📱 eBook en inglés THE SKELFS SERIES

Get the FIRST SIX books in Doug Johnstones addictive, darkly funny and unmissable The Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.

When family patriarch Jim dies, three generations of Edinburgh women – widow Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah – take over the family funeral directors and PI businesses. From missing people and faked deaths to gangland vendettas and graveyard secrets, their investigations pull them into danger in a series of tense, warmly funny and unforgettable mysteries.

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The Skelfs feel like family – their joys are my joys, their pains are my pain Val McDermid

Tense, funny and deeply movingMark Billingham

Some of the best female characters in crime fictionSarah Hilary

Gripping and blackly humorousObserver

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A Dark Matter (book 1)

Jims death leaves Dorothy, Jenny and Hannah in charge — but a vanished friend, a cheating husband and hidden affairs soon make their first cases lethal.

The Big Chill (book 2)

A car crashes into an open grave, an elderly professor grows dangerously obsessed and old enemies plot revenge.

The Great Silence (book 3)

A severed foot, a dying womans secret and a missing girl tied to Jennys violent ex push the family into deadly territory.

Black Hearts (book 4)

A possible faked death, a stalker threatening Hannah and ghosts from Jennys past bring peril to all three.

The Opposite of Lonely (book 5)

Suspicious fires, conspiracy theorists and a missing sister-in-law test loyalty and survival closer to home.

Living Is a Problem (book 6)

A funeral attacked by a drone, gangland violence and graveyard intrusions force the Skelfs to fight for their lives.

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Underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has becomeDaily Mail

Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and braveSunday Times

A unique brand of crime fiction boasting rare heart and depthAmbrose Parry