Moonlight Can Be Deadly

My rating is probably between a 3 and a 4. I love a good cozy mystery book and I especially enjoy the more diverse protagonist selection in this genre as of late. The main character, Cameron, is a widowed PI who’s chasing a murderer in connection to a cult and an eco terrorist group. I also feel like cult related fiction is pretty trendy these days and it was interesting to read the author’s characterization of a cult.

I also really liked the dialogue between the characters, I felt like the plot didn’t drag on and kept great pace, and the big reveal/ending was satisfying. I wouldn’t say it was mind blowing, but it was solid.

HOWEVER, I had NO clue this book was the fourth in a series??? I think my rating is definitely a reflection of the fact that most characters weren’t given too much introduction and there was a whole ensemble that was hard to keep track of. Much of my criticism was that this book didn’t feel like a stand-alone but now that I know that it isn’t, it makes much more sense.

I did feel like the characters were charming even as I had to read between the lines to figure out who they were. I enjoyed the book enough that I’ll probably back track to read the first three at some point.

I think this is the 3rd book of A Discount Detective Mystery series, it can be read as stand alone. My first in this series and this book is good. Cameron Chandler work in Penny-wise Investigations, when she see a woman cry in near the office, she approach and Clara Ramsey need help to save her niece Tilly from sacrifice in full moon.

The case was interesting involving ancient cultures and the moon, i eager to know more about moon ritual but there no more information because of the murder. The story not focus on murder, there is climate change group because Tilly involve there. I hope there more about Cameron and Detective Connolly, maybe next book.

Thank you to NetGalley for provide this book, it is pleasure to review this book.

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This was the first I read in this series and won't be the last as I enjoyed it.
It's well plotted, Charlotte is a likeable characters, and the plot kept me guessing.
It's the 4th in this series but it can be read as a stand alone.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

A working single mom with a job that is interesting but a tad dangerous. She is a private eye. The office has several employees which makes it different from so many books I have read. Tilly is to be the sacrificial person in a reenactment. But she has to be drugged. Cameron and her co-worker are hired to keep her safe. Then things go sideways and she disappears. Interesting storyline.

This is book 4 in the Discount Detective Mystery Series. Cameron is fitting in with her colleagues at the Penny Wise Agency. Quick paced dialogue, and the banter between Yuri and Cameron lighten a plot that could have veered into horror. Students who are reenacting a sacrificial Moon are stunned when the mock sacrifice becomes very real. Tilly, the planned 'sacrifice' disappears, replaced with a corpse. The other thread of this twisty plot involve the Green Ladies, eco feminists who push the limits of activism. Many red herrings combined with a good sense of setting, characterization and plot create a winner that also works as a stand alone.
Well done.