The Mystery of the Bones

The Mystery of the Bones (2019) C.S. Poe (Snow & Winter #4)

“Life isn’t all about money, Seb.”

“You can say that. You don’t have a hospital bill the length of a CVS receipt.”

I’d been shot in May. That batshit crazy Pete White had nearly taken me out with an antique revolver, and all I had to show for surviving was a nasty scar and enough debt to choke a horse.

Calvin was sitting up in bed, a hand pressed against his bare chest as he struggled to calm his breathing. Waking him suddenly or making loud noises were still triggers of his PTSD that we’d been diligently working on.

“You’ve been mailed human remains, have potentially picked up a new stalker, the police have you under protection, and you’re sitting in a hotel room drinking beer and eating cake?”

“Yeah.”

“You’re living your best life, man,” Max said.

“ARE YOU sure it’s a real skull?” Neil’s voice asked over speakerphone.

“No, Neil,” I snapped. “I can’t tell the difference between human bone and polyresin.”

“Millett,” Quinn warned. “If you get him started on the history of mourning masks or some shit, I will find you.”

Characters: Sebastian Snow, Detective Calvin Winter, William Snow, Dillon, Max Ridley, Detective Quinn Lancaster, Detective Neil Millett, Beth Harrison, Dillon, Detective Alex Wainwright, Officer Nico Rossi, Dr. Asquith, Frank Newell, Marc Winter, Dr. Logan Thyne, Dr. Gould, Angela London, Daniel Howard, Jason, Ben Dover

Cover Art by Reese Dante

Publisher: DSP Publications

Rating: 8.5/10

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