First I love Sandra Brown books. Blood Moon is one of her newest books published this year 2025.
Blood Moon is a novel about Detective John Bowie who is just trying to keep his job. But he has a case that the police department arrested a suspect, prosecuted him and convicted him. But Detective Bowie has always questioned whether the right man was convicted.
Beth Collins is a producer of a true crime television show. Her boss is airing a show about the Crissy Mellin case. She feels that something wasn’t quite right about the Crissy Mellin case. Beth believes the real killer is still out there and is going to strike again when there’s another blood moon in just a few days. She convinces Detective Bowie to at least take a second look at the case.
Bowie doesn’t want to get involved. However, his doubts about the case force him to get involved. Bowie also has an ex wife and doesn’t want to have another relationship. But Beth might just change his mind as they spend time together going over the case.
I always enjoy a Sandra Brown book. But for me this book wasn’t one of her best. But that’s just me. I didn’t enjoy or understand a lot of the scientific details about blood moons. I never did like science. For those, into science and the solar system, they will understand it better.
The characters were good. I liked all the characters. I was particularly fond of John’s teenage daughter. She was dealing with the usual teenage issues, as well as coping with her parents’ divorce. Beth was very believable as the girl who left the area and held a fast paced television producer position. John was the good cop dealing with an unreasonable boss and corruption in the police department.
Even though this wasn’t my favorite Sandra Brown novel, I would recommend reading it. The suspense is good and it keeps you guessing about who really is the killer.
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