BLUE MOON [Hardcover]

Peter & Wilson, John Morgan Duchin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Unknown (2002)
• ASIN: B0028Q6O0E
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars strong amateur sleuth, September 29, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Moon (Hardcover)

He is the bandmaster of the Philip Damon Orchestra, lives in a beautiful apartment in New York City, and is on a first name basis with Jackie Kennedy and Truman Capote among other notables. On the surface, Phillip Damon has it all, but deep in his heart he is still grieving for Diana and their unborn child who were murdered in their apartment while Philip and his orchestra were on the road. The murderer was never caught.

Philip and his company are performing at a charity gig in the Fairmont Hotel when he momentarily spots a woman who looks almost exactly like his dead wife. During the actual performance, he sees the woman Lenore Ashley on the arms of famous real state tycoon Terrence Collier III. During the performance, the lights go out momentarily. When they come back on Collier is dead, an ice pick in his chest. Diana was involved with Collier before she met Philip and he is determined to find out if the murders are linked and if so, how.

Peter Duchin and John Morgan Wilson team up to write one of the better debut amateur sleuth novels of the year. The work itself is very atmospheric and the story line, which takes place in 1963, seems like it occurs in a world so much different than four decades ago. The plot is extremely well crafted, with so many coincidences and linking relationship that readers will keep turning the pages to find out all the secrets and agendas of the myriad of suspects.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing period noir set in San Francisco, November 11, 2002

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This review is from: Blue Moon (Hardcover)

For those who enjoy a literary style as smooth and sweet as the legendary swing bands of the forties, here's an engrossing new mystery series to discover. Edgar winning author, John Morgan Wilson, teams up with society bandleader, Peter Duchin, to create an evocative series set in the world of the high society movers and shakers of 1963. Like Mr. Duchin himself, the protagonist is part of the social set that includes celebs of the time from DiMaggio and the Kennedys--a unique and clever milleau for dramas high and low as murder follows murder, and our protag is pursued as well.

I enjoyed the bright and complex characterizations and the intricate, noirish mystery plot as much as the authors' stylish, clear phrasings--in all, a piece of tantalizing music set into novel form.

This mystery is a winner. You will be glad to discover this series early.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars buy it. buy it now., June 23, 2003

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RMS Bear (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blue Moon (Hardcover)

Great book. Well-written, humorous, well-plotted. I look forward to more books in what could be a well-done series. I'm a big fan of John Morgan Wilson's Justice series and while this is not as dark as those can be, it is well worth the read.