Thirteen Bones

Harbinger P.I. #13

by Adam J. Wright

A game of witches and spells…and thirteen magical bones.

I’m back in Dearmont, and confused as hell. The world I left behind was on the brink of an apocalypse but now it’s business as usual. New case, new mystery, new danger. Sounds fun, right?

When a mega-rich guy with a penchant for occult relics creates a televised competition to find thirteen magical bones, I’m all in. I have to win this thing to make sure the supernatural equivalent of a nuclear bomb doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

I’m not the only contestant in this game of bones. My teammates consist of hunters, a guy whose music can kill, and a woman with strange powers.

If I’m going to pull this off, I’m gonna need to dig deep and use every resource I have.


Thirteen Bones is the latest book in the bestselling Harbinger P.I. series.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 29, 2025

Reviews

[Oliver Kitchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm genuinely not sure exactly how I feel about this book.

I enjoy the style and the characters, and it's a return to the format of story that I enjoyed about the series compaired to the last entry, but there are definatley things that I felt didn't work for me.

There were two main issues that I had:

1) The plot didn't actually give the characters much agency and couldn't really sell the stakes. After the apocolyptic plotlines for the last few books, something more personal might have been a better way to reintroduce the small town aspect of the story but the author tried to sell the idea that this new problem could be world altering, only to push the characters along with next to no imput from their actions and resolve the problem in 5 pages... while the main characters weren't there.

2) The way everything was brought back into "Accordance" which retconned a number of things from previous books. Most notably the dynamic between Alec and Felicity, apparently to clear the way for Alec to get together with Amy. When I read the first few books in the series, I was honestly expecting Alec and Amy to become the primarly romantic pairing but it didn't happen in 12 books worth of stories and, in that time, he and Felicity developed a dynamic that I found much more compelling. This all culminated in her delaring her love for him right before he was dragged into Purgatory at the end of book 11. Except not anymore, apparently the recton spell eliminated that event and, while he's been away, she got into a relationship with a character that was only recently introduced before said seperation. It just feels like a letdown and I don't know whether the author intends to drag that Alec-Felicity tension out some more or if this is really the status quo he wants to settle on but, either way, it cheapens 11 books worth of relationship building for the primarly characters and bothered me for basically the second half of this book.

In summary: an easily and generally enjoyable read but had elements that interfered with that enjoyment.

[Trista H. · Rating 2 out of 5]

boring

Let me start off by saying that I really enjoy this author. And I’ve also enjoyed the series. However, this seems like a throwaway book. Extremely dull, no major backstory outside of one or two chapters. It was a quick read, but I was completely unimpressed, and this was not up to par with his authors previous books. Sorely disappointed.

[Kris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

It was great getting to read another of the Harbinger PI books. Loved getting to read what happened after Alec returned from purgatory. I look forward to the next book (and I really hope there is a next book).

[John E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back to normal?

This read more like the his at the start of the series. If the series continues, i hope it continues with similar stories. A nice mix of supernatural, greed, heroic and not so heroic actions, along with some character development.

[Kathryn J. Kammerzell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun adventure!

I have loved this series. The twists and turns were creative and original. I was often still trying to solve the case as I neared the end of the novel. I truly hope this is not the end of the series.