The Haunted Bookshop is owned and operated by a rather unusual gentleman. His wife and dog are normal--and put up with him. This is a second hand book store and the owner does not care if he sells anything! He just wants everyone to read really good books. Since this book was written in 1919 there are words I never heard of before--much less pronounce. There is one book (one of his favorites) that keeps disappearing and then reappearing!!
One of his friends asked that he take in his daughter as an apprentice. He was honored--as he had someone who he could teach about books!! Aubrey, a traveling advertising person, tries to sell the owner on the merits of adverising--it did not work!! The pretty young girl, Titania, started work the next day---and Aubrey had stopped back in. Love at first site, on his part anyway. Then he started to suspect something was going on and he set himself up to investigate and to hopefully get this girls attention!!
He really gets bashed up a bit--a couple of times--and what was ultimately found to be going on--will astonish you!!
About the Book: (from Amazon)
Aubrey Gilbert visits the Haunted Bookshop in an effort to market his abilities as a commercial copywriter. In spite of his failure, he discovers that Titania Chapman, the attractive daughter of his most significant client, works as a store assistant. When Aubrey comes back to meet Titania, he encounters a string of bizarre occurrences, including an assault on his way home from the shop, the inexplicable disappearance and reappearance of a book, and the sighting of two strange figures lurking in a nearby alleyway. Roger Mifflin, the outgoing owner of the bookshop, is first the person Aubrey suspects of hatching a plan to abduct Titania, but the scheme he ultimately discovers is far more intricate and diabolical than he could have ever anticipated. The Haunted Bookshop is a delightful homage to the craft of bookselling wrapped inside a gripping suspense narrative that mystery and book enthusiasts both must read.
Read a Chapter or Two Here
Purchase the Book Here
About the Author: (from Amazon)
Christopher Morley (1890–1957) was an American novelist, essayist, journalist, and poet. He began his literary career at Oxford University as an editor of The Haverfordian and published his first novel, Parnassus on Wheels, in 1917. Its sequel, The Haunted Bookshop (1919), is one of the most beloved mystery novels ever written. Morley also edited the Saturday Review and cofounded the Baker Street Irregulars, a literary society dedicated to the study of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.
Author's Website
Bookbub
Goodreads
All opinions expressed are my own honest opinions. For more information please check my Disclosure Statement. Our giveaways are in no way sponsored or promoted by Facebook or Google.
2 comments :
This sounds like such a fun read! THank you for sharing
Sounds like a great read
Post a Comment