Blood Moon [Paperback]

Ed Gorman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 24, 2009

This is the first of the Robert Payne series, written in 1994. Payne is an ex-FBI profiler who gets offered $10,000 in an unmarked envelope to find the killer of a young girl. If only it were that easy. A Ramble House book

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Set in a small Iowa town, mystery writer Gorman's latest concerns a former FBI agent hired to track a serial killer who takes little girls as his victims.
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About the Author

Ed Gorman is known for his numerous titles in the mystery, suspense, horror and western genres. He's been writing since the 70s has won a Shamus and Spur award. He lives in Cedar Rapids.

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Ramble House (May 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605431575
• ISBN-13: 978-1605431574
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,455,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About 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.

He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.

Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BLOODY GOOD READ, October 15, 2001

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Moon (Paperback)

The first in the "Moon" series for Mr. Gorman is a sharp, puzzlinig and intriguing whodunit. I especially like the way that Gorman jumps from the main storyline of investigator Robert Payne looking for the serial killer of young girls to the prison scenes with an unnamed prisoner and his sordid, graphic past. How these two stories come together is brilliantly done.
Gorman is great with establishing the atmosphere of New Hope, Idaho, a fictional town near Cedar Rapids. He also gives us a sympathetic leading man in Robert Payne. Payne seems to have a strong sense of duty, decency and justice. There are many suspects in the overall case and I think you'll be surprised at the climax when the killer's identity is revealed.
Yes, this is a gory book and the final scene with the rats is nerve-shaking to say the least.
Gorman is a good writer, weaving a good plot and believable characters and a good underlying sense of humor.
Can't wait to read the follow-up Moons!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liked Everything About This One, February 5, 2012

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Michael (SoCal) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blood Moon (Kindle Edition)

Author Ed Gorman sets this story in and around his own backyard of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Also the home of his alma mater, Coe College.) His knowledge of the people and culture of this region were strong points enriching his narrative and mid-western dialogue.

Private investigator, Robert Payne, a former FBI special agent and criminal profiler offers his talents to local police departments lacking the resources to pursue a complex case. In this story, he is retained by a woman seeking the killer of her young daughter who remains at large after several years of disinterest from small, local police departments.

I found the adventure very engaging with twists and turns along the way. The ending contains gruesome elements, so take warning and avoid if a bit of the horror genre is not your preference.

The formatting and editing for Kindle were well done. Thanks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A dark, solid time capsule, June 7, 2011

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This review is from: Blood Moon (Kindle Edition)

Payne is a character out of the fifties and sixties, a brooding noir presence with old values and attitudes reflective of the period that produced some of the best pulp fiction in history. Veteran author Ed Gorman (the Sam McCain novels, Black River Falls) hit it out of the park with this one. I loved those Gold Medal paperbacks, and the tortured men who faced demons so the rest of us could sleep at night. Blood Moon is a keeper, and it's great to see it back on Kindle.