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Moon Lake (East Texas Gothic) Hardcover – June 22, 2021

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From an Edgar award-winning author comes the gripping and unexpected tale of a lost town and the dark secrets that lie beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake.

Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their car into Moon Lake. Miraculously surviving the crash—and growing into adulthood—Daniel returns to the site of this traumatic incident in the hopes of recovering his father's car and bones. As he attempts to finally put to rest the memories that have plagued him for years, he discovers something even more shocking among the wreckage that has ties to a twisted web of dark deeds, old grudges, and strange murders.

As Daniel diligently follows where the mysterious trail of vengeance leads, he unveils the heroic revelation at its core.

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“Lansdale nails the storyline, nails the suspense, seriously nails the dialogue and has created yet another character worthy of a series.”―BookPage

"Daniel... is a winning mixture of curiosity, hesitancy, and gumption."―Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review

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"When funky books need to be written, Joe R. Lansdale writes them. . . . The plot is pure James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, but steeped in hillbilly noir."―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"The prolific Mr. Lansdale…draws on the spirit and themes of James M. Cain in this stand-alone book, which works clever variations on such Cain classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity.
―Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

"Lansdale really makes this used car purr."―Booklist (starred review)

"Highly enjoyable . . . Populated with an admirable array of laughable miscreants, this droll, savage novel is vintage Lansdale. The author's storytelling powers remain as strong as ever."―Publishers Weekly

" [A] down-and-dirty riff on Double Indemnity, a provocative new variation on James M. Cain’s noir classic...an enjoyably cynical cruise down the back roads to perdition."―Lisa Henricksson, Airmail

"He's genre dextrous, moving fleetly between westerns, mysteries, thrillers, horror, sci-fi, literary fiction, and nonfiction, and doing it all extremely well."―Publishers Weekly

"Southern crime legend Joe Lansdale channels his best James M. Cain world vision...Readers can expect to be transported in the usual Lansdale fashion, as nobody does those East Texas period details quite like Lansdale, who always delivers with a finely-crafted, engaging, compulsive crime story in his home terrain."―Dwyer Murphy, CrimeReads

About the Author

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including Rusty Puppy, the Edgar-award winning The Bottoms, Sunset and Sawdust, and Leather Maiden. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mulholland Books; First Edition (June 22, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316540641
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316540643
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.55 inches

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Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.

Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.

A major motion picture based on Lansdale's crime thriller Cold in July was released in May 2014, starring Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down), and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing a TV series, "Hap and Leonard" for the Sundance Channel and films including The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero.

Lansdale is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

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Marleypup

engaging !

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023

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a few good plot twists , good story as always w/ Joe R Lansdale . Really enjoy his work and love the east Texas locales ( we live in the central Texas hill country and like the "local" feel of Joes books)

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2023

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Moon Lake tells the tale of Daniel Russell who used to live in the small lake-side town of Long Lincoln… that is until his dad drove both of them off the side of the bridge and into the lake in an attempted murder-suicide. Daniel survives the plunge into the lake and after spending a brief period of time with the family who rescued him, Daniel is forced to move away. When he returns many years later, quite a bit has changed and Daniel finds that he is drawn to the mysteries of Moon Lake and the town of Long Lincoln, a town with a terrible past and many dark secrets. His curiosity is enough to get him killed if he isn't careful... so, he does what any sane person would do, and wanders around town carrying an axe handle for protection and putting himself in grave danger time and again. As much as I like Joe Lansdale, I can't recommend this specific book. I really struggled with it and it seemed to just spin its tires in the mud with Daniel wandering around, axe handle in hand, and slowly unraveling the past. It felt like a 500 page book by the time it was over. So that is the criticism. The good part is that some of Lansdale's humor really shines at times and his descriptions and some passages were on par with some of his better stuff. Still for me, a pretty big fan of his, this one fell short. If you are new to his writing, please go straight for “The Bottoms”, which is his best and definitely one of the best books I've read. Moon Lake is ok. Not Bad. Not Good. OK 3/5

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2023

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It's not Hap and Leonard but the story is solid. He weaves the narrative skillfully, keeping it moving with no slow spots.

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Atmospheric mystery, great author

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021

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Having loved the Hap and Leonard series on TV, I could hardly wait to finally read one of Joe R. Lansdale's books. I was not disappointed. The east Texas setting only added to the appeal for me. It's an area I've visited countless times and the author superbly described the piney woods and the incessant rainfall. The story is a murder mystery, but so much more is incorporated in the tale. The expressions, the nuance, the laugh out loud sayings and humor, the accuracy to region and time period were spot on.
The fictional town of Long Lincoln in the late '60's has Moon Lake and more secrets than a porcupine has quills. No one is who you think they are, the mystery and misdirection abounds.
The main character, Daniel Russell, has been dealt a losing hand at a very young age. His fascination with Moon Lake and the secrets buried there disrupts the entire community. There are what appear to be ritualistic and pattern murders. Daniel investigates and uncovers clues linking his own father to the grisly crimes.
This story was atmospheric with quirky characters.
The racial tensions of the south during this era were quite accurately portrayed. One of the best books I've read this year. This is an author I would definitely read again and recommend.

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mark spears

Love the storytelling.

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021

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This was my first book by this author, though I own most of his works. I’d been in a reading slump for almost 2 years. Nothing held my attention. Until I started this book. That’s why it gets the five starts.

I could almost say the story lulls you in but I believe it’s more than that. I felt like I was part of the story. To me, that’s a sign of a great storyteller. The story was easy to follow, easy to read, and there wasn’t an over abundance of words describing every little detail. There was no fluff. I’ve read the reviews about the overuse of similes, but the similes never bothered me or interrupted the reading.

Daniel was a very sympathetic character, who by the end of the story, didn’t actually get everything he wanted. I actually enjoyed that approach. We don’t get everything we want in life and Daniel found that out.

I did want to know Ronnie a little more. I found myself intrigued by her character and wanted to find out more of what was in her head. I believe I loved the characters I was suppose to love and loathed those I was suppose to loathe. Im still not sure I really trust Buck 100%.

The book is definitely worth a read and happy to say it’s got me back reading again. Well done.

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Joe R. Lansdale is a genre

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022

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Joe Lansdale is a genre all his own. He stands at the top. For me, especially writing the scary, dark, but sometimes funny mystery like novels he is my favorite. Featuring heartbreak, real fear and violence, his writing simultaneously makes me want the read faster to reach the conclusion and slow down, set it aside, to make it last longer.

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Les Edgerton

Quit looking for writers to compare Lansdale to--it's the other way around now.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2021

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This was a tough book to review. It’s an easy 5 as far as rating it, but hard to find comparisons. As I read, I kept being reminded of Faulkner, of O’Connor, and even of Shakespeare, among others. Finally, I give up and will just call it what it is—another original by a writer who reminds me of many but in the end is one of those rare souls who will remembered for his true uniqueness and be one of those who will inspire comparisons to him just as those I just mentioned do to them. Future writers will garner quotes from readers for their books that will contain sentences like: “Reminds of Lansdale” “Atmospheric in the vein of Lansdale” “Classic Lansdalian gothic in scope.”

And, what reader cannot be drawn in when they read these words? “My name is Daniel Russell. And I dream of dark water."

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For maximum enjoyment you can skip a bunch of chapters

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022

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I read this for a mystery book club. It has holes in reality like a truckload of similes. However I thorough enjoyed and found mostly believable the first half or so of the book. The rest is downright ridiculous. So five stars for the first half and one for the second.

I suggest for maximum enjoyment reading only through about chapter 13, where the only good mystery hits its peak, and then jumping all the way to the last page where it gets resolved almost as an afterthought.

I'd love to give some examples of the nonsense but that would be spoilers.

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DSamgoma

Except the ending

Reviewed in Germany on January 16, 2023

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The book has a tight plotline and is very densely written. Only the ending seems a little off and over the top. Realism gets lost on the way.

evil_otto

Mystery, madness...come visit Moon Lake

Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2021

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Whether you know Joe Lansdale from his mystery/Texas crime stories, or his work in the horror genre, Moon Lake draws upon both for quite a ride. If you are new to Lansdale, this is a good place to start.

As a storyteller, Lansdale is kind of like being told a wild story from an old friend, perhaps while you are sitting together in an all-night diner. He tells the kind of stories where you ask for two or three refills on your coffee, even if you have to get up early for work the next morning. Lansdale's a seasoned storyteller and you're in good hands with pretty much any of his stories.

I don't want to give away too many of Moon Lake's plot points as that would ruin the fun, but let's just say the novel begins with the sad legacy of a town flooded underwater and a body in the trunk of a car. As the lake begins to dry out, evil will see the light of day.

Sit back, order that refill on your coffee, it's going to be a long night.

E Griffin

A touch of Stephen King, East Texas-style

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2021

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A young writer returns to his childhood hometown to reinvestigate his father’s suicide and his mother’s disappearance. A touch of Stephen King, East Texas-style, in this standalone novel which balances investigative thriller and the gothic with this writer’s concern for probing the underbelly of prejudice. Plenty to enjoy here: a solid, professional job all around from a modern master.

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Gothic Krimi

Reviewed in Germany on June 30, 2021

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Der lang erwartete Roman ist endlich erschienen und wurde schnell gelesen - spannend von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite mit vielen für mich überraschenden Wendungen - daher verrate ich nicht, wo es endet:-)

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What will the lake give up?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2021

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Moon Lake is drying up. Daniel Russell is after answers. He suspects that he will find more than rusted bikes and throw away guns as Moon Lake gives up its secrets. And Daniel has a vested interest. As a young boy, Daniel’s father drove his car off a bridge into Moon Lake; with Daniel sat beside him.

Taut dialogue and tangible characters make this a wholly satisfying read. Much as I enjoyed More better deals, Moon Lake is a solid step up.

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