Full Moon-Bloody Moon

A series of gruesome murders leads an Indianapolis cop and a university professor to the doorstep of Cedar Point P.I. Chase Dagger. They have a theory behind the killings. The professor believes the killings only occur just prior to and during a full moon on a Friday the 13th. He believes the evil is passed on from generation to generation. Dagger feels the professor knows far too much about the suspect and the murders. Chase Dagger is back after his debut in The Good Die Twice. Mystery author Lee Driver skillfully blends mystery with an element of horror as she touches on a little known phenomena -- on October 13, 2000 there will be a full moon and it's a Friday the 13th, the thirteenth such occurrence since 1800. You will never look at another full moon on a Friday the 13th the same way.

From Booklist

Like its predecessor in the series, The Good Die Twice [BKL O 15 99], this second Chase Dagger novel cleverly combines mystery and fantasy. Dagger, a Cedar Point, Indiana, private investigator, has a special sidekick: Sara Morningsky, an 18-year-old girl with the ability to change into a variety of animals. Shape-shifters are the stuff of high fantasy, but somehow Driver, who (as S. D. Tooley) also writes the Sam Casey mysteries, keeps things firmly in the real world. She has crafted a smart story--a serial killer who's been operating for years may be a shape-shifter himself--and, despite its unusual trappings, it's as satisfying and realistic as any more-traditional mystery. Chase and Sara make a good team (there's just a hint of a will-they/won't-they romantic subplot), and Driver keeps us wondering if the killer really is a shape-shifter. The appeal of cross-genre novels is sometimes difficult to target, but this one should have no trouble attracting readers from either the mystery or the fantasy side of the fence. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

About the Author

Lee Driver is the pseudonym for mystery author S.D. Tooley who also writes the Sam Casey series. When the Dead Speak and Nothing Else Matters are the first and second books in this series.

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