Murder by Moonlight

Would you try to save your son from a death sentence if he tried to murder you in your own bed? In Murder by Moonlight Vincent Zandris cunning detective Dick Moonlight returns with his toughest case yet: proving an open-and-shut murder investigation isnt over at all. Joan Parker is the last woman private eye Dick Moonlight would ever expect to see in his Albany office. From the right side of the tracks-neighboring Bethlehem-she bears her upper class upbringing as effortlessly as a string of pearls. She also bears a scar running down her head and face-a brutal reminder of the ax attack that took the life of her husband. Her twenty-one-year-old son Christopher now sits in jail charged with the crime. According to the official report-based on Joans answers to police when they arrived at the house and found her barely alive-she identified Christopher as the culprit. But sitting in Moonlights office she reveals that she has no recollection of the event yet is certain of one thing: Christopher didnt do it. Moonlight knows a thing or two about being nearly dead. And he also knows the tragedy of the police jumping to the wrong conclusions-a past case of a falsely accused client still haunts him-so he agrees to take the job and get to the truth of what happened that day. At first the trail of clues-from the crime scene to Joans original accusation-keeps the finger pointed at Christopher. But soon Moonlight turns up something he never expected something more sinister than anything hes ever come up against. Vincent Zandris latest Dick Moonlight PI thriller Murder by Moonlight is a fast-paced whip-smart tale of a guy who cant always remember getting into trouble-and cant seem to stay out of it. For fans of Robert B. Parker Michael Connelly Ace Atkins Brett Battles Don Winslow and more comes an unputdownable mystery based on a true story thats sure to keep you up all night...in a good way.