false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506639m/104099.jpg 104099 10 In <I>Moon Music</I> 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.<p> 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, <I>Moon Music</I> is a captivating thriller. <I>--K.A. Crouch</I> 932839 1998 Moon Music (Paperback) total:375|5:63|4:108|3:127|2:43|1:34| 375 1248 521 20 4 1 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 08:09:13 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 19:00:23 -0700 2009
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This book was an appealing (if gory) flight of fancy, deftly plotted and executed....more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 20:12:11 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 20:12:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:58:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:58:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 12:01:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 12:02:38 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Sep 07 12:53:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:54:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 16:24:45 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 19:00:19 -0700 2008
This was the first book I read by Faye Kellerman and I have to admit I was disappointed. Almost from the beginning I had reservations - when I learned the main character was Romulus who ha...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed May 28 06:16:55 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 06:24:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 11 15:46:01 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 15:51:21 -0700 2008
it is set in las Vegas and has a lot of mormon references. She obviously did NO research on Mormons or culture or beliefs when she wrote this.

An interesting story, interesting plot, but all in all a terrible book. her very worst. Thank goodness I hav...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 18:39:29 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:39:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 16 16:45:53 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 16:47:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 20:02:56 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 17:23:01 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 21:55:41 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 21:57:18 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Sat Jun 21 11:47:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 11:47:57 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sun Jul 15 15:27:08 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 15:27:55 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun May 06 16:19:33 -0700 2007 Sun May 06 16:19:33 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=104099