{"id":26584,"date":"2026-04-18T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26584"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:58:29","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-bones-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26584","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of the Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mystery of the Bones<\/em><\/a> (2019) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter #4)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\u201cLife isn\u2019t all about money, Seb.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou can say that. You don\u2019t have a hospital bill the length of a CVS receipt.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019d 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2019d been diligently working on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been mailed human remains, have potentially picked up a new stalker, the police have you under protection, and you\u2019re sitting in a hotel room drinking beer and eating cake?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re living your best life, man,\u201d Max said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cARE YOU sure it\u2019s a real skull?\u201d Neil\u2019s voice asked over speakerphone. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Neil,\u201d I snapped. \u201cI can\u2019t tell the difference between human bone and polyresin.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMillett,\u201d Quinn warned. \u201cIf you get him started on the history of mourning masks or some shit, I will find you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: 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<\/p>\n

Cover Art by Reese Dante<\/p>\n

Publisher: DSP Publications<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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That batshit crazy Pete White had nearly taken me out with an antique revolver, and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,897,292,204,207,8,742,148,41,56,936],"tags":[50,180,544,212,473],"class_list":["post-26584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-contemporary","category-ebook","category-good","category-mental-health-rep","category-mystery","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-sexual-content","category-single-point-of-view","tag-boinking","tag-c-s-poe","tag-mm","tag-ptsd","tag-snow-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6UM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14073,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14073","url_meta":{"origin":26584,"position":0},"title":"The Mystery of the Bones","author":"Michelle","date":"March 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mystery of the Bones (2019) C.S. 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