Skeletons in the Attic - Softcover
What goes on behind closed doors doesn’t always stay there...
Calamity (Callie) Barnstable isn’t surprised to learn she’s the sole beneficiary of her late father’s estate, though she is shocked to discover she has inherited a house in the town of Marketville—a house she didn’t know existed. However, there are conditions attached to Callie’s inheritance: she must move to Marketville, live in the house, and solve her mother’s murder.
Callie’s not keen on dredging up a thirty-year-old mystery, but if she doesn’t do it, there’s a scheming psychic named Misty Rivers who is more than happy to expose the Barnstable family secrets. Determined to thwart Misty and fulfill her father’s wishes, Callie accepts the challenge. But is she ready to face the skeletons hidden in the attic?
Calamity (Callie) Barnstable isn’t surprised to learn she’s the sole beneficiary of her late father’s estate, though she is shocked to discover she has inherited a house in the town of Marketville—a house she didn’t know existed. However, there are conditions attached to Callie’s inheritance: she must move to Marketville, live in the house, and solve her mother’s murder.
Callie’s not keen on dredging up a thirty-year-old mystery, but if she doesn’t do it, there’s a scheming psychic named Misty Rivers who is more than happy to expose the Barnstable family secrets. Determined to thwart Misty and fulfill her father’s wishes, Callie accepts the challenge. But is she ready to face the skeletons hidden in the attic?
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From the Author:
I started writing Skeletons in the Attic while trying to find a publisher for my debut mystery novel, The Hanged Man'sNoose, the first book in the Glass Dolphin Mystery series. I didn't want to stop writing, but I couldn't bring myself to write the sequel to a novel that hadn't yet found "a home."
Just as the setting of Lount's Landing is loosely based on my former community of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada, so too is Marketville loosely based on the town of Newmarket, which is situated just south of Holland Landing. Of course, I have taken many liberties with both locations, as well as the surrounding area, and the characters are entirely fictitious, but therein lies the inspiration.
The idea for Skeletons in the Attic came to me while I waited with my husband, Mike, in our lawyer's office. We were there to update our wills, and his goldendoodle kept us company while our lawyer was detained at court. The opening scenes of this book are culled directly from that experience. Let that be your takeaway from this: everything that happens in a writer's life may end up in one of their stories.
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Just as the setting of Lount's Landing is loosely based on my former community of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada, so too is Marketville loosely based on the town of Newmarket, which is situated just south of Holland Landing. Of course, I have taken many liberties with both locations, as well as the surrounding area, and the characters are entirely fictitious, but therein lies the inspiration.
The idea for Skeletons in the Attic came to me while I waited with my husband, Mike, in our lawyer's office. We were there to update our wills, and his goldendoodle kept us company while our lawyer was detained at court. The opening scenes of this book are culled directly from that experience. Let that be your takeaway from this: everything that happens in a writer's life may end up in one of their stories.
"Skeletons in the Attic is a thought-provoking, haunting tale of decades-old deception. In this first-of-a-new series, Judy Penz Sheluk reveals herself to be a masterful storyteller, weaving a page-turner that hooked me from the startand kept me intrigued until the stunning finale." --Annette Dashofy, USA Today bestselling author of the Zoe Chambers mystery series
Mystery readers will find Callie acompelling protagonist, the plot a fine, winding investigative piece that redefines the concept of "dirty laundry" and whether or not it should be aired in public or secreted forever, and the story of how family connections, wealth, and truth can take on lives of their own. A vivid production that translates to thoroughly engrossing reading right up to a completely unexpected, thought-provoking surprise conclusion." --Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"Sheluk has created a memorable and powerful character that lingers long after the final page, while giving Callie Barnstable a caustic wit, tenacity and a penchant for unraveling mysteries. By the last page, she'll need all that and more. Relentless as it moves forward, Skeletons in the Attic takes the reader on a quest for a decades-old truth." --Jeff Buick,author of Bloodline
"Skeletons in the Attic is a beautifully crafted page-turner, whose heroine, Callie Barnstable, gives Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone a run for her money. S is for Skeletons in the Attic!" --Ellen Byron, author of Plantation Shudders
"Skeletons in the Attic is a delight. Callie's plight grabs the reader from the get-go and, as the plot twists and twists again, you follow her with heart in mouth. Is there any way for this to end well? Yes, there is, and you won't see it coming! I'm already looking forward to book 2." --Catriona McPherson, author of The Child Garden
Mystery readers will find Callie acompelling protagonist, the plot a fine, winding investigative piece that redefines the concept of "dirty laundry" and whether or not it should be aired in public or secreted forever, and the story of how family connections, wealth, and truth can take on lives of their own. A vivid production that translates to thoroughly engrossing reading right up to a completely unexpected, thought-provoking surprise conclusion." --Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"Sheluk has created a memorable and powerful character that lingers long after the final page, while giving Callie Barnstable a caustic wit, tenacity and a penchant for unraveling mysteries. By the last page, she'll need all that and more. Relentless as it moves forward, Skeletons in the Attic takes the reader on a quest for a decades-old truth." --Jeff Buick,author of Bloodline
"Skeletons in the Attic is a beautifully crafted page-turner, whose heroine, Callie Barnstable, gives Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone a run for her money. S is for Skeletons in the Attic!" --Ellen Byron, author of Plantation Shudders
"Skeletons in the Attic is a delight. Callie's plight grabs the reader from the get-go and, as the plot twists and twists again, you follow her with heart in mouth. Is there any way for this to end well? Yes, there is, and you won't see it coming! I'm already looking forward to book 2." --Catriona McPherson, author of The Child Garden
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- PublisherImajin Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1772232645
- ISBN 13 9781772232646
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages246
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