"Skye must help find who murdered her grandmother"

Skye Denison is the school psychologist in Scumble River, IL. Her office is in the Jr. High but she spends time at the high school and elementary schools as well. Skye grew up here. After high school she left, planning to never return. Fired, jilted and broke she returned. With the help of her Uncle Charlie she obtained the psychologist job.

When Skye arrives at Grandma Leofanti's, she finds her dead and Mrs. Janowski, who took care of her, missing. Most of Skye's immediate and extended family members become suspects.

Along with her daily duties at school, Skye begins looking into family members' alibis and motives. She uncovers lots of family secrets.

A series of hooligan attacks on Skye's property begin and lead to an outright physical attack on Skye.

This is a GREAT series. I feel like I know Skye and her quirky family. Definitely a country family in a small town. The people she has created are so well described; I feel they're real and very believable.

I always look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Posted December 15, 2002

Summary

Second in the delightful new Scumble River mystery series... When school pyschologist Skye Denison's beloved grandma is found dead in her bed, an autopsy proves it was murder. And Skye is determined to find out whodunit, even if the answer lies in the rotten roots of her own family tree.