Danger lurks under a "Crescent Moon" in Lori Handeland's latest
Danger lurks under a "Crescent Moon" in Lori Handeland's latest
Though, she's never believed in magic, cryptozoologist Diana Malone's husband, Simon, did. So Diana made her dying husband a promise: To prove that mythical creatures, any mythical creature, exists.
In Lori Handeland's "Crescent Moon" ($6.99, St. Martin's Paperbacks), Diana might get her chance to do just that.
Unemployed again, not many universities want to hire cryptozoologists who look for mythical creatures, Diana jumps at the chance to work for Frank Tallient. Tallient wants Diana to travel to Louisiana and investigate wolf sightings and several deaths in the swamps.
Tallient tells Diana there have been sightings in and around New Orleans for the past two hundred years. But the disturbances only seem to occur around a particular phase of the moon: the crescent. Tallient wants Diana to trap what he suspects is a loup-garou, or werewolf, then give him a call.
Werewolves were Simon's speciality.
Once in Louisiana, Diana makes her base camp an old mansion at the edge of the swamp where the recent killings occurred. The mansion is owned by one Adam Ruelle who supposedly disappeared years ago. However, Diana has no trouble meeting the man.
Rumor has it that the Ruelle family was cursed years ago. Even though, she and Ruelle become quite, er, close,Diana has a feeling that Adam knows more about the killings and the wolf sightings than he's saying.
"Crescent Moon" is Handeland's fourth Nightcreature novel. My favorite is still her first one, "Dark Moon," where we're introduced to the Jager-Suchers, an organization who hunts down supernatural creatures. "Crescent Moon" starts off strong, but kind of bogs down in the middle before picking back up in the end, so while it's not the best Nightcreature novel, it's still worth a read.
Though, she's never believed in magic, cryptozoologist Diana Malone's husband, Simon, did. So Diana made her dying husband a promise: To prove that mythical creatures, any mythical creature, exists.
In Lori Handeland's "Crescent Moon" ($6.99, St. Martin's Paperbacks), Diana might get her chance to do just that.
Unemployed again, not many universities want to hire cryptozoologists who look for mythical creatures, Diana jumps at the chance to work for Frank Tallient. Tallient wants Diana to travel to Louisiana and investigate wolf sightings and several deaths in the swamps.
Tallient tells Diana there have been sightings in and around New Orleans for the past two hundred years. But the disturbances only seem to occur around a particular phase of the moon: the crescent. Tallient wants Diana to trap what he suspects is a loup-garou, or werewolf, then give him a call.
Werewolves were Simon's speciality.
Once in Louisiana, Diana makes her base camp an old mansion at the edge of the swamp where the recent killings occurred. The mansion is owned by one Adam Ruelle who supposedly disappeared years ago. However, Diana has no trouble meeting the man.
Rumor has it that the Ruelle family was cursed years ago. Even though, she and Ruelle become quite, er, close,Diana has a feeling that Adam knows more about the killings and the wolf sightings than he's saying.
"Crescent Moon" is Handeland's fourth Nightcreature novel. My favorite is still her first one, "Dark Moon," where we're introduced to the Jager-Suchers, an organization who hunts down supernatural creatures. "Crescent Moon" starts off strong, but kind of bogs down in the middle before picking back up in the end, so while it's not the best Nightcreature novel, it's still worth a read.
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