This is a fascinating and gripping tale of a treasure hunt book that became a worldwide sensation. The story spans from the creation of the book to the fifty year anniversary, and follows two best friends, their lives and intertwined families, and the repercussions their 'competitive nature' has on the people around them.

The characters and relationships are complex and compelling. The reveals are well laid and paced, making a book that's difficult to put down. Overall, it's a great mystery novel that I highly recommend.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this book - so descriptive, meticulously researched and plotted and also really enjoyed the nod to the book Masquerade - such a brilliant idea. I've loved all of Erin's books since The Poison Tree and this one certainly didn't disappoint - highly recommended.

Chilling tale of secrets and lies. It was at times, difficult to read because of the callousness of the main villain. I felt for the family as a whole.

I loved the cover and this attracted me to the book. An intriguing book covering multiple genres, mystery, timeliness and suspense. I enjoyed the back and forth of the timeliness and the way it was portrayed, a treasure hunt, lasting over the period of time

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion

Told over three interlocking timelines we learn the story of the Churcher family whose armchair adventure book The Golden Bones took off on a global scale, giving them plenty of financial success, but leaving deep scars running throughout their lives. What should have been an innocent treasure hunt turned sinister as the obsessive ‘Bonehunters’ crossed the line into a dangerous mentality, believing that Nell (the daughter of the book’s author) was the key to unlocking the final piece of the puzzle, putting her life in immediate danger.

Gothic details are littered throughout the story despite it not having an actual supernatural element. Skeletons, blood, roses, a creaky old attic, candles and stained glass combined with a decades old secret which carries a dark undertone through every page.

The Skeleton Key is an incredibly detailed and immersive story, I was completely swept away with very real crimes that were haunting the Churcher family, but also drawn into the fantasy world of the die-hard treasure hunters who took their search for the truth to the extreme. The building momentum as each of the strands began to wind together made the book impossible to put down and left me exhausted from such a rollercoaster of emotional revelations.

This book was fascinating. It told the story of a treasure hunt on an epic scale. The hunt lasted over fifty years and became of worldwide interest and a phenomena in its own right. The story is mostly told through the eyes of Nell whose father had created a 'fairy' story about a woman named Elinor, she was murdered and her bones were scattered around England. Clues lead people to seven sites. where jewels (different parts of Elinor's skeleton) are discovered. The book was a sensation at the time but it had an impact on the family and fifty years on there is a reunion, with hopes of a possible conclusion to the treasure hunt.
This is one of those books you have to finish to find out what happened, both with the treasure hunt and with the family members. I found it a long book but that seemed part of the chase. I think this book would appeal to many people young and old.
I look forward to reading more by this author.

First of all, thank you to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for this ARC! This review was voluntarily written by me.

Truthfully, it is not easy to write this review because of the complexity of this story. In my opinion, this story is a mix of genres (family saga plus suspense and mystery) in which it is told with a lot of issues but combined with mystery and suspense. The story explains a lot about characters’ backstory plus focusing on the mystery part of the treasure hunting and murder mystery. There’s quite a number of flashbacks because the timeline of the story starts in the late 1960’s until 2021 which is more than 50 years of events and people that need to be remembered. Even though I do like the mystery-solving part, I don't really feel the suspense sometimes. I keep on reading this because I want to know about the story development, especially the mystery-solving part and the end of the story. For the plot and writing, it is good for me because it makes me understand the story easier and the ending didn't disappoint me. For the main characters (family members), I don’t really like any of them but I do understand why they become like that. There’s quite a number of strong words in the book but understandable with situations faced by characters. For me, the story really shows how an achievement affects the person who achieved it and the people around them negatively and how addiction to something can lead to craziness or make people’s lives miserable. Lastly, I think I can understand the title better after finishing the story, like, the title is the answer to the mystery and the families’ fate. For anyone that likes mystery that involves families, this book is maybe for you.

Fifty years ago Frank Churcher wrote The Golden Bones, a book containing a treasure hunt about Elinore. Elinore was murdered and her bones scattered all over England. Clues hidden in the pages would reveal the location of the bones and led to people finding all but one, the pelvis.

Over the years people became obsessed with finding the missing pelvis and a group called The Bonehunters formed, containing people who dedicated their lives to the quest. As a result, Frank’s daughter Nell became a target and spent her life looking over her shoulder.

Now the book is being reissued for its fiftieth anniversary along with a new treasure hunt. The Churchers are gathered together to film the announcement when Frank finally reveals the whereabouts of the missing bone. But in its place is a real pelvis belonging to a young woman. Who was she? And how is she connected to the Churchers?

This book was such a thrilling read and I had a really hard time putting it down. The characters were so real and complex and the relationships between them were dysfunctional to say the least. I loved how Erin Kelly slowly revealed parts of the mystery and in once instance, was so clever in how she worded things to throw you off the scent. It’s only when you go back you can see how your preconceptions can colour your judgement.

A fast paced book with so many twists and turns, morally grey characters and a touch of the gothic. What more could you want?

‘Flesh will spoil and blood will spill but true love never dies
Gather the lady’s bones with love to see the lady rise ‘ - ‘To Gather the Bones’.

My thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Skeleton Key’ by Erin Kelly. I complemented my reading with its unabridged audiobook edition.

I have been reading Erin Kelly since her 2011 debut, ‘The Poison Tree’, and have always found her novels unique, fascinating reads. Her latest presents her readers with a literary puzzle. It completely wowed me from start to finish.

In her opening Author’s Note, Erin Kelly writes that the inspiration for ‘The Skeleton Key’ was her childhood favourite: “the 1979 treasure hunt phenomenon Masquerade by artist Kit Williams. On every page, riddles were posed, and intricate, dreamlike paintings depicted Jack Hare in his quest to deliver a jewel from the moon to the sun.”

At the heart of ‘The Skeleton Key’ is The Golden Bones, part picture book, part treasure hunt. Created in 1971 by Sir Frank Churcher, it is a dark fairy tale about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. The pages of the book contained clues and puzzles intended to lead questers to seven sites where seven gold mounted jewels, each representing a different part of a tiny skeleton, were buried. The book was a global sensation and a community of treasure hunters known as the Bonehunters formed. Over the years six sites were discovered, leaving only Elinore's pelvis hidden.

In the summer of 2021 the bohemian Churcher family are gathering for the 50th anniversary reissue of the book along with the launch of a new Golden Bones online treasure hunt. A film crew is at their posh Hampstead home documenting each part of the process.

Frank’s daughter, Eleanor (Nell), is reluctantly attending as after being stalked by dangerously obsessed fans unable to tell fantasy from reality, she had become a recluse. What were her parents thinking giving her a name so close to their fictional character?

As might be expected given that this is a mystery/thriller, during the filming something goes very wrong. No further details to avoid spoilers.

Kelly’s narrative flows smoothly between the past and the novel’s present with the dates and locations clearly indicated in the chapter headings. Somewhat like a puzzle, this builds up a sense of the characters’ motivations revealing mysteries along the way.

Kelly explores a number of themes, including the power of myth and folklore, dysfunctional family dynamics, and how out of control some fans can become, especially when fuelled by conspiracy theories.

Overall, I found myself completely immersed in this intricately plotted Gothic mystery. I simply loved it.

Highly recommended.

3.7 Stars
One Liner: Interesting but could have been much better

Nell arrives at her family home to celebrate the fifth anniversary of her father’s famous book, The Golden Bones. The book has become a cult favorite and eventually put Nell in danger. She still spends her life like a nomadic traveler. After all, the Bonehunters are still actively searching for the missing bone to revive Eleanor (from the book).
Frank Churcher, the author of The Golden Bone, is all set to reveal the location of the missing bone and launch the mobile app version of the puzzle. However, he unleashes the buried past on everyone in the Churcher and Lally family.
With secrets coming out one after another and threats mounting pile high, Nell has to choose between family, her life, and doing what’s right.
My Observations:
I’m glad I read it as a family drama rather than a mystery. I expected the story to be centered on the dysfunctional family and wasn’t disappointed (thanks to my brain that forgot the blurb).
The overall premise is excellent, and some scenes are very well-written. But the book feels a little heavy with many things happening and the constant shift between past and present.
The pacing is slow and uneven. The story has a loop within a loop that keeps the reader going in circles. It doesn’t help that the book is 500+ pages long (something I missed when I requested the ARC).
There are multiple POVs in different timelines. While I’m used to this, the ARC I had didn’t have proper formatting. It was hard to know which POV belonged to which character. The saving grace was that except for Nell’s first-person POV, the others are in the limited third-person.
The middle of the book was info heavy. Though it revealed more information, the process was laborious and long-winded. Sometimes, ‘telling’ works better. The book would have worked much better if it was 70-100 pages shorter.
The last 15% to 20% left me with mixed feelings. In fact, I should say it made me dislike Nell when I should have been supporting her. None of the characters were likable except Billie, but that wasn’t an issue. There weren’t supposed to be liked anyway.
What annoyed me was Nell’s holier-than-thou attitude in the climax. What Frank did was a greater crime than murder, in my books. I give this one 4 stars (despite my rants or because of them) for the ending.
I like how the book ended. Some families are clearly not meant to be together, and the author worked the plot to reach this stage. Nell’s actions gave the story the ending it needed. I dislike her character, but I like the story and its closure.
The epilogue is a master touch. It confirms my assessments of the characters. It actually makes me feel justified for siding with the family, lol. A definite plus.

To Summarize, The Skeleton Key is a cleverly plotted novel about unlikeable characters, dysfunctional families, and human fallacies. It would have worked a lot better if the plot was presented with more precision in fewer pages.
Thank you, NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton, for the eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.

'The Skeleton Key' by Erin Kelly is quite a commitment at 120+ chapters. I enjoyed this but the themes are quite distressing. Strong similarities to 'The Ophelia Girls' and 'My Dark Vanessa'. Frank Churcher, a struggling artist, is famed for writing 'The Golden Bones' A realistically painted book with poems about the Lady Elanor. 'The Golden Bones' has both ruined and cost people their lives as fans took the book literally that the Golden Bones were real. The book becomes a physical treasure hunting guide as people work to reunite the jewelled bones.There are some really quite horrific themes as Nell tries to distance herself from her family and is subjected to physical harm after her namesake lets people believe she is the real Lady Eleanor. 'The Skeleton Key' is a modern reimagining of the book, Masquerade. There are some very difficult and uncomfortable themes throughout. I was especially shocked by the resolution and felt quite sickened by it. A great book pre-Halloween and a very visual novel that only adds to the horror.

I've not read any books by Erin Kelly before but the beautiful cover and intriguing blurb caught my eye. In her foreword, the author explains that the inspiration for this story was one of her favourite childhood books: Masquerade by Kit Williams, which contained clues for a treasure hunt - the prize being a jewelled hare. In this book the prize is the tiny gold skeleton of a woman, broken into pieces and buried at locations around the UK.

Fifty years ago, Frank Churcher had the idea to write and illustrate a folk tale about a poor farmer who has to find and reunite the bones of his lost love, Elinore. To accompany the story, Frank created a tiny gold skeleton, which he broke up, burying the various bones around the country, with the clues to their location hidden in the text of the book. This book, The Golden Bones, became a huge bestseller and made both his fortune and his name as an artist, but it ruined the life of his daughter Nell. For years she's been stalked by the fans of the book (who call themselves 'Bonehunters') who believe the story is real and that her father hid the last missing piece of the skeleton inside her body. She refuses to accept any of her father's money and now lives incognito on a narrow boat with her unofficially adopted daughter, Billie.

To celebrate the book's 50th anniversary, Frank is relaunching The Golden Bones with an app and a documentary, and is planning on finally revealing where that last piece is hidden. All his family will be there at his house, including Nell and Billie, along with a film crew. Meanwhile, outside the house (and in online forums) the Bonehunters are circling...

The Skeleton Key is a beautifully written psychological suspense/domestic thriller with larger-than-life characters - Frank, in particular, is a complete monster - gothic overtones and a jaw-dropping finish. As well as Frank and his wife Cora, there is Frank's friend the alcoholic but talented Lal (with whom he always seems to be in competition), plus Lal's wife Bridget, and their children and grandchildren. The story moves back and forth between 1971 and the present day, until we're all caught up with every family secret and every betrayal. You soon appreciate that Nell did exactly the right thing by distancing herself from these horrible people!

The past and present timelines knitted seamlessly together, the treasure hunt was great fun, and the parts with the skeleton were inspired! And I shall never look at detergent in quite the same way again! Including the legend of Elinore at the end of the book was a nice touch.

The Skeleton Key is a fabulous story, recommended for fans of Lisa Jewell and Alice Feeney.


Thank you to Erin Kelly and Hodder and Stoughton for my copy of this book, which I requested from NetGalley and reviewed voluntarily.

I adored this book and the twisted mystery that the author had woven into it. The basic premise of the story is one that the author explains at the beginning. She refers to the Kit Williams book, Masquerade. The idea of this book was that the reader had to solve clues to discover the location of a golden hare. The book was published in 1979 and I do have a copy of it, I never worked out locations but I adore the artwork.

Frank and Lal have known each other for years. The Golden Bones is a book that Frank is credited with coming up with, but there is more to it than that. The idea is that there are 7 jewels that when found will form a miniature skeleton of Elinore. The book is made up of clues, puzzles, equations and various other brain teasers that lead the treasure hunters to the locations of each of the bones. It has been 50 years since the publication of the book and as interest has dwindled, what better time to spark a resurgence? The final bone is stillmissing.

The story focuses not so much on the treasure hunt but on how the book has affected the families of Frank and Lal. Both men have had their highs and lows and the author does show these within this timeslip story. She also looks in detail at Nell's story, she is the daughter of Frank and someone that has been on the negative side of the publicity that the book has had.

The families live side by side, and their children have grown up together and known each other all their lives. But Nell is one that has become more of an outsider, she moves constantly and is always looking over her shoulder. The reasons for this are made apparent in the story.

The author has woven a very twisted and mysterious tale around the book and the families. Things really come to a head when a grand unveiling does not go to plan and old secrets finally start to come out. This is when you finally realise how twisted the older generations in the families are willing to go, and little others are thought about.

This is a glimpse into two very dysfunctional families, based on secrets, fear and control. I really found this to be an addictive read and it was great to be able to see differences of opinion, and how things changed over the years as the author flits back and forth over timelines.

This was a fabulous read and one that I soon found myself very much wrapped up in. It is devious, sneaky and riveting. The pages just disappeared and I didn't realise how long this book was until I came to write my review, it is 500+ pages and it took me two sittings. Brilliant book and one I would definitely recommend.

Absolutely recommend this book. The writing is crisp and modern; Nell's voice is strong - even when she herself is feeling weak; and the two families - the Churchers and the Lallys - are well-drawn. There are sub-plots involving Nell - her fight for Billie, a girl with a feckless father, and her strained relationship with Richard.

The intricacies of the main plot are astonishing. We are on shifting ground and never quite know what the main characters are capable of. There's Frank Churcher, artist with an eye for the ladies, and Cora, his wife, who drifts about in a dope-induced haze; there's Lal, Frank's best friend, also an artist, and an alcoholic, and his wife, Bridget, who keeps him under control.

Nell and her brother Dom are the Churcher children, grown up now, having survived a disturbing childhood incident. Dom is married to the Lally's daughter, Rose, so the families, - who are next-door neighbours - are closely entwined. They all know each other inside out - except for the secrets which slowly come to light.

Set against all this are the mad and sometimes dangerous Bonehunters - avid aficionados of Frank's illustrated book which sets puzzles and provides clues to the whereabouts of the various bones of the Golden Skeleton.

A marvellous mixture of dysfunctional family life and the search for treasure, The Skeleton Key is one of the best books I've read this year.

Nell's life has been lived in the shadow of the famous book her father wrote with his best friend before she was even born. 'The Golden Bones' (loosely based on Kit Williams' famous Masquerade), told the folktale of Elinor, a wealthy lady who was murdered by her husband for falling in love with a farmhand, Tam. After Elinor's husband scattered her bones across the country, Tam was told that, if he could collect them together again, Elinor would rise from her grave and come back to life. 'The Golden Bones' challenged its readers to a similar treasure hunt, seeding clues across its pages that would lead them to tiny jewelled gold models of Elinor's bones. But this hunt became an obsession for a small but dedicated minority of readers, nicknamed 'Bonehunters'. When The Skeleton Key opens, Nell's family are once more gathered to return to 'The Golden Bones' with an app developed for a new generation of treasure hunters. However, a shocking discovery at the launch of this app threatens to unravel generations of family secrets.

It took me some time to get into this novel. The first third felt a bit scattergun, switching between different plot lines, and at first I wasn't sure how all of this was going to coalesce together. However, after that point, it all clicked, and I fell in love with this complicated, intricate story. Erin Kelly is known for her sophisticated thrillers, but this felt like a step beyond even what she's done before, with such psychological realism as she explores the network of relationships within Nell's family. One outstanding thread was the relationship between Nell and adopted daughter Billie, which was portrayed with such warmth that I truly cared about what happened to them. However, Kelly's writing is also on brilliant form throughout this novel as she explores the consequences of doing something terrible and how a murderer 'lives in a place inhabited only by those who have taken another human life. It is a superterranean Hades that is superimposed on the world where the innocent live, a club so secret even its members do not know each other... plagued by elaborate fantasies that one day a vengeful - or maybe just bored - god will decide to expose them all. [Spoiler] and the other murderers will look up to see a swirling storm cloud above their heads. Nobody can explain the phenomenon, and the murderers aren't letting on. Sometimes they allow a brief moment of recognition in the street and the expression is always the same. You? Really? I'd never have guessed.'

The Skeleton Key is both a thriller and a family drama, but it's also something more than both of those genres; it has such heart and such originality. Forgive it the wonky start, and keep on with the hunt.

I’d like to thank NetGalley and Hodder and Stoughton for approving me for an ARC of this book. I’d also like to thank Tandem Collective UK for inviting me to take part in my first listen along. This is the first book of Erin Kelly’s that I have read and I was excited to dive in.

The story centres around Nell (Elinore) and the upcoming 50th anniversary of her parents popular children’s book, The Golden Bones. The story flicks back and forth between current day events and moments from the past, spanning many decades. It’s through this story telling that we learn just how much Nell’s life has been affected by her parent’s book.

I loved Nell as a main character and admired her need to create distance between herself and her family. The legacy her parents set her up for was something no child should have to bear and I often found myself angry and Frank and Cora’s lack of parenting. The saving grace in Nell’s family was Billie and I loved watching their bond grow from strength to strength.

The obsession with the book, The Golden Bones, is very dangerous and shows just how quickly people can form groups and become obsessed with the latest trend. The ‘Bone Hunter’s’ were willing to sacrifice anything to find the missing pieces of Elinore and some even paid with their lives. The much anticipated celebration of the book only brings one question. Where is the last missing piece?

This a a slow burn, highly addictive, psychological thriller that is seeped in history and family drama’s. There are plenty of twists and turns, quite a few of which took me completely by surprise. It will leave you trusting no one and guessing up until the last turn of the page.

I enjoyed the audio so much that I went and got myself a copy because the book itself is just too pretty to leave behind. It was so much fun to participate in the listen-along and chat to other readers as we went, I hope this will be the first of many. I’m now off to read the rest of Erin Kelly’s collection!

Thanks so much to Erin Kelly and Hodder & Staughton for my chance to read ‘The Skeleton Key’. As a child I was obsessed with the idea of Kit Williams’ book ‘Masquerade’ (now I feel old) and the fact that a real life gold treasure could be found if you cracked the clues in a book. Having read ‘The Skeleton Key’, Im not the only one who was obsessed with it- Erin Kelly’s devilishly cunning book pays fantastic homage to this book but is so much more than that.
Timewise, ‘The Skeleton Key’ starts in the 1960s where Frank Churcher writes a new folkstory about Elinore, whose bones have been scattered across England in mythical locations. The story is illustrated with beautiful pictures full of hidden clues to the real-life whereabouts of some of the bones, cryptic clues and the like. Frank and his best friend Lal find a tiny model skeleton, decorate the bones and bury each bone in one of the locations. The book is an overnight success, and all the bones are found by the Bonehunters – all except the pelvis. The Bonehunters are obsessed with finding the missing bone, believing that if they can uncover all the bones, Elinore will rise again.

Frank, Lal and their families become rich through the success of the book but it comes at a cost, as the Bonehunters become obsessive about Frank’s daughter Eleanor at great personal cost.

We move on to the 50th anniversary of the book; the Bonehunters are still searching for the pelvis, scouring anything they can find to seek clues. Eleanor has kept a low profile ever since her childhood, convinced that any publicity will be bad for her personally. Frank and Lal are working with a TV crew to produce a documentary about Frank’s life and his artistic profile since the book was published; as part of the book, he has planned to reveal the final secret about Elinore’s missing bone, but all is not as it seems.

The storyline flits back and forth from the 60s to now, revealing elements of the story from the perspective of various characters; the more I learnt, the more I kept changing my mind about the characters and who I trusted, their motivations and the driving force behind their actions. It’s a bigger character list than previous Erin Kelly books, and there were moments when I was a bit confused by who was who but it all became clearer as I read on. I think the original Masquerade book was very ‘of its time’ if that makes sense; if it was written now, clues would be solved by computers quicker than they were written. ‘The Skeleton Key’ captures that perfectly, the 1960s/ 70s sense of artistic freedom but without everything being automatically recorded and captured. It cleverly moves the story forward too as Frank and his son develop an app to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book, allowing a new generation of armchair detectives to get involved.

I would highly recommend ‘The Skeleton Key’ to any readers who like a gothic-feel, head-twisting, family-based crime drama.

Wow what a thrilling adventure. The Skeleton Key is the story about a book within a book, one that evokes a passionate search for bones - those of the legendary Elinore and and causes a group of fanatics to pursue every skeleton bone until one remains: the pelvis. However, the hunt becomes obessessive and destructive and is forced to end when someone dies. The book created a fortune for Frank and Cora Churcher and added to their vanity and shallowness , however for their daughter Nell, it brought much more menacing and sinister attention, as the infamous Bone Collectors failed to separate fantasy and reality, linking Nell with the Elinore of the story. Her life takes a much darker turn triggered by the Elinore Saga and she remains a recluse. However, family are planning a TV show to launch alongside the 50th anniversary golden edition of the book that will see fans seek the final golden bone. What starts off as a gothic tale of a legendary Skeleton twists forebodingly into unearthing some dark skeletons, secrets and lies that have repercussions for all. The non linear structure means that we piece fragments slowly to start but the end is a pacy and thrilling race that unveils some jawdropping surprises. A story of lust, obsession, death, secrets and lies. With thanks to @Netgalley for the ebook . The cover image of the book is simply stunning and perfectly matches the contents. This is a perfect read for Autumn and Halloween. #theskeletonkey #erinkelly #netgalley #hodderbooks

The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly is an absorbing story of Treasure Hunts and picture books, and the celebration of fifty years of the book which was published and called The Golden Ones.Sir Frank Churcher created the fairy story about Elsinore, a murdered woman whose bones were scattered far and wide.
This is a taut, mesmerising novel about a daughter who is haunted by her fathers legacy and the events that unfold on the fifty anniversary of the book.
An interesting storyline about families and how the events of the past catch up and impinge on the present and future.
Highly recommended

I found myself wholly wrapped up in the family dysfunction and The Golden Bones quest at the heart of The Skeleton Key. It served as the perfect distraction taking me away to a world where crazed bone hunters not only hunt for clues in the real world, but also share their obsession in chat rooms online, ever seeking the one final missing bone to complete Eleanor's skeleton. Two families, the Churchers and the Lallys, merged as one when this children's mystery quest/picture book created in the 70s bound them together through thick and thin. A global fascination has dogged the steps of Frank Churcher, its creator, since the publication of The Golden Bones, overshadowing his more serious artistic endeavours, leaving him bitter.

I loved the story as a whole and the characters that people this gripping read. Initially it felt like quite a vast cast but they fall into place soon enough making the family tree clear. Nell's story and life on a canal boat sparked my imagination. Ever hiding and avoiding anything to do with the Golden Bones, as it proved dangerous to her in her youth, she loves her family deeply but is happy to keep a distance from anything to do with The Golden Bones. The family dynamic and the way they are with each other says to me our ingenious author must have come from a big family. It feels so real; full of flaws, tantrums, lifelong understandings and the untruths one might grow up believing to be real. Through it all shines love, in whatever form that might take. It's so well written with the bouncing back and forth in time shedding bits of light on events from the past that have a consequence in the present day of 2021. I relished this novel and am reminded what a vast talent Erin Kelly possesses. Enjoying The Skeleton Key as much as I did, I must revisit her previous works and read those I may have missed.

The Skeleton Key is a mystery to be solved with great tension, twists, sarcasm and chocked full of angst and heart. It covers lots of ground but will leave the reader satisfied with the outcome and the path it took to get there. I hope you agree.