Where There's Smoke . . .
Will be published approx. on 4. August 2026
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4483-2044-8 (ISBN)
Description
Paint store owner Laura Meehan must prove her amateur sleuthing skills (again!) when her small town's public library starts burning in this installment of the Haunted Paint Store cozy mystery series.
Don't mess with a paint store owner's safe haven! Laura Meehan has her hands full with her paint store, but also with another case (that she will definitely leave to the police to solve)! The Sea Breeze Public Library is burning and it's clear from the beginning that it must be arson. Who would want to burn a library down and why? Was it a group of moms protesting what they see as inappropriate book content? Maybe it was someone who didn't like a title they lent? Or is there something more alarming going on? As a library volunteer, Laura simply has to find out, and together with her IT-savvy husband Roy and her ex-detective father's ghost (real or imagined still yet to be determined), she stumbles upon a lot of obstacles on her quest to find the truth--and maybe even an arsonist who might strike again! A light-hearted cozy mystery with a paranormal twist and Copperman's signature wit, humor, and zaniness. Perfect for fans of Copperman's Haunted Guesthouse Mysteries and Cleo Coyle's Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, as well as funny and cozy mysteries by Janet Evanovich, Elle Cosimano, and Amanda Flower.More details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Joffe Books
Product notice
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4483-2044-8 (9781448320448)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
E.J. Copperman is the nom de plume for Jeff Cohen, writer of intentionally funny murder mysteries. As E.J., he has written the Haunted Guesthouse and Agent to the Paws series, as well as the Jersey Girl Legal Mysteries, the Fran & Ken Stein Mysteries, and the new Haunted Paint Store Mysteries; as Jeff, he has written the Double Feature and Aaron Tucker series; and he collaborated with himself on the Samuel Hoenig Asperger's Mysteries.
A New Jersey native, E.J. worked as a newspaper reporter, teacher, magazine editor, and screenwriter before his first book was published to critical acclaim in 2002. In his spare time, Jeff is an extremely amateur guitar player, a fan of Major League Baseball, a couch potato, and a crossword addict.