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Leigh Perry Books in Order

Leigh Perry has written 6 books, published between 2013 and 2019. The first book is A Skeleton in the Family (2013) and the newest is The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2013–2019
Total pages
1,693 across 6 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,693 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Leigh Perry writes the Family Skeleton mysteries, six books whose titles each name a skeleton. A Skeleton in the Family (2013) opens the run, followed by The Skeleton Takes a Bow, The Skeleton Haunts a House, The Skeleton Paints a Picture, The Skeleton Makes a Friend and The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (2019). Murder investigation, families, friendship and Halloween fill the subject tags.

How many Leigh Perry books are there?

Leigh Perry has 6 books, released between 2013 and 2019.

Leigh Perry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Leigh Perry books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry, book 1 of the Family Skeleton Mystery series (2013)
  2. Cover of The Skeleton Takes a Bow by Leigh Perry, book 2 of the Family Skeleton Mystery series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry, book 4 of the Family Skeleton Mystery series (2017)
  4. Cover of The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry, book 5 of the Family Skeleton Mystery series (2018)
  5. Cover of The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry, book 6 of the Family Skeleton Mystery series (2019)
  1. 1
    A Skeleton in the FamilyFamily Skeleton Mystery #12013 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013291
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  2. 2
    The Skeleton Takes a BowFamily Skeleton Mystery #22014 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014293
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  3. 3
    The Skeleton Haunts a HouseFamily Skeleton Mystery #32015 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015289
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  4. 4
    The Skeleton Paints a PictureFamily Skeleton Mystery #42017 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017260
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  5. 5
    The Skeleton Makes a FriendFamily Skeleton Mystery #52018 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018280
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  6. 6
    The Skeleton Stuffs a StockingFamily Skeleton Mystery #62019 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019280
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Leigh Perry books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Family Skeleton Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. A Skeleton in the Family
  2. 2. The Skeleton Takes a Bow
  3. 3. The Skeleton Haunts a House
  4. 4. The Skeleton Paints a Picture
  5. 5. The Skeleton Makes a Friend
  6. 6. The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking

Do you have to read Leigh Perry books in order?

You only need to read Leigh Perry books in order within the Family Skeleton Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 6 Leigh Perry books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Leigh Perry

Start with A Skeleton in the Family (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leigh Perry book?

The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (2019) is the newest Leigh Perry book released so far.

Is there a new Leigh Perry book coming?

No next Leigh Perry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Leigh Perry at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Leigh Perry title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Leigh Perry books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,693 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 284 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leigh Perry books, 6 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Leigh Perry books are about

3 of the 6 Leigh Perry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.