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Book 2 of Boston Bones Series

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Pub Date 8 Dec 2026 | Archive Date 8 Dec 2026


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Boston, 1929. First, the daughter of the city's most feared mobster vanishes. Then an heiress from one of Boston's most powerful families goes missing. Both fathers turn to Charlie "Bones" Bohannon-who isn't a detective, just a shopkeeper with a talent for stumbling into danger.

Bones has his own problems. He's the disappointed point of a love triangle, and someone's running a smuggling operation straight through his store. With help from Punchy, a salty ex‑sailor, and Olivia, sister to the missing heiress, Bones chases leads that keep collapsing into dead ends. But one of those dead ends may be his last when a rival mob decides he's in the way.

To survive, Bones and his friends will need more than luck. They'll need a few tricks of their own.

Boston, 1929. First, the daughter of the city's most feared mobster vanishes. Then an heiress from one of Boston's most powerful families goes missing. Both fathers turn to Charlie...


A Note From the Publisher

Jeff Tanner, is a prolific writer, a former NPR host, and a retired college professor and administrator. He is the author of the historical mystery, The King's Collar (Boston Bones #1), short stories in several anthologies, and four plays. Jeff is also the author of fifteen books on sales and marketing. He and his wife split time between Dayton, Ohio, and Virginia's Eastern Shore, sharing both homes with Boo, a four-pound Maltese. To add some excitement, they also own and race thoroughbreds when not chasing grandchildren.

Jeff Tanner, is a prolific writer, a former NPR host, and a retired college professor and administrator. He is the author of the historical mystery, The King's Collar (Boston Bones #1), short...


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This was a strong sequel in the Boston Bone series, it had that overall element that I had enjoyed from the first book and was able to continue the story in a way that worked and still had the charm of the first one. The plot was everything that I had hoped for in a historical mystery novel and had that tension that I was looking for with the daughter of a mobster vanishing and then an heiress is going missing so it really added to the tension. The characters were so well done and I was invested in what was happening and cared about what was going on with them. Jeff Tanner has a strong writing style and I hope to read more in this series and from the author.

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