In the bleak wasteland of the Nevada desert, not far from the sparkling, 24-hour neon of the world famous Las Vegas Strip, the body of a once-beautiiful showgirl is discovered, horribly mauled and mutilated. It is a horrendous crime, shocking in its brutality, excessive even for a city celebrated for its excess. Seasoned police veteran and Vegas native Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe has seen his fair share of depravity in this mecca of glitz and vice. But there is something about this unfortunate young woman's death -- and in a similar murder that is to follow soon after -- that harkens back to an unsolved slaying and so-called suicide a quarter-century ago. The grim similarities -- along with some frightening new possibilities -- are leading Poe into a night world of dark shadows best left unilluminated..and pulling the inquisitive policeman toward secrets from a strange and sordid past that could destroy those closest to him, and drag him over the edge.
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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 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. In another's hands, such flights of fancy would verge on the ridiculous, but Kellerman manages to keep her fantastic plots well under control. For those with a strong stomach and an imaginative streak, Moon Music is a captivating thriller. --K.A. Crouch --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In leaving behind LAPD detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus (last seen in Serpent's Tooth, 1997), for this Las Vegas mystery, Kellerman unfortunately also abandoned the warmth and depth of characterization that mark her series' books. Featuring Las Vegas homicide cop, Romulus Poe, in the murder investigation of two prostitutes, this tale also trades in the series' foundation in religion (Orthodox Judaism) for sensational pseudo-scientific and/or supernatural suggestions of lycanthropy. The first prostitute whose badly mutilated corpse is found in the desert was the onetime mistress of Poe's fellow cop Steve Jenkins. That complication exacerbates the two cops' already strained relationship: Poe and Jenkins's wife, Alison, who were high-school lovers, still harbor feelings of attachment. Alison's mental and emotional instability figure large in the narrative, which also involves the above-ground testing of atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site when Poe and his twin brother, Remus, were infants. (The boys' growth was severely stunted; Remus, the first to be treated with growth hormone, became a seven-foot giant; Rom, treated less aggressively, achieved a normal height). Alison, a teenager when her mother died under suspicious circumstances, may also have been affected by radiation fallout. More deaths and mutilations lead to a climactic action scene at the Test Site, but it and the sketchy resolution are no more convincing than the dialogue, the characterization or the plot in this neon-lit disappointment from a writer capable of much better work.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I really like the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series, but this book is an unmitigated *bomb*. I only made it through a couple of chapters when I put the book down with disgust. In other books, Kellerman occasionally concerns me--mildly--with her rather sexist and hypersexed portrayal of women (does every red blooded man *really* feel a tug in his pants when he looks at a pretty lady?), but Moon Music was over the top. While I do not consider myself a prude by any means, I was disgusted by the sleazy, one dimensional characters and their sleazy behaviour. If I want a rollicking mystery, I'll read Justice or one of the other Decker/Lazarus books, but I'm selling this one back to the used book store.
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I have enjoyed all of Faye Kellerman's novels -- until "Moon Music". I thought it was crude and not up to her usual fine writing.
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I've read many of Kellerman's books, and while most of them are pretty decent, this one is a total bore! In others of her books I've seen signs of "religious prejudism" against certain christian religions, and it's here again, over and over again. Not only that, but the book is BORING! I've been working on this for the last week, and am only on page 155! I read about 10 pages, then go to sleep! Great if you have insomnia!
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No Redeeming Value
I wonder if Ms. Kellerman was hoping to make up for lack of a plot through the use of very foul language, poor taste and strange characters with no redeeming value? Read more
Published on Sep 5 2003 by R. Larson
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Disappointing Book
I have always enjoyed Faye Kellerman's books up until this one. I admire her writing, and her plots stay at least within the realm of possibility (probably not all happening to... Read more
Published on April 30 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it.
No, it is not what I expected, and that is a good thing. If you are looking for to be throughly entertained by another's imagination this is the book for you. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2003 by "hrh-gracie"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry, but I'm feeling let down!
I have enjoyed all of Mrs. Kellerman's Decker/Lazarus novels. Of course, I couldn't wait to find a copy of Moon Music to soak up the lives of a new bunch of her detectives! Read more
Published on Sep 24 2002
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A Waste of Money, Time & Effort
This is one of the worst books I've read recently. After reading some as poetic & complex as the Blind Assassin and something light and smooth like Memoirs of a Geisha, I could... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2002 by "spoon812"
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bad news for Kellerman fans
I only wish I had read the reviews before I wasted my money on this book. It started out promising but I really didn't care for most of the characters. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2002
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful
At times there are books or films the offend. Not because of language or content but because they are an insult to the reader's intelligence. This is one of them. Read more
Published on April 13 2002 by Alec Trevalyan
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Save your money - this one goes straight into the trash bin
This is by far the worst book by Faye Kellerman. She has forgotten the aphorism, "to thine ownself be true" Here she has taken bits and pieces from other popular mass... Read more
Published on Jan 11 2002
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Great Book!
All I can say is I wish she would right a sequel. I don't usually want sequels but this one just crys for one. I could just feel the desert wind!
Published on Jan 4 2002 by Rachel Owens
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A Different Spin
I have read several of Faye Kellerman's books, and eagerly await each new title. This one was a bit disappointing. Read more
Published on Oct 27 2001
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