The Spying Moon

The unexplained disappearance of her mother left her an orphan so Kendall Moreau became a police officer and pursued a posting in the town where her mother went missing. She is on her way to her first posting when she gets reassigned to a task force in Maple River hundreds of miles from where her mother vanished. Moreau doesnt want to be in Maple River. Most of her team doesnt want her there either. Shes partnered with Nate Duncan whose role on the task force raises suspicions amongst the team because of his familys criminal connections adding to Moreaus sense of isolation. They are assigned to investigate the death of Sammy Petersen but Duncans personal connection to the family and suspects threatens to compromise the investigation. When a routine break-and-enter call produces a second body Moreau suspects a connection to Sammys death. After someone breaks into her cabin and assaults her Moreau is forced to decide who to trust. Although shes still waiting to solve her own family mystery Moreau is determined to give Sammy Petersens family the answers she never received. Can she solve the case before another teenager dies and another family is destroyed? Praise for THE SPYING MOON: The subject matter of this lucid police procedural may be grim but the Canadian sensibility is refreshing. --Publishers Weekly With a keen eye for Canadian detail Ruttan crafts a grim thriller with a unique social conscience. We need more stories like this one. Kendall Moreau is a Mountie you wont soon forget. --Sarah L Johnson bestselling author of Infractus and Suicide Stitch: Eleven Stories The Spying Moon is a welcome gritty addition to Canadian crime fiction. Ruttan is a thoughtful and original writer and Kendall Moreau is a compelling detective in the vein of Jane Tennison and John Rebus. --Sam Wiebe award-winning author of Cut You Down Last of the Independents and Invisible Dead