Name: Georgia Center for the Book Presents Phillip DePoy writing as P.J. Nelson | All My Bones
Start: 2025-12-09T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Georgia Center for the Book at DCPL

Georgia Center for the Book Presents Phillip DePoy writing as P.J. Nelson | All My Bones

Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman.
A Cappella Books and Georgia Center for the Book welcome Phillip DePoy (writing as P.J. Nelson) in honor of the second volume of his Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery series, “All My Bones.”
With special music guests, The Dianas.
This event is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue.
Registration is not required, but preferred—signing up guarantees your seat.
About the Book
Madeline Brimley recently inherited a bookstore in Enigma, Georgia, is embarking on her second career, after her first one (acting) founders upon the metaphorical rocks. Settling in, Madeline recruits her friend Gloria Coleman, the local Episcopal priest, to help her plant azaleas in the front yard of the old Victorian that houses the bookstore. Turning the soil, however, uncovers the body of one Beatrice Glassie, a troublesome woman who has been missing for the past six months.
When her friend Gloria is arrested for the murder, Madeline is determined to prove her innocence and, as she quickly finds out, there aren't many people in town who hadn't wanted to K*ll Bea Glassie at one point or another. And the very expensive and rare first edition of a particular volume of “Grimm's Fairy Tales”—ordered by the victim and her sister is somehow tied to the grim death. With the help of her not-quite-boyfriend, a local lawman, and her deceased aunt's best friend, Madeline plans to set a trap to catch the real murderer—before she becomes the next victim.
About the Author
PJ Nelson is the pseudonym of an award-winning actor, dramatist, professor, and novelist who has done just about everything except run a bookstore. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.