Reviews

Police investigator Becca is in pain, literally, and she has visited what feels like a million doctors, but the solution may be otherworldly. For now, this is the least of her problems. During the past four months, The New Moon Killer has been leaving bodies about town. “I always thought the weirdo’s came out during the full moon,” Becca says to her partner. Together they travel to Griffin Park and then the medical examiner’s office to gather clues, which are exceedingly difficult to uncover. Like the previous murders, the latest victim was chloroformed, the throat slit, and the hands burned with acid prior to death. Nasty. Unusual. Confounding. Author P.S. Winn employs realistic police procedurals and everyday dialogue and sets them against the stark facts of this seemingly unbreakable case to create a haunting juxtaposition of a serial murder roaming Any Town, USA. The only thing the investigators know is that another murder awaits them with the waning moon. The pacing is effectively deliberate, and the drama is initially twofold--Becca’s relentless medical condition and the disturbing crime to be solved. Could they be related? Little doubt, Winn has a supernatural potboiler in store for the reader.

This is a fascinating book. I found the idea that someone could not only visit previous lives through hypnosis, but potentially change history, pretty mind-blowing. And then tying it to a series of unsolved murders was a stroke of genius. Definitely worth the read.