The Skeleton Paints a Picture
A Family Skeleton Mystery (#4)
by Leigh Perry
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Pub Date Oct 10 2017 | Archive Date Oct 10 2017
Description
Georgia Thackery, adjunct English professor, has a new job teaching at Falstone College of Art and Design, known as FAD to its students and faculty. Living in a borrowed bungalow during winter in the snowiest part of Massachusetts, Georgia feels her isolation weighing as heavily as the weather. Then she receives a package containing her best friend, Sid, a walking, talking skeleton who has lived with the Thackery family since Georgia was six. With Georgia working out of town, Sid was lonely too.
The two of them make plans for a cozy semester together, and it might have worked out that way if Sid hadn’t snuck out in the middle of the night to play in the snow and spotted a crashed car. When he drags Georgia out to investigate, they find the driver behind the wheel, apparently dead from the collision.
Initially, police think it’s an accident, so Georgia and Sid think that’s the end of it—until Georgia finds out the body hits closer to home than she’d realized...
“A very touching and entertaining whodunit. The mystery is intelligent and nicely done with fun insights into academia and anthropology.” —RT Book Reviews on A Skeleton in the Family
Advance Praise
"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." --Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“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 sees 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 Faux Paw
“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, New York Times bestselling author of Magic and Macaroons
"A delightful cozy with a skeleton who will tickle your funny bone." --Paige Shelton, New York Times bestselling author of If Onions Could Spring Leeks
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781635760460 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 250 |
Featured Reviews
Debra M, Reviewer
Once again, a very enjoyable romp with Sid and Georgia! Working yet again as an adjunct professor, this time at an Art College., Georgia is feeling a little bit lonely until she finds two packages mailed from her parent's house sitting on her front porch. Sid mailed himself to her! Because it is deep winter with lots of snow, Sid is able to wear lots of clothing layers to disguise the fact he is a skeleton. Lots of opportunities for him to be out and about the neighborhood after dark which leads to him finding a body. The woman works at the same college as Georgia, in fact in the same department. Fearing she is the top suspect in the woman's death, once again Georgia (and Sid) are chasing clues and searching for not only a murderer, but an art thief as well. Well thought out and entertaining book, I totally enjoyed the hijinks.
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