The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

A few reviewers of The Haunted Bookshop have found the protagonist's discussion of books--many of them contemporaries of this 1918 novel--and book selling boring and off-point. For me, they made the story. I thoroughly enjoyed Roger Mifflin’s musings on literature and the art of bookselling as well as his interactions with other characters, especially his wife and his enthusiastic mentee, the daughter of a friend. The plot's mystery, though engaging at the outset, proved rather hokey and not very compelling. However, the mystery never pretends to be the draw of this title (in my opinion), so its hokey-ness doesn't really disappoint.