Skeletons In the Closet

Cal and Plato Marley Mystery #3

by Bill Pomidor

When a skeleton with a missing skull is suddenly unearthed outside Dr. Cal Marley's medical school, police dismiss it as another long-vanished victim of the Kingsbury Run Killer, a mass murderer who matched wits with Eliot Ness in the late 1930s. But other unidentified skeletons turn up, leading the Marleys to worry that a new killer may be afoot--one waiting to add them to a growing collection of bones!

Genres: Mystery

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Novelist, digital artist, producer/designer of medical/health-related games and interactive education modules.

Born and raised in Northeastern Ohio, Dr. William J. Pomidor started writing fiction while in med school. He has published several mystery novels and short stories, and has been nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe award. He began developing games and designing 3D interactive worlds several years ago; his company's most recent project is ElderQuest -- the geriatrics-educational video game developed here at FSU College of Medicine. Dr. Bill and his wife, Dr. Alice Pomidor, live in Tallahassee near their (geriatric) parents and three college-age children.

Reviews

[Rachel N. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cal Marley is a forensic anthropologist and her husband Plato is a geriatric specialist. When a skeleton with no head is found on the grounds of the college where they both teach they become involved in the case. They also become involved with the disappearnce of records relating to skeletons that were kept on campus as teachign aides and the murder of a member of the hospital staff.

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad little hospital/murder mystery. Our two heroes are married to each other; she is a deputy coroner, he is a geriatrics specialist. When a skeleton is found at a construction sight and another doctor who worked with the victim is murdered the happy couple begin to solve the case. A subplot of the husband becoming suspicious and jealous of his wife doesn't work and detracts from the book. Recommended to fans of cozies.

[Lana Kamennof-sine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the characters & the fact that Harrisons is mentioned.

[Yi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not raving about this book but it's engaging enough. The plot is not that original but the witty writing style brings out some life in this mystery novel.

[Pat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good.
Cally is professor and coroner.
Plato is gerontologist.

[Mary Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

1st time for this author, it is an interesting and fun mystery. The well-done research on the subject made for a better story.