Not that everyone likes a mystery–literary or otherwise. We sell all kinds of books, you see, but we specialize in crime and mystery fiction. Why exactly the gallant gumshoe was gunned down on our premises, I don’t know, but the question felt fitting, given our shop’s specialty. He and Penny have an unusual connection, beginning, more or less, with his death decades earlier: The Tears of Valentino have a long and storied history, with a chapter involving the now-dead private investigator, Jack Shepard. Norma has also been working part-time cleaning rooms at the nearby Finch Inn, which is where the trouble starts when an influencer guest accuses Norma of stealing her valuable set of heirloom jewelry. She’s been in Quindicott, Rhode Island for a while though and seems likely to winter there, prompting Penny’s job offer.
The main issue is that Norma is a nomad, moving seasonally and having no fixed address for her teardrop trailer house. Norma’s book empathy and skill at sales however have convinced them to stay open seven days a week, if Norma will accept their offer of a steady job. Penny and her co-owner, her Aunt Sadie, had been considering closing on Sundays in order to maintain cost-effectiveness. Ever since her latest part-time employee, Norma Stanton, started working at her bookstore, sales have gone up. The latest terrific installment of the Haunted Bookshop mystery series finds our heroine Penelope Thornton-McClure ready to be the bearer of good news.
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