The Haunted Bookshop (1919) is a novel by Christopher Morley. Although
less popular than Kitty Foyle (1939), a novel adapted into an Academy
Award-winning film, The Haunted Bookshop is a fast-paced thriller that
deserves a modern audience. From unassuming beginnings as a tale about a
lovelorn advertising salesman who visits a charming bookstore, The
Haunted Bookshop quickly morphs into a story of paranoia, stalking, and
kidnapping. "If you are ever in Brooklyn, that borough of superb sunsets
and magnificent vistas of husband-propelled baby-carriages, it is to be
hoped you may chance upon a quiet by-street where there is a very
remarkable bookshop." In need of a new client, Aubrey Gilbert steps into
a bookstore on a quiet Brooklyn street. There, he meets Roger Mifflin,
the store's owner, who inundates the adman with information on the value
of books. Although he fails to get Mifflin's business, Gilbert is drawn
to Titania Chapman, the man's beautiful young assistant who just so
happens to be the daughter of Gilbert's most important client. As
mysterious occurrences begin to pile up--a valuable book is stolen,
Gilbert is assaulted, and a strange man is found lurking in the alleyway
behind the store--it becomes clear that Titania is in grave danger. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookshop is a classic of
American literature reimagined for modern readers.