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REVIEW: Blood Moon by Deanna Lee

Dear Ms. Lee:

Blood MoonThis is the second installment in the Kyra Moray series. In Still Waters, we were introduced female detective Kyra Moray set in a slightly futuristic New Orleans. In the midst of solving a serial killing crime, Kyra meets her love interest Alex Waters. The problems I had in the first book were not entirely resolved in this story and I am uncertain as to whether I would want to read in a third book in this series.

Let me start out by saying that the one thing I thought was really well done in this book was the mystery. Three bodies are found walled up in an old police safe house. The evidence shows these three bodies to have been killed 15 years ago and to be the bodies of three law enforcement individuals. It is clear to Kyra that the identity of the killers is likely to be police officers. She just has no idea when she begins to investigate how high the scandal reaches.

The way in which the crime is solved is very good. It’s the rest of the story that falls …

REVIEW: Still Waters by Deanna Lee

Dear Ms. Lee,

Still WatersThis is a good police procedure book that is hobbled by the villian (like many a police procedure book) and two major police procedure errors or at least two scenes which featured police procedure actions which seemed impossible to me. It’s spicy love scenes; strong, assertive, capable heroine; and quick pace kept me reading to the end.

Inspector Kyra Moray is called to the scene of a ritual killing. The way in which the victim was killed and subsequently mutilated spells out serial killer. This is confirmed when another young woman appears dead in featuring the same mutiliation. In the meantime (which is a good way to describe the romance), Kyra meets up with her best friend Glory at Still Waters, a classy bar/restaurant establishment. Glory gets attacked by her boyfriend and Kyra lays him out, attracting the attention the owner, Alex Waters. Alex and Kyra have an attraction to each other that neither are afraid to act on (how refreshing!).

The romance plays a secondary role and is sometimes forgotten although I can see where trying to fit more face time between Kyra and Alex would have …