Harlot's Moon

A Robert Payne Mystery, Book 3

By: Edward Gorman

Narrated by: Mark Douglas Nelson

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Catholic priest has been found half-naked and dead in a seedy motel room, with his tongue cut out. Ex-FBI profiler Robert Payne has been called in to investigate by his childhood friend Steve Gray, now a monsignor. With a fund-raising drive coming up, Steve wants to squelch a scandal. But all the signs point to unholy doings in the tightly knit parish.

Why did the pugnacious president of the Parish Board remove a gold earring from the scene of the crime? Was his beautiful blonde wife doing more than confessing to the profligate priest? And why was the dead priest hoarding newspaper stories about two other brutal murders? As Payne examines the evidence and pieces together the profile of a subtle and devious killer, it's clear that there will be hell to pay - with no end in sight...

©1999 Ed Gorman (P)2012 David Wilson

Good

Good characters and plot, a call brings and old friend asking for help. He is a priest, to look into why others have been murdered. This gives us a personal side of Robert with his girlfriend, and his father shows up.
Good series, and narration, of a good written mystery.
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