Eternity in Cornpone Alley

Re: “The Ghost and Mrs. McClure” by Alice Kimberly

The ghost in this book has a name and it’s Jack Shepard. Former cop and WWII vet, last a street-wise New York City private investigator.

He came to Quindicott, Rhode Island in 1949 and never left. Well his body did, but his spirit didn’t. It now haunts a section of Penelope Thornton-McClure’s bookstore, Buy the Book.

Jack is less than thrilled at the prospect of spending all eternity in what he calls ‘cornpone alley’. Compared to the thrill of the big city, Quindicott is in his mind so un-sophisticated, back-water, hick and just plain not cool. So to pass time, when he’s not ‘sleeping’, he’s playing pranks on those unfortunate enough to invade his territory. Like moving objects from one place to another.

He even pulls a prank on Mrs. McClure, but she doesn’t become frightened. She keeps an even head to try to figure out what happened.

(Stay tuned for more posts about this book).