The Family Skeleton Series
A Skeleton in the Family
September 2013
Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime
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The Skeleton Takes a Bow
September 2014
Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime
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The Skeleton Haunts a House
October 2015
Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime
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The Skeleton Paints a Picture
October 2017
Diversion Books
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The Skeleton Makes a Friend
November 2018
Diversion Books
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The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking
September 2019
Diversion Books
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The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
Crippen & Landru Publishers
July 2024
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Short Stories
“The Real Santa Claus”
Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse
Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
May 2014
“Direct Report”
Seize the Night
Edited by Christopher Golden
October 2015
“The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks”
Writing as Toni L.P. Kelner
For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon
edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
December 2018
Features Tilda Harper, protagonist of the Where Are They Now? series
“Now Hiring Nasty Girlz”
Writing as Toni L.P. Kelner
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
January/February 2020
reprinted in The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
By Toni L.P. Kelner (also writing as Leigh Perry)
July 2024
“Rage Warehouse—Ire Proof”
Writing as Toni L.P. Kelner
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
May/June 2020
reprinted in The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
By Toni L.P. Kelner (also writing as Leigh Perry)
July 2024
“Nasty”
Writing as Toni L.P. Kelner
Shattering Glass
edited by Heather Graham
June 2020
reprinted in The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
By Toni L.P. Kelner (also writing as Leigh Perry)
July 2024
“The Skeleton Rides a Horse”
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Sept./Oct. 2022
reprinted in The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
By Toni L.P. Kelner (also writing as Leigh Perry)
July 2024
“Baby Trap”
Writing as Toni L.P. Kelner
School of Hard Knox
edited by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor
September 2023
Selected for Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024
edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha
October 2024
Articles and Essays
“How to Haunt a House”
Article in Mystery Scene #141
2015
“Dr. Watson: Action Hero?”
Article in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #15
2015