Moon Music Author:Faye Kellerman In Moon Music Faye Kellerman turns her attention from the streets of Los Angeles, where her previous novels were set, to the casinos of Las Vegas. A mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert and Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe sets out to determine who could have committed the murder and the brutal desecration that followed. His... more » team of investigators include the tall and lusty Steve Jensen, novice Patricia Deluca, and medical examiner Rukmani Kalil. The relations between the four are complex and add depth to this tale of deadly dealings: Poe carries a torch for Jensen's mentally troubled wife and knows of his colleague's philandering; Kalil and Poe are engaged in an off-again, on-again affair. Although collectively they feel as though they are making progress in the case, another similarly mutilated corpse is found within a matter of weeks, turning the mystery from that of a peculiarly brutal murder in the singular to the search for a serial killer.
It's a tight, tense read. Kellerman engages the reader with her carefully wrought characters and with her sense of place. Las Vegas not only sets the stage for the story but is central to it. The seeds of the crime were planted in its small town past as a nuclear test sight and only reach their fruition in the gambling and selling of sex and drugs in the present. Kellerman ties it all together beautifully, with extraordinary hints of Native American mysticism and government conspiracies.« less
This is, without a doubt, THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. I'm some who averages about 60 books a year so I've read quite a bit over the years. Terrible, confusing, and a waste of time.
I'm a huge fan of both Faye and Jonathan Kellerman, so I was excited to read this book. I was a little skeptical that I would like it when I found out it wasn't a Decker/Lazarus series. But I loved the characters and the story line. I hope Rom, Remus and everyone else return in future novels.
This book was strange, the characters had few, if any, redeeming values, and the end should be in fantasy literature! Although I kept reading to the end, I kept asking myself, "Why?" I think I will stick with Jonathan Kellerman in the future!
