Blood Moon

By: Sandra Brown

Narrated by: Kyf Brewer

In this sexy thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, an unruly detective and an ambitious TV show producer work against the clock to prevent another young woman from disappearing before the next blood moon—while trying to resist the attraction between them.

Detective John Bowie is one misstep away from being fired from the Auclair Police Department in coastal Louisiana. Recently divorced and slightly heavy-handed with his liquor, Bowie does all that he can to cope with the actions taken (or not taken) during the investigation of Crissy Mellin, a teenage girl who disappeared more than three years prior. But now, Crisis Point, a long-running true crime television series, is soon to air an episode documenting the unsolved Mellin case. Bowie has been instructed by his boss to keep to his criticisms over the mishandling of the investigation to himself.

Beth Collins, a senior producer on Crisis Point, knows what classifies as a great story and when there’s something more to be told. After working on the show for seven years, Collins is convinced that Crissy Mellin’s disappearance was not an isolated incident. A string of disappearances of teenage girls in nearby areas have only one thing in common: They took place on the night of a blood moon. In a last-ditch effort to find out the truth, Beth enlists Detective Bowie to help her figure out what happened to Crissy and find the true culprit before he acts on the next blood moon—in four days’ time.

​With their jobs and their lives at risk, Bowie and Collins band together to catch the killer while fighting an irresistible spark between them that threatens to upend everything.

The suspenseful story.

Sometimes the infections in the reader's voice didn't match my perception of what was happening.

Good story

I liked the story but the narrator was difficult to listen to. I had to speed it up to 1.7x speed to tolerate it.

Lack of Real Suspense

I always love Sandra Brown, but this one wasn’t one of her better efforts. The male & female leads were written well, and their attraction progressed in a realistic way. However, I would summarize the story as romantic suspense, searching for some suspense. The whole Blood Moon theory didn’t make logical sense, it wasn’t developed well and the ending was very weak & bland. The villain was so meek, that he didn’t seem much of a villain.

What a ride couldn’t put it down.

From John to Mutt and all characters in between loved this book. I would love to go visit the fishing cabin. Coincidentally I started this book just in time for this years blood moon. Don’t think I will ever view another one the same way again.

A Compelling Story

This was a good story, but not outstanding. I liked the tie in to the Blood Moon as there will be one within a week. This was a fairly predictable book with only one, "I never saw that coming", moment. I did enjoy the overall listen.