Harlot's Moon - A Robert Payne Mystery [NOOK Book]

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Catholic priest has been found half-naked and dead in a seedy motel room, with his tongue cut out. Ex-FBI profiler Robert Payne has been called in to investigate by his childhood friend Steve Gray, now a monsignor. With a fund-raising drive coming up, Steve wants to squelch a scandal. But all the signs point to unholy doings in the tightly knit parish.

Why did the pugnacious president of the Parish Board remove a gold ...
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Harlot's Moon - A Robert Payne Mystery

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Overview

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Catholic priest has been found half-naked and dead in a seedy motel room, with his tongue cut out. Ex-FBI profiler Robert Payne has been called in to investigate by his childhood friend Steve Gray, now a monsignor. With a fund-raising drive coming up, Steve wants to squelch a scandal. But all the signs point to unholy doings in the tightly knit parish.

Why did the pugnacious president of the Parish Board remove a gold earring from the scene of the crime? Was his beautiful blonde wife doing more than confessing to the profligate priest? And why was the dead priest hoarding newspaper stories about two other brutal murders? As Payne examines the evidence and pieces together the profile of a subtle and devious killer, it's clear that there will be hell to pay--with no end in sight...

PRAISE FOR HARLOT'S MOON

Publisher's Weekly: "Payne belongs to the hard-boiled detective school, but Gorman gives him an appealing softer side by detailing his loving relationship with live-in girlfriend Felice, by showing his attention to a young girl with cerebral palsy and by examining his ambivalent feelings for his dying stepfather. The prolific Gorman delivers another smooth page-turner..."

LIBRARY JOURNAL: "Slick prose and an entertaining plot."

FIND MORE OF ED GORMAN'S BOOKS IN DIGITAL FROM CROSSROAD PRESS, including more Robert Payne mysteries, the Jack Dwyer Mysteries, as well as other mystery, thriller, suspense, and horror titles, including his collaboration with Tom Piccirilli - Cast in Darker Waters.

Crossroad Press is happy to present mysteries from a number of prolific and talented authors, including Bill Pronzini, John Lutz, Tom Piccirilli, Bill Crider, David Niall Wilson, Ed Lynskey and more. Search these authors by name, or simply search CROSSROAD PRESS in the Nook store for more titles to choose from!
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940014240550
  • Publisher: Crossroad Press
  • Publication date: 3/23/2012
  • Series: Robert Payne Mysteries , #3
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 74,838
  • File size: 712 KB

Meet the Author

Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is now a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann.

He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.
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  • Posted May 14, 2012

    Hardboiled and Gripping

    First read this about a decade ago, in a single sitting. Robert Payne is perhaps my favourite of Ed Gorman's leading men - there's a wonderful sense of the hard-nosed, hard-boiled Chandler feel to the character, but he's so much beyond that, too. And there's a reason for that, Ed Gorman knows how people think, how they feel and how they react. He dips into fears and knows how to trigger them, and keep us on edge, doubting. You can't go wrong with Gorman.

    15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 19, 2012

    Pretty dern good

    Very interesting. I cant seem to put it down!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 17, 2012

    My first read by this author.....

    And i was impressed. Characters and plot were well developed. I look foward to more works by Mr. Gorman.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 6, 2012

    Entertaining, but not special.

    I found this book to be an adequate read, but no special recognition. It's a time filler.

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  • Posted July 13, 2012

    definitely recommended

    This book is a page turner. The action keeps going and the surprises keep coming. This murder mystery will keep you up at night to finish.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 5, 2012

    Highly recommended

    A really good read. A teriffic mystery story. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 4, 2012

    Highly Recommended

    After reading Harlot's Moon I have read two more Robert Payne
    books. I am now hooked on his books. Good read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 3, 2012

    good to recommend

    new author to me that was a good find, will seek out other books by same

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 26, 2012

    Not Recommened

    When a book is on a list of "Picked Just For You", I give the book some serious consideration. After I purchased and read this book, I need to reevaluate my position. I thought the characters were not very interesting, the storyline was weak and the editing was abysmal. I found spelling errors and plot shifts erratic. It almost read like a novice writer handing a mountain of manuscript to an editor and the editor begrudgingly cutting and pasting the story together. I wasted my money.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 24, 2012

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    This book was pretty much the standard "Who dun lt" murder mystery novel. The author gave the story just enough suspense to keep the pages turning. I never really understood with whom the priest was having a tryst. I thought the actual murder could have been played up more. There certainly was enough characters in the plot of whom to suspect committed the murder. I thought Felice, (the girlfriend) was being totally insenitive towards Payne's feeling regarding Vic, the stepfather, who showed up totally unexpected on Payne's doorstep. Without knowing the history between Payne and Vic, and just knowing Vic no more than a few minutes, she was already taking Vic's side and even offering him a place to stay. She continued her support towards him regardless. This irrated me and made me dislike her character. This was a pretty standard read, even the revelation of the murderer came as no big shock. If you have nothing else to do and you want something to read this book will fill the need.

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