Family Skeletons
Bobbie O'Keefe
Five Star, Jul 6 2011, $25.95
ISBN: 9781432824990
Laurel “Sunny” Corday lives in San Francisco with her BFF Ryan who is starting a relationship with Marcus. She inherited a Victorian mansion to the north in Chester Beach from her late estranged father Franklin. However, Jonathan Corday, a cousin so distant she can’t count the degrees of separation, also was named as a beneficiary. They meet when their cars collide on a narrow road and later at the mansion, but she conceals who she is from him because of a nasty crack he made to Sunny about Laurel being a twit with two ex husbands and tabloid star status.
Several assaults on Sunny occur that worries Jonathan and Ryan. They become further concerned when a baseball bat with dried body is found and the remains of a once buried skeleton surfaces. As the police investigate and the distant cousins fall in love, Sunny knows her late father’s womanizing is the link, but is unsure how.
This entertaining thriller is a fun fast-paced tale as Corday Family Skeletons figuratively and literally appear. The support cast is solid while the lead protagonists are a nice pairing of starch and spice. Although Sunny’s attitude after being shot at and pushed down a cliff seems to blasé, fans will enjoy this exiting romantic suspense as the late Franklin’s past haunts his daughter.
Harriet Klausner
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