Under a Silent Moon
A Novel
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3.6 • 38 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
P. D. James meets E. L. James in Under a Silent Moon, this first novel in an exciting British crime series—a blend of literary suspense and page-turning thriller that introduces formidable Detective Chief Inspector Louisa Smith—from suspense talent Elizabeth Haynes, author of the bestselling Into the Darkest Corner.
In the crisp, early hours of an autumn morning, the police are called to investigate two deaths. The first is a suspected murder at a farm on the outskirts of a small village. A beautiful young woman has been found dead, her cottage drenched with blood. The second is a reported suicide at a nearby quarry. A car with a woman’s body inside was found at the bottom of the pit.
As DI Louisa Smith and her team gather evidence, they discover a shocking link between the two cases and the two deaths—a bond that sealed their terrible fates one cold night, under a silent moon.
In Under a Silent Moon, Elizabeth Haynes interweaves fictional primary source materials—police reports, phone messages, interviews—and multiple character viewpoints to create a sexy, edgy, and compulsively readable tale of murder, mystery, and unsettling suspense.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Haynes (Human Remains) ventures into new territory with mixed results in her fourth crime novel. In the English village of Morden, Det. Chief Insp. Louisa "Lou" Smith leads the Major Crimes team, which is looking into the bludgeoning death of groom Polly Leuchars and the subsequent suspicious death of Polly's neighbor, Barbara Fletcher-Norman. The officers and analysts of "Op Nettle" (the name Ops Planning assigns the Leuchars murder case) uncover a trail of connections and motivations, including sexual entanglements among the suspects and police force. While most of the police procedural elements are strong (Haynes, a police intelligence analyst, provides faux Major Crimes case diagrams in an appendix), she's less sure in her depictions of various emotional and physical relationships. A parallel investigation into one suspect's long-term criminal activities is promising, but lacks a satisfactory resolution.
Customer Reviews
Spent the entire day reading this.
This book definitely hooked me within the hour. I left an entire day untouched because I had to read it to the end. Isn’t that enough to say?
Stick to the murder, leave the romance writing
An ok plot, even interesting at times, but the romance aspect and the sex in the office twists was just awful! All aspects were unprofessional and well, stupid. Like a bunch of horny high schoolers. Very juvenile perspective. It was repetitive and overly long. I suggest discriminating readers take a pass.