Friday #56, #59 The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

The Friday #56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Join in every Friday and share an excerpt from a book you've been reading. Here are the rules:

• Grab a book 
• Turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader
• Find any sentence (or a few, don't spoil it) 

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Series: Family Skeleton Mystery, #6 

# of Pages: 280 

Publication: October 15th, 2019 

Genre: Cozy Mystery 

Source: ARC for Review

Sid is back with a murder that’s sure to send a chill down your spine in Leigh Perry’s festive new mystery. Dr. Georgia Thackery is back at home with her parents after finding a new adjunct position at Bostock College. Everyone is excited for their first family Christmas with nothing to hide. Why? Because Georgia’s daughter Madison is now in the know about Sid, their walking, talking family skeleton. But their Christmas cheer is interrupted when the Thackerys' dog Byron goes missing on a cold December night. When he’s finally found, he has a femur clutched between his jaws, and Georgia and Madison race to apologize to Sid for letting the dog gnaw on him yet again. Except that all of Sid’s bones are present and accounted for. This bone is from somebody else, and when they trace Byron’s trail to an overgrown lot nearby, they find the rest of the skeleton. It’s the normal kind, not moving or telling jokes, and when the police come to take charge, they’re sure it was murder. And one of Georgia’s adjunct friends could be implicated.

This is a cozy mystery I received for review. I'm about half way through it and I'm really enjoying it. I've never read a cozy mystery where the one of the main characters is a skeleton. The writing is good and easy to follow and I love that I have no idea who the killer could possibly be. 

"When I opened the door into Sid's attic after I got home from work the next day, for a moment I thought I was in the wrong room. The place was spotless. Not that Sid is normally messy. His fresh-free lifestyle means he doesn't have to deal with dirty dishes, towels, or clothes, but he does like books, movies, comic books, and video games, all of which are usually scattered around."

Happy Reading!