A Skeleton in the Family
What has Sid so rattled?

An adjunct professor worries she’s made a grave mistake returning to her hometown when she’s drawn into a decades-old murder mystery...by the victim’s skeleton!

Georgia Thackery isn’ t exactly thrilled to be moving back to her childhood home, not that she has much choice. As a struggling adjunct English professor and single mom to a teenage daughter, Georgia takes jobs wherever she can find them. At least with this new teaching gig in Pennycross, Massachusetts, she has a rent-free place to live. Besides, there’s a major upside to Georgia’s homecoming: Sid!

Every family has secrets, but the skeleton in Georgia’s closet isn’ t just real, he’s a living (kinda), breathing (sorta), cringey-joke-making part of the family– who happens to be her best friend! No one quite knows the origins of Sid’s remains, and he can’ t recall anything from before meeting Georgia and taking up residence in the Thackery attic. But all that changes during an outing to the local college campus, when Sid recognizes a face from his literal past life...and it chills him to the bone.

Now, Sid has questions about the circumstances of his death and Georgia will do whatever it takes to help him dig up the truth. But when all signs point to murder, is Georgia in danger of becoming the next family skeleton?

Fans of Charlaine Harris and Sofie Kelly will adore this charming supernatural cozy mystery— the first in the beloved Family Skeleton series— by Agatha Award-winning author, Toni L. P. Kelner, writing as Leigh Perry.
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A Skeleton in the Family
What has Sid so rattled?

An adjunct professor worries she’s made a grave mistake returning to her hometown when she’s drawn into a decades-old murder mystery...by the victim’s skeleton!

Georgia Thackery isn’ t exactly thrilled to be moving back to her childhood home, not that she has much choice. As a struggling adjunct English professor and single mom to a teenage daughter, Georgia takes jobs wherever she can find them. At least with this new teaching gig in Pennycross, Massachusetts, she has a rent-free place to live. Besides, there’s a major upside to Georgia’s homecoming: Sid!

Every family has secrets, but the skeleton in Georgia’s closet isn’ t just real, he’s a living (kinda), breathing (sorta), cringey-joke-making part of the family– who happens to be her best friend! No one quite knows the origins of Sid’s remains, and he can’ t recall anything from before meeting Georgia and taking up residence in the Thackery attic. But all that changes during an outing to the local college campus, when Sid recognizes a face from his literal past life...and it chills him to the bone.

Now, Sid has questions about the circumstances of his death and Georgia will do whatever it takes to help him dig up the truth. But when all signs point to murder, is Georgia in danger of becoming the next family skeleton?

Fans of Charlaine Harris and Sofie Kelly will adore this charming supernatural cozy mystery— the first in the beloved Family Skeleton series— by Agatha Award-winning author, Toni L. P. Kelner, writing as Leigh Perry.
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A Skeleton in the Family

A Skeleton in the Family

by Leigh Perry
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A Skeleton in the Family

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Overview

What has Sid so rattled?

An adjunct professor worries she’s made a grave mistake returning to her hometown when she’s drawn into a decades-old murder mystery...by the victim’s skeleton!

Georgia Thackery isn’ t exactly thrilled to be moving back to her childhood home, not that she has much choice. As a struggling adjunct English professor and single mom to a teenage daughter, Georgia takes jobs wherever she can find them. At least with this new teaching gig in Pennycross, Massachusetts, she has a rent-free place to live. Besides, there’s a major upside to Georgia’s homecoming: Sid!

Every family has secrets, but the skeleton in Georgia’s closet isn’ t just real, he’s a living (kinda), breathing (sorta), cringey-joke-making part of the family– who happens to be her best friend! No one quite knows the origins of Sid’s remains, and he can’ t recall anything from before meeting Georgia and taking up residence in the Thackery attic. But all that changes during an outing to the local college campus, when Sid recognizes a face from his literal past life...and it chills him to the bone.

Now, Sid has questions about the circumstances of his death and Georgia will do whatever it takes to help him dig up the truth. But when all signs point to murder, is Georgia in danger of becoming the next family skeleton?

Fans of Charlaine Harris and Sofie Kelly will adore this charming supernatural cozy mystery— the first in the beloved Family Skeleton series— by Agatha Award-winning author, Toni L. P. Kelner, writing as Leigh Perry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625677129
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency Inc
Publication date: 08/06/2024
Series: Family Skeleton
Pages: 310
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Leigh Perry is a pseudonym for Toni L.P. Kelner, who is an award-winning mystery author, and the co-editor, with Charlaine Harris, of a series of New York Times bestselling fantasy-mystery anthologies, including Many Bloody ReturnsWolfsbane & MistletoeDeath's Excellent Vacation; An Apple for the Creature, and Home Improvement: Undead Edition.

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PRAISE FOR A SKELETON IN THE FAMILY:

"Dr. Georgia Thackery is smart, resourceful, and determined to be a great single mom to her teenager. Georgia is normal in every respect—except that her best friend happens to be a skeleton named Sid. You'll love the adventures of this unexpected mystery-solving duo."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris.

“Adjunct English professor Georgia Thackery makes a charming debut in A Skeleton in the Family. Georgia is fiercely loyal to her best friend, Sid, an actual skeleton who is somehow still ‘alive.’ When Sid see someone he remembers from his past life—who later turns up dead—Georgia finds herself trying to put together the pieces of Sid’s past as she works to hunt down a killer. Amateur sleuth Georgia, and her sidekick, Sid, are just plain fun!”—Sofie Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Cat Trick

"No bones about it, Leigh Perry hooked me right from the beginning. An unusual premise, quirky characters, and smart, dry humor season this well-told mystery that kept me guessing until the very end. It's too bad Perry's sleuth is fictional—I'd invite Georgia over for dinner in a heartbeat." —Bailey Cates, national bestselling author of Bewitched, Bothered and Biscotti

"A delightful cozy with a skeleton who will tickle your funny bone." —Paige Shelton, national bestselling author of If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion

 

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