Synopses & Reviews
Lee Donne's family is gifted. Her mother has three doctorates, her father is an economics genius, and her grandfather is a world renowned Shakespearean scholar. Lee's own gift, if you could call it that, is an eidetic memory that seems to maintain a visual representation of everything she's ever seen. For the most part, this gift is useless; it certainly hasn't helped Lee in college, where she's just spent four years drifting from major to major, with no degree in sight.
Without a job or prospects, Lee is relieved to be housesitting her grandfather's isolated Oregon home. But her stay soon becomes a nightmare when she is tormented by strange and menacing noises at night. Emboldened by a visit from her friend Casey, Lee finds that the source of these haunting sounds is an all-too-human force a young and well-respected man.
He knew that Lee's grandfather would be away, but what could he have been looking for? The search for answers takes Lee from the Pacific Northwest to the streets of New Orleans.
Using her strange gift as she probes into her family's past, Lee uncovers secrets more far-reaching and sinister than she ever could imagine.
Review
"What starts as a creepy endangered-woman scenario quickly deepens to a study of family secrets and loyalty....Wilhelm presents the women in Lee's family with such psychological acuity that you can't help caring about them." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Wilhelm tackles difficult material...not altogether successfully....The mystery at the heart of the novel is well crafted, but the gee-whiz narration and implausible context sink this well-intentioned whodunit." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Fan favorite Kate Wilhelm delivers an ominous tale of suspense in Skeletons. Lee Donne is the black sheep in a family of geniuses. With no plans for her future, she agrees to house-sit for her grandfather for six months. Before long she begins to hear strange noises in the house and she and a friend decide to investigate. They discover a burglar, who dies suddenly before they can find out what he was looking for. Lee is soon embroiled in a series of events that she could never have imagined events that put her very life in jeopardy.
Synopsis
Lee Donne is an appendix in a family of overachievers. Her mother has three doctorates, her father is an economics genius and her grandfather is a world-renowned Shakespearean scholar. After four years of college and three majors, Lee is nowhere closer to a degree. With little better to do, she agrees to house-sit for her grandfather.
But the quiet stay she envisioned ends abruptly when she begins to hear strange noises at night. Something is hidden in the house . . . and someone is determined to find it. Suddenly Lee finds herself caught in a game of cat and mouse, the reasons for which she doesn't understand. But when the FBI arrives on the doorstep, she realizes that the house may hold dark secrets that go beyond her own family. And that sometimes, long-buried skeletons rise up from the grave.
About the Author
Kate Wilhelm is the author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among them are the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, the Constance and Charlie mysteries, and The Good Children. The recipient of many honors the Prix Apollo, the Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and the Kurd Lasswitz Award Ms. Wilhelm, along with her husband, Damon Knight, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Michigan State University in recognition of their many years as instructors for the Clarion workshop in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Born in Ohio and raised in Kentucky, Ms. Wilhelm now lives in Eugene, Oregon, her home of many years.