To solve a grisly, high-profile murder in the Everglades, a married South Florida detective-prosecutor must team with her lesbian ex, a former FBI profiler. As they infiltrate deeper into a powerful syndicate that abducts, trains, and sells children as high-end sex slaves, their investigation begins to look like a setup. With a dash of Southern Gothic sprinkled with humor, Blood Moon Burning braids together high stakes intrigue, moral and legal quandaries, and prickly domestic conflicts... moreTo solve a grisly, high-profile murder in the Everglades, a married South Florida detective-prosecutor must team with her lesbian ex, a former FBI profiler. As they infiltrate deeper into a powerful syndicate that abducts, trains, and sells children as high-end sex slaves, their investigation begins to look like a setup. With a dash of Southern Gothic sprinkled with humor, Blood Moon Burning braids together high stakes intrigue, moral and legal quandaries, and prickly domestic conflicts. The tone darkens and the pace accelerates from crime-beat to suspense to thriller as the two women skirt red herrings and draw closer to the kingpin. Incorporating literary, feminist, and philosophical elements, Blood Moon Burning offers readers an intricate whodunit full of sticky twists leading to a high-voltage showdown, intimately entwined with a poignant spin on the complexities—and dangers—of love and friendship. less
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