The Mystery of the Bones

Written by C.S. Poe

Narrated by Wyatt Baker

It’s been a full year since the mystery that brought together antique shop owner and part-time amateur sleuth Sebastian Snow with homicide detective Calvin Winter. Patience, sanity, and their very lives have been put to the test, but love has persevered. Although Sebastian is now New York City’s best-known busybody, he’s finished with crime solving and wants nothing more than to plan a romantic budget wedding.
Then Snow’s Antique Emporium receives a decapitated human head in the mail and the holidays are gory once again. Sebastian patently disregards the mystery of a lifetime because he is done with death and danger—but the killer escalates. Before Sebastian knows it, his closest friends and family are dragged into a series of horrific murders with antiquated clues hinting to the infamous Victorian American Bones Wars. The clock is ticking to recover a long-lost artifact linked to paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope and to capture a murderer.
But it’s not Sebastian who may become the next target—it’s Calvin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emporium Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9781952133435

C.S. Poe

C.S. Poe is a Lambda Literary and two-time EPIC award finalist, and a FAPA award-winning author of gay mystery, romance, and speculative fiction. She resides in New York City, but has also called Key West and Ibaraki, Japan home in the past. She has an affinity for all things cute and colorful and a major weakness for toys. C.S. is an avid fan of coffee, reading, and cats. She’s rescued two cats—Milo and Kasper do their best to distract her from work on a daily basis. C.S. is an alumna of the School of Visual Arts. Her debut novel, The Mystery of Nevermore, was published 2016. cspoe.com

Reviews for The Mystery of the Bones

[shazov-133293 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another fantastic addition to this series. Poor Sebastian! Here's he's determined to step down from him amateur sleuthing, but when Calvin becomes the target, of course he has to step up.

it's great to see Sebastian and Calvin's relationship growing, although in this book in particular I found that any relationship bits and pieces were secondary to the mystery.

My only complaint is really that I found the ending a bit rushed, but then again, that could be just me.