All Spooked Up

by E. J. Copperman Narrated by Alex Picard

Overview

Paint store owner Laura Meehan makes the discovery of a lifetime in her shop when she stumbles upon a body and. . . her dead father's ghost! This brand-new Haunted Paint Store Mystery has Copperman's signature wit, humor, and zaniness aplenty!
Dealing with her father's recent death, Laura Meehan decides to move back to her New Jersey hometown and take over the paint and wallpaper store he opened after quitting his straining job in the police. Knowing that she is uprooting her own and her supportive husband Roy's lives, she's determined to continue her father's legacy and keep the business alive.
But that doesn't seem to be the only thing alive when Laura discovers that her store is haunted by none other than her deceased father! Either that or Laura has finally lost her mind and developed Ghost Traumatic Stress Syndrome. . .
When she discovers the body of the town's deadbeat painter Ernie on top of all that, Laura is determined to find the culprit who's rudely used her store as their murder scene, with the help of her ex-police detective father's ghost-real or not, Laura might as well make use of his expertise!
It turns out Ernie owed a lot of money to a lot of people. Could one of them have reached breaking point and killed the freeloader?
A lighthearted, fun, and quirky cozy mystery with an intriguing paranormal twist. 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.

Editorial Reviews

Booklist on Same Difference

It’s Fran’s resilience, intelligence, and — most of all — her irrepressible, sassy, laugh-out-loud humor that make this book so entertaining

Dru's Book Musings on Same Difference

A terrific read

Booklist

With head-spinning twists, droll humor, red herrings aplenty, and a plucky heroine, Copperman’s latest is sure to please his legions of fans

Kirkus Reviews on Ukulele of Death

Wacky premise . . . [Features Copperman’s] most offbeat protagonist to date

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine on Ukulele of Death

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

Publishers Weekly on Ukulele of Death

Loads of fun . . . zips along at a fast and furious pace

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine on Same Difference

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

Library Journal on Ukulele of Death

With an enjoyable mix of sci-fi and mystery elements, Copperman’s latest features an intriguing and likable pair of detectives

Aunt Agatha's on Same Difference

A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best

Booklist on Ukulele of Death

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

Kirkus Reviews on Same Difference

A hilarious quest

Kirkus Reviews

2025-08-16
Copperman launches yet another series, drawing on his childhood experiences in his father’s paint and wallpaper store.

When Laura Meehan decided to honor her father’s memory by reopening Breezeway Paint and Wallpaper in Sea Breeze, New Jersey, she never expected him to be able to weigh in on her decision. But a shadowy apparition appearing in the back office claims to be the late Amos Meehan. Though Laura is skeptical of the idea that it really is her father’s ghost, come back to offer his support in her venture, Amos’ help becomes especially valuable when Laura discovers the body of housepainter Ernie Colasco with his head wedged in her paint shaker. Before founding Breezeway Paint, Amos had been a respected detective on the Atlantic City Police Department. Ernie, on the other hand, had been a universally detested pain in the ass who’d ignored his daughter, cheated on his wife, and owed money to everyone he did business with. While no one much mourns Ernie’s passing, Laura feels that leaving his killer on the loose would tarnish Breezeway Paint’s reputation. The relationship between fathers and daughters looms large in Copperman’s narrative, although it’s not clear what value is added by siting Laura’s relationship with Amos across not only generations but planes of existence. Even Laura isn’t quite sure whether the apparition of Amos is a ghost or a figment of her imagination. It may be hard for readers to invest much in the Laura/Amos dyad if even Laura isn’t convinced it’s a thing.

Not quite like watching paint dry. But Copperman’s latest could use more of the manic energy of his earlier franchises.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940203676603
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	11/04/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged

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