BOOK TOUR
I'm so excited to be a stop on the blog tour for
THE SKELETON MAKES A FRIEND
Book 5 in the Family Skeleton Mysteries
by Leigh Perry
Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend. Georgia doesn’t recognize the name, but she learns that the person Jen was looking for is actually Sid.
Sid reveals that he and Jen are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing. Sid admits that he might have bragged about his investigative prowess, enough so that Jen wants him to find their missing player. Given that Sid doesn’t have many friends offline―none, really, unless you count the Thackery family―Georgia agrees to help him search. They manage to discreetly enlist Jen, who lives in town, and follow the clues to... a dead buddy.
Now they've got a killer on their hands. Probing the life of Sid's friend, they realize a lot is wrong both on campus and in the seemingly quaint town, and someone doesn't want them looking deeper.
Sid reveals that he and Jen are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing. Sid admits that he might have bragged about his investigative prowess, enough so that Jen wants him to find their missing player. Given that Sid doesn’t have many friends offline―none, really, unless you count the Thackery family―Georgia agrees to help him search. They manage to discreetly enlist Jen, who lives in town, and follow the clues to... a dead buddy.
Now they've got a killer on their hands. Probing the life of Sid's friend, they realize a lot is wrong both on campus and in the seemingly quaint town, and someone doesn't want them looking deeper.
Sid unzipped the rest of
the way, pulled himself out of the suitcase and back together, and tried to
turn the knob. “It’s locked.”
“Can you open it?”
“Easy peasy,” he said,
pulling a set of lock picks from inside the suitcase. My locksmith sister Deborah
probably hadn’t realized that teaching my daughter Madison how to pick locks
was tantamount to teaching Sid. Madison had shared everything she’d learned
with him, and he’d promptly ordered his own picks online. “You really should
learn to do this, Georgia. It’s not that hard.”
Despite his assurance, it
seemed to take an awful long time to get the door open. Or maybe it just seemed
like a long time because I kept looking down the stairs, worried that somebody
would hear us and come to see what was going on.
Finally there was a loud
click, and Sid said, “Nailed it!” He opened the door, and cold air streamed
out.
“Brr!” I said. “Wouldn’t
you know that a department with everybody on vacation would be the one with
overachieving air conditioners?” The window unit in my classroom had gone out
twice. “Not to mention the waste of electricity.”
“You can complain about it
later,” Sid said. “Come on.”
I followed him into the
human resources department, pulling the empty suitcase along.
There were four more closed
doors: three offices labeled with names and one marked File Room.
“Here we go,” Sid said,
using his picks on one of the office doors.
This lock was easier to
deal with, which was a relief, but unfortunately, the smell seemed to be coming
from that office. “I’m going in.”
“Remember what I said. Get
in, look around fast, get out.”
“Got it.” He stepped
inside.
Between the cold, the
horrid stink, and the fear of being caught, I was hoping that Sid would be
swift, but I was surprised when he came out in under two minutes. “That was
fast. Did you find something?”
“Don’t go in there.”
“I wasn’t going to—”
Then I looked at him.
He shouldn’t have been
able to look like anything but bone-colored, but somehow he seemed paler than
usual, and his bones were so loose he was nearly falling apart. “What’s wrong?”
“He’s in there. At least I
think it’s him.”
“Did he see you?” I said
stupidly.
He slowly shook his skull,
and only then did I realize what it was we’d been smelling.
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!!!GIVEAWAY!!!
Winners will be chosen after November 18
at the end of the tour
1 lucky reader will win a print copy of
THE SKELETON MAKES A FRIEND
USA only
Enter using the Rafflecopter form at the end of this post.
This giveaway is through Great Escape Book Tours, not Lisa Ks Book Reviews.
MY REVIEW
Sid
the skeleton is back in, THE SKELETON MAKES A FRIEND, and he’s in great form. Well,
for a skeleton he is. 😉 Author Leigh Perry has once again outdone
herself. Just when I think I’ve read the best this series has to offer a new
installment comes along and blows the others out of the water!
Not
only is it hysterically funny, THE SKELETON MAKES A FRIEND is a stellar
whodunit that had me turning the pages quicker and quicker. With each new
chapter I became more captivated by this story as author Perry effortlessly
changes the tone of the tale as I read it. I was laughing till I cried one
minute, then crying over a heartwarming scene the next. And the reveal, well, I
never saw it coming.
About the Author
Leigh Perry is the author of the Family Skeleton Series: A Skeleton in the Family
, The Skeleton Takes a Bow
, The Skeleton Haunts a House
,
, The Skeleton Takes a Bow, The Skeleton Haunts a House, 
Author Links
Author Website: http://leighperryauthor.com/
Author Facebook: https://twitter.com/Family_Skeleton
Sid's Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/LeighPerryAuthor
My Alter Ego
Toni L.P. Kelner: www.tonilpkelner.com
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November 6 – Mallory Heart's Cozies – REVIEW
November 6 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 7 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW
November 8 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW
November 8 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
November 9 – Laura's Interests – REVIEW
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November 10 – The Book's the Thing – REVIEW
November 11 – This Is My Truth Now – REVIEW
November 12 – Here's How It Happened – REVIEW
November 12 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
November 13 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
November 14 – Varietats – REVIEW
November 14 –My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
November 15 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 15 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
November 16 – The Layaway Dragon – REVIEW
November 17 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 17 – Mysteries with Character – SPOTLIGHT
November 18 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 18 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW
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Thanks, Lisa. This sounds great! Happy Monday, to you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wonderful review on "THE SKELETON MAKES A FRIEND" by Leigh Perry and for being part of the book tour. It reaffirms my desire to read this fabulous book. After reading the excerpt, I can't wait for the opportunity to read the book.
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I was lucky enough to get an ARC and gave it 5 stars. I love how the author comes up with realistic ways for Sid to participate in these adventures.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds amazing, Thanks for your great generosity.
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