Karen S. (BoysMom) - , reviewed on 10/21/2019 + 854 more book reviews

Dr. Georgia Thackery and her daughter, Madison, move into Georgia's parents' home while they are off on sabbatical. It's a convenient arrangement because Georgia's been hired as an adjunct professor of English at the local institute of higher education, McQuaid University. Besides the financial savings, the house comes with a bonus, Sid, the family skeleton - a walking, talking skeleton - is in residence in the attic.

Georgia and Sid have been best friends since Georgia was 6 years old, and he has no memories of any kind before that moment he met her. No knowledge of life before his current condition as an animated skeletal being. But while attending an anime convention at the college (in cosplay, of course), Sid recognizes someone from his past. When Georgia tries to set up a meeting with the woman, she and Sid come across her dead body instead. From that point, they begin researching any clue they can to find out who Sid was.

A Skeleton in the Family is an interesting and unique amateur sleuth/ghost story. This time we have a physical, tangible manifestation of our ghostly detecting partner - the skeleton. We don't know how the skeleton came to "life" (at least not yet anyway), just that he did. And the family of characters that surround the ghost are all nice, normal folks. Georgia is a likeable woman and the plot is smart and intriguing. This is the first book in the series of Family Skeleton Mysteries, and Leigh Perry is a pseudonym for author, Toni L. P. Kelner. I highly recommend this book to cozy mystery readers that don't mind a heavy dose of paranormal activity.

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