The Mystery of the Spirits

The Mystery of the Spirits (2021) C.S. Poe (Snow & Winter #5)

I looked at Ferguson and offered a saccharine smile. “I guess I’m used to people telling me to shut up and therefore have to consolidate an entire religious movement that lasted nearly a century, heavily influenced by sensationalism and the mass casualties seen during the Civil War and World War I, into a single sentence.”

“We should get one of those OSHA scoreboards for the shop. You know, for recording accidents? Except we record how many days we can go before a mystery is dropped in your lap.”

“I’ve been doing very good,” I answered.

“I know. A new record. It’s been… 545 days.”

“Exactly. I haven’t—wait, for real?”

“Yeah, but now it’s zero,” Max explained.

His military service had forever changed who Calvin was as a man. But two years ago he couldn’t even admit to himself that he had a serious problem. A year ago he could hardly say, “I have therapy tonight.” Instead, he’d say, “I’m seeing Dr. Chambers tonight.” So yes, he’d cried at the recollection, he’d allowed that loss in the past to affect his decision-making in the current, but he’d also willingly told me that story. It was huge progress.

Characters: Sebastian Snow, Detective Calvin Winter, William Snow, Dillon, Beth Harrison, Max Ridley, Detective Quinn Lancaster, Detective Neil Millett, Beth Harrison, Ronald Ferguson, Detective Dean Radcliff, Aubrey Grant, Madam Sandra Habel, Marie Yang, Brad Habel, Joe Sinclair, Nellie Taylor, Jazz, Earl Walker, Chris Manzi, Cynthia Manzi

Cover Art by Reese Dante

Publisher: Emporium Press

Rating: 7.5/10

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