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Where There's Smoke . . .: (A Haunted Paint Store Mystery)

Where There's Smoke . . .: (A Haunted Paint Store Mystery)


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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.



About the Author :

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.



Review :
A fun and enjoyable read and I can’t wait to see where we go next with Laura, Roy and her dad This is a strong start to a new series by the very prolific author, who always delivers with innovative plots, witty dialogue, and extremely likable characters With head-spinning twists, droll humor, red herrings aplenty, and a plucky heroine, Copperman’s latest is sure to please his legions of fans 100% Copperman and 100% hilarious An excellent and enjoyable read. This is the best book in the series and sad to know this will be their last case Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series will love Fran's sassy, sarcastic, take-no-BS attitude . . . A funny, delightful read It’s Fran’s resilience, intelligence, and — most of all — her irrepressible, sassy, laugh-out-loud humor that make this book so entertaining A hilarious quest A terrific read A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best . . . an insanely entertaining mashup of classic and cutting-edge tropes. The pages turned faster than I planned and when I finished the last one, I was already left feeling bereft, already missing Fran Stein and looking forward to more excellent instalments from E.J. Copperman E.J. Copperman is one of my all-time favorite authors. Call them cozies. Call them humorous mysteries. But call a cab to take you to the bookstore the minute a new one comes out. They’re that good

With unique, larger-than-life characters (literally), and an outlandish premise, this one
may appeal to Janet Evanovich fans

Loads of fun . . . zips along at a fast and furious pace With an enjoyable mix of sci-fi and mystery elements, Copperman’s latest features an intriguing and likable pair of detectives Wacky premise . . . [Features Copperman’s] most offbeat protagonist to date Twisty and bonkers and fun This book is a total delight . . . if the next volume in the series isn’t released soon, I’m heading to New Jersey and downloading it from the author’s computer myself Sprightly characters and smart dialogue drive the plot . . . Those seeking pure escapist fare will be delighted Copperman has [zaniness] on tap for his latest dose of legal mayhem Copperman knows how to entertain Crafty and zany, with a well-clued solution Readers who enjoy streetwise protagonists and intelligent courtroom scenes will appreciate Copperman’s latest Terrific . . . This breezy book is a pure pleasure to read Legal mayhem at its finest Sandy is a Jersey girl, a competent, tenacious, yet vulnerable heroine in a cast of vividly described characters and in a story with multiple plot twists that's enlivened with humor and set against the glittering backdrop of Hollywood Readers won’t want to miss a minute of the mayhem. In or out of the courtroom, Copperman’s right on the money


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781448320455
  • Publisher: Joffe Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Severn House
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1448320453
  • Publisher Date: 04 Aug 2026
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Series Title: A Haunted Paint Store Mystery


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