{"id":26590,"date":"2026-04-18T09:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26590"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:09:30","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-spirits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26590","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of the Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mystery of the Spirits<\/em><\/a> (2021) C.S. Poe<\/a> (Snow & Winter #5)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

I looked at Ferguson and offered a saccharine smile. \u201cI guess I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe 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.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing very good,\u201d I answered. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know. A new record. It\u2019s been\u2026 545 days.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cExactly. I haven\u2019t\u2014wait, for real?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, but now it\u2019s zero,\u201d Max explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His military service had forever changed who Calvin was as a man. But two years ago he couldn\u2019t even admit to himself that he had a serious problem. A year ago he could hardly say, \u201cI have therapy tonight.\u201d Instead, he\u2019d say, \u201cI\u2019m seeing Dr. Chambers tonight.\u201d So yes, he\u2019d cried at the recollection, he\u2019d allowed that loss in the past to affect his decision-making in the current, but he\u2019d also willingly told me that story. It was huge progress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

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

Publisher: Emporium Press<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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