It is definitely one of the best books I have read this year. That is why you will see it on my Best Read of 2022.
I am excited to see we only have to wait until May 2, 2023, to get together again with Jack and Pen when The Ghost Goes to the Dogs will be released.
Andrea
Oct 6, 2022
Great book, great series
"But then life was like that, wasn't it?Driven by phantoms we didn't always understand."
Bookstore owner in a small Rhode Island village, Penelope Thornton-McClure and her son Spencer came to help Aunt Sadie a while ago, and to her credit, the bookstore is now thriving. In this, the 8th book in the series, Pen and her ghost PI Jack Shepherd trace a convoluted history of a set of jewels called Valentino's Tears; something Jack knows much about as he has been involved with the set before.
But when Norma "the nomad" is accused to stealing the set from their current owner and then....disappears... with a weird insurance claims adjuster who is hot on her tail certain she is the culprit, Pen and Jack move as quickly as they can to save their friend and give Quindicott residents reason to feel peaceful again.
I have been a fan of Cleo Coyle/Alice Kimberly for years! When this particular series began, as I am from RI I was all over it. I love the premise and look forward to my TBR of the previous book in the series as I await the March release of book 9. Highly Recommended 5/5
[Disclaimer:I recieved this book as a gift from the author. In no way did it effect my review which I did voluntarily]
Kristina
Oct 4, 2022
A killer diller!
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle is the eighth A Haunted Bookshop Mystery. It can be read as a standalone for those new to the series. The author does a great job at giving an introduction to Penny, Jack, and their situation. We return to Quindicott, Rhode Island where a guest at the local bed and breakfast claims that a valuable necklace and its matching earrings were stolen. All the evidence points to the maid who is on the lam. Penny knows there is no way Norma, the maid, would have stolen jewelry. Penny with help from her dashing ghost, PI Jack Shepard set out to learn the truth. I like that there are really two cases in the story. One set in the present and one in the past. The past case is one that Jack took on while he was still alive. I like how the two cases tied together. I must say that the flashback scenes (Penny gets to see what happened in the past in her dreams thanks to Jack) are my favorite. I love the slang from that era. I had fun following Jack and Penny as they questioned people and searched for clues. One mystery is easier to solve than the other. I enjoyed the humor sprinkled through the story. Jack is especially amusing. His moral compass is skewed which gives him a different way of looking at matters. The authors descriptions really bring the scenes alive especially those from the past. I enjoyed my visit to Quindicott, and I was sorry to see it end. I look forward to traveling to Quindicott again in The Ghost Goes to the Dogs. The Ghost and the Stolen Tears is a killer diller with a dreamboat detective, gems worth a lot of clams, a maid who took a powder, a good luck Penny, cockeyed clues, a pain in the neck insurance investigator, and a dishy dame.
