Name: Bad Moon Rising
ISBN: 9780515134872

Katherine Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe, is back-and better than ever-with a breath-catching, sexy suspense novel about a killer let loose in New Orleans' Red Light District.

Bad Moon Rising

Lynn Braden

Holly Jones gets a call from her friend, Melissa declaring that "the monster is back." Holly knows that Melissa is referring to the French Quarter Killer who had murdered and mutilated call girls in New Orleans four years before. Holly returns to talk her friend into leaving New Orleans and her life as a prostitute for good, but when she arrives, she discovers that Melissa is missing. 
J.D. Damascus has become a shell of the man he once was. His grief over the death of his wife and two children at the hands of the French Quarter Killer four years before has caused his life to spin out of control. He is certain that the wrong man was convicted of the crime and has spent the last four years trying to prove it at the expense of his job in the District Attorney's office. Holly's search for Melissa leads her to J.D. and together they begin looking for her, but the mounting evidence points to Melissa being the French Quarter Killer's next victim. 
The tone and flavor of New Orleans are captured in this book, which uses language that flows almost like poetry. The serial killer mystery starts out very strong until it becomes mired in the problems of the characters. Many of the leads that the characters explore are left unexplained, however, the important clues are well-paced throughout the book. The romance is a little far fetched as the two main characters do not really address the major obstacles that their relationship must overcome, but overall, this is a decent mystery that occasionally shines.