The Skeleton Haunts A House

Author : Leigh Perry
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625676771

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The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry Pdf

"The Skeleton Haunts A House, and the entire Family Skeleton Mystery series for that matter, is a fun-filled, action-packed read that engrosses the reader from the first page to the last. Highly recommended!” — Open Book Society Pennycross is spooked after a student is murdered at a popular haunted house, and now it’s full scream ahead for English adjunct professor Georgia Thackery and Sid the Skeleton as they scramble to solve the case... No bones about it, Halloween is Sid the Skeleton’s absolute favorite season! It’s the one time of year he can freely cavort around town with his best friend, English adjunct professor Georgia Thackery. Sid’s especially looking forward to Pennycross’s infamous Halloween Howl. The annual, month-long event celebrates all things spooky, but its main attraction is undoubtedly the haunt at “McHades” Hall. Every October, to raise scholarship funds, McQuaid University transforms McQuaid Hall, the oldest building on campus, into an immersive haunted house experience, serving scares at the dilapidated mansion with swarms of student zombies, gallons of gag blood, and piles of plastic bones. But unfortunately, this year, visitors to McHades Hall stumble upon something unexpected—one very real murder victim... McQuaid student Kendall Fitzroy was beloved by family, friends, and her boyfriend—no one knows why anyone would want to kill her. But with the community mourning a dead co-ed, the authorities threatening to shut down the attraction, and the University standing to lose thousands in donations, it’s up to Sid, Georgia, and the entire Thackery family to scare up some clues and unmask the haunt’s true ghoul before they strike again. The third book in the Family Skeleton cozy mystery series by Agatha award-winning author Toni L. P. Kelner, writing as Leigh Perry, is sure to charm fans of Charlaine Harris and Sophie Kelly! Praise for The Skeleton Haunts a House: "This is a smart, fun book with lots of twists and a wry humor, making it the perfect Halloween book you can read late into the night and not have nightmares from." — Crimereads “One of the freshest and original voices in the subgenre of paranormal mystery.” — Talk Nerdy With Us “Sid (he likes to think of himself as Sherlock Bones) and Georgia come through in the end, of course, and there’s a lot of fun (and a bit of romance) to be had along the way. Check it out.” — Bill Crider

Author : Leigh Perry
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635760453

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The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry Pdf

No bones about it, this death is suspicious…“Amateur sleuth Georgia, and her sidekick, Sid, are just plain fun!”—Sofie Kelly, New York Times-bestselling author of the Magical Cats Mysteries 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... “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 “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

Author : Leigh Perry
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635764437

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The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry Pdf

“Whodunits don’t come much funnier… Fans of offbeat comic mysteries will be richly rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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. 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… “You'll love the adventures of this unexpected mystery-solving duo.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Author : Leigh Perry
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635766431

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The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry Pdf

“Mirth and murder blend beautifully” in this tale of an amateur sleuth and her bony best friend (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Dr. Georgia Thackery is back 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. With tensions stirring at the college and everyone hiding a secret or two, Sid and Georgia must uncover the truth before the ghost of a Christmas past strikes again. “Amateur sleuth Georgia, and her sidekick, Sid, are just plain fun!”—Sofie Kelly, New York Times-bestselling author of the Magical Cats Mysteries

Author : Anonim
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0060737654

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Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House by Anonim Pdf

"Daily Tombs" newspaper reporter Dirk Bones, who also happens to be a skeleton, investigates when a family of ghosts fears that they are being haunted.

Author : Doug Cushman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Haunted houses
ISBN : 0329722042

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Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House by Doug Cushman Pdf

"Daily Tombs" newspaper reporter Dirk Bones, who also happens to be a skeleton, investigates when a family of ghosts fears that they are being haunted.

Author : Paul Meehan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476638201

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The Haunted House on Film by Paul Meehan Pdf

A popular phenomenon since antiquity, the image of the haunted house is one that has translated elegantly into the modern medium of film. The haunted house transcends genre, appearing in mysteries, gothic romances, comedies and horror films. This book is the first comprehensive historical and critical study of themes surrounding haunted houses in film. Covering more than 100 films, it spans from the Mystery House thrillers of the silent era to the high-tech, big budget productions of the 21st Century. Included are the works of such acclaimed directors as D.W. Griffith, Robert Wise, Mario Bava, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro. The book also covers the real-life "haunted house" phenomenon and movies based on paranormal case files, including those featured in films like the Conjuring series.

Author : Krista Davis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101551127

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The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis Pdf

In the fifth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Domestic Diva series, Sophie Winston is getting into the Halloween spirit, but someone else is intent on mischief... Sophie's decorations for a community haunted house are so good, it’s scary. Not to be outdone, rival domestic diva Natasha is throwing a spooktacular Halloween party at her house. But when Sophie arrives, she discovers one of Natasha’s guests dead in a hair-raising Halloween display, and a pale, fanged partygoer fleeing the scene. The cause of death is not immediately apparent, but the victim does have two puncture wounds on his neck. While Sophie’s boyfriend, homicide detective Wolf, investigates, rumors start flying faster than witches on broomsticks. Could the killer be a real vampire—the same one rumored to have lived in Sophie’s haunted house back when it was a boardinghouse? Good thing a domestic diva never runs out of garlic... Includes delicious recipes and entertaining tips!

Author : Toni L. P. Kelner
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671042

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Who Killed the Pinup Queen? by Toni L. P. Kelner Pdf

Tilda Harper, savvy celebrity reporter and sleuth to yesterday’s stars, must find a killer with a penchant for former pinups in Agatha award-winner Toni L.P Kelner’s second Where Are They Now? mystery A Killer Figure The last thing entertainment reporter Tilda Harper expects is for one of her feature articles to suddenly become an obituary. But when the subject of an upcoming piece—former 50s pinup queen, Sandra Sechrest—is brutally killed, Tilda’s story quickly develops into a murder investigation. There are few leads and many questions. Was it the work of greedy relatives? An obsessed fan? Or perhaps a jealous lover? Adding to the puzzle, are the startling confidential connections between Sandra and the Hollywood stars of her day that Tilda uncovers while researching a project for Entertain Me! magazine. As Tilda focuses on the case, she unwittingly becomes a target herself. It seems someone has a secret that they’ll do anything to keep, and Tilda’s getting a little too close to the truth. If she doesn’t pin down this pinup killer soon, Tilda could be the next to die.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : United Holdings Group
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJM4B

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The Haunted House by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Darla Saylor Jackson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781300726197

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More Harlan County Haunts by Darla Saylor Jackson Pdf

More Harlan County Haunts is the follow-up to the popular Harlan County Haunts and features over 100 true ghostly accounts set in the area of Harlan County, Kentucky. More Harlan County Haunts has tales of ghosts, monsters, angels, and even unidentified flying objects. Although many stories in the book are recent, there are also many stories telling about the county's eerie and haunted past. More Harlan County Haunts' feature story is a tale about a house on Cumberland Avenue in downtown Harlan, Kentucky that reveals the house's bloody past.

Author : Dale Bailey
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497601949

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House of Bones by Dale Bailey Pdf

A chilling twist on the haunted-house story as five strangers resolve to spend two weeks in an abandoned, high-rise urban housing project that even gang lords and crack dealers avoid . . . Chicago’s Dreamland Housing Project was created to give people with nothing a second chance. Like so many ill-conceived dreams of its time, eventually the project fell into disrepair and disrepute, just another slum ruled by the gangs and the drug dealers. But there was one building in the complex that contained an evil far fouler than the kind running the streets. Here eerie sounds emanated nightly from the elevator shafts and the shadows at the far end of the hallways, and inexplicable, fatal “accidents” were the norm. Here human blood regularly soaked the walls and cheap carpeting as rapists and murderers ran rampant, though none could remember their dark deeds afterward. Now, decades later, Dreamland is empty of its residents and mostly demolished. But one building still stands, thanks to billionaire Ramsey Lomax, who won’t let the city raze the last and most notorious tower until he is done with it. Along with four willing strangers—a writer, an ex-cop, a doctor, and a psychic, each with a reason for participating—Lomax intends to spend two weeks living in the abandoned tower to see if the legends are real. But nothing can prepare these five for the terror they encounter once the front door slams behind them, trapping them all inside. Because in Dreamland, every nightmare comes true.

Author : Jack Yerby
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1974485242

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The Secret of the Haunted House by Jack Yerby Pdf

Two young brothers solve the mystery of a ghostly light seen at night in a burned down house. And through their efforts, they find a hidden treasure and capture an escaped convict. The Secret of the Haunted House uniquely takes on the challenge of getting young teens (especially boys) interested in reading. What keeps it from reading as dull as an old Hardy Boys mystery with its shallow characters (who could ever remember if Frank or Joe was the blond) is the inclusion of mischievous pranks that the four Bassett children pull on each other. Interspersed between scenes dealing with the mystery of the lights, the capture of an escaped convict, and the recovery of the gems, are passages describing how the two older siblings pick on the younger two, and how the overly intelligent Kenny gets back at them. Besides maintaining the suspense of the mystery, these interludes develop the character of Kenny and his three siblings. Also providing some local color is the character of Mrs. Tsosie, the next door neighbor. She is a traditional Navajo, and her actions and speech patterns provide a background of Navajo culture to the novel. And finally, the torment that the four Bassett kids put their mother through also adds color and humor.

Author : Karrȧ Shimabukuro,Wickham Clayton
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781802075533

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Horror That Haunts Us by Karrȧ Shimabukuro,Wickham Clayton Pdf

Horror’s pleasures fundamentally hinge on looking backward, either on destabilising trauma, or as a period of comfort and happiness which is undermined by threat. However, this stretches beyond the scares on our screens to the consumption and criticism of the monsters of our past. The horror films of our youth can be locations of psychological and social trauma, or the happy place we go back to for comfort when our lives become unsettled. Horror That Haunts Us: Nostalgia, Revisionism, and Trauma in Contemporary American Horror is a collection of essays that brings together multiple theoretical and critical approaches to consider the way popular horror films from the last fifty years communicate, embody, and rework our view of the past. Whether we look at our current relationship to the scary movies of decades ago as personal or cultural memory, the way historical and sociopolitical events and frameworks – especially traumas – reframe the way we look at our pasts, or even the way recent horror films and video games look back at our past (and the past of the genre itself) through a filter of experience and history, this collection will show the close relationship between nostalgia and popular horror. These essays also demonstrate a range of unique and diverse points of view from both established and emerging scholars on the subject of horror and the past. Edited by seasoned horror experts Karrá Shimabukuro and Wickham Clayton, Horror That Haunts Us is a book with the aim of examining why we return again and again to certain popular horror films, either as remakes or reboots or as the basis for pastiche and homage.

Author : Algernon Blackwood
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151946018X

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The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood Pdf

The empty house -- A haunted island -- A case of eavesdropping -- Keeping his promise -- With intent to steal -- The wood of the dead -- Smith: an episode in a lodging-house -- A suspicious gift -- The strange adventures of a private secretary in New York -- Skeleton Lake: an episode in camp. Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]