Synopsis
Just outside the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas's late-night casinos and cabarets lies the wide open desert. In this dry, unforgiving terrain, the badly mutilated corpse of a once-gorgeous showgirl is found. Having spent days under the hot sun, the body cannot be identified, leaving Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe and his personally assembled crew of experts the unenviable task of tracking down a vicious murderer.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 424 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 27.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Critically praised for creating multidimensional heroes as well as searing story lines, Kellerman forges into new territory with "Moon Music", claiming the Glitter City of Las Vegas as her own. Called in to investigate the mutilation murder of a young showgirl, Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe is struck by the case's dreaded similarities to a horrendous slaying done by an anonymous monster dubbed "the Bogeyman".
Just outside of the citys neon Strip, in the bleak wastelands of Nevadas desert, Las Vegas Metro police discover the mauled corpse of a young and beautiful showgirl. Even in a city known for its excesses -- from Arab sheiks to casino billionaires -- this crime is particularly shocking because of the animalistic destruction of the body. Called to the crime scene is Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe -- a thirty-five-year-old Vegas native and a seasoned, fifteen-year police veteran. A loner with a love of justice, Poe immerses himself in the horrific case. The corpse is badly mutilated. Certain organs are gone and the exposure to the harsh desert elements has made forensics very difficult. Poe is particularly struck by its dreaded similarities to a horrendous slaying done by an anonymous monster dubbed "the Bogeyman." Immediately, Poe forms an investigatory team consisting of the handsome detective Stephen Jensen, his colleague but no friend, Detective Patricia Deluca, a homicide newcomer, and forensic pathologist Rukmani Kalil, who is also Poes part-time, unorthodox girlfriend. From the start, the team is mired in a web of intrigue. And the urgency of resolution becomes frenzied when another young nighttime desert dump is found a month later. From Native American mysticism and medieval folk legends to untold twentieth century scientific secrets, Poe must sift through Vegas's sordid past and dark underbelly to solve a series of gruesome murders -- and to save a beautiful woman he had once loved -- before all of them are caught in a deadly dance of Moon Music.
Industry Reviews
"[Faye Kellerman has] a knack for intimate conversation....the author has no trouble tapping into those domestic tensions that can turn ugly and cruel, even murderous."
Ray
"It's a credit to Kellerman's storytelling abilities that long after she reveals 'who done it' readers will be frantically flipping pages to find out just how and why."
Ray
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