A review by peggyemi
The Skeleton Makes a Friend: A Family Skeleton Mystery (#5) by Leigh Perry
4.0
I have to say, I was surprised at how quickly I took to this series. I set a goal this year to read series that have been on the TBR pile for too long. I had heard plenty of great things about this series, and I had bought the first book at a library book sale, so it went on the list. I have managed to make my way through all the books to the most recent release. This has honestly become one of my favorite series in the genre. To start, it has a clever premise. Something that might sound a bit silly, works so well because this author has created some memorable characters and has imbued Sid with some many wonderful human qualities that the reader forgets sometimes that he is a skeleton. Add in Georgia and her daughter Madison and you have a trio of characters that are well developed, highly likable and engage the reader in each story. Then the author surrounds them with a great cast of secondary characters- some permanent and some revolving just for that story.
The mystery is well crafted. It has a fast-pace and a terrific plot. The author drops plenty of clues in her quest to mislead the reader as to the identity of the culprit and kept me guessing until the end.
This series hits everything on my list that I look for in a cozy mystery series and I have to say I am grateful that this author found a new home for these characters and their stories. It would have been a loss to the genre for them not to continue.
The mystery is well crafted. It has a fast-pace and a terrific plot. The author drops plenty of clues in her quest to mislead the reader as to the identity of the culprit and kept me guessing until the end.
This series hits everything on my list that I look for in a cozy mystery series and I have to say I am grateful that this author found a new home for these characters and their stories. It would have been a loss to the genre for them not to continue.