About this title: Detective Stuart Haydon opens the anonymous envelopes to find two photographs of his father and three of an unknown woman. All five seem to date from around 50 years ago. Photo number six is of Haydon himself, taken a few days earlier, and shows his planned murder.
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Edition: New ed.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780751514285ISBN:0751514284
Description: Very Good. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780552134569ISBN:0552134562
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: New ed.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780751514285ISBN:0751514284
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Description: Used: Acceptable. VERY GOOD, NOT ACCEPTABLE AS LISTED; London-Severn House-1990 Hardcover First Edition (UK printing hard cover)-nearly fine with dust jacket-intrigue murder and crime-a nice clean copy ex library of the now-closed Maze political prison in Belfast-A certificate of veracity confirming the above is enclosed with this copy-There are no intrusive library marks except a small number on the copyright page-There is a lightly gummed bring back label and a bar code which could be ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Crimeline
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553283440ISBN:0553283448
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Paperback. Reprint Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Paperback in fine condition. Pictorial covers...Only. POST FREE IN UK. * Please note, all our collectable paperbacks are post free in the UK for a limited period. Search our stock with keyword PAPER BACKS. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553283440ISBN:0553283448
Description: Good. Top front corner folded, teeth marks rear cover. The assault began with four envelopes delivered through the U. S. Mail. Four mysterious photos and then a fifth of Houston detective Stuart Haydon, with a bullet exploding through the back of his head, drew him into a nightmare. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780553283440ISBN:0553283448
Description: Good. 372 pp; spine creasing, edge wear; some ex-library markings; The assault began innocuously enough. Four envelopes delivered through the anonymity of the U.S. mail, four mysterious photos, and then a picture that would draw Houston detective Stuart Haydon into a nightmare world of grisly death and dark obsession. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Crimeline
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553283440ISBN:0553283448
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Entire book is tanning, solid book with clean pgs, book shows shelf, edge & corner wear with creases at spine, back cover has crease at upper corner. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Crimeline
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553283440ISBN:0553283448
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Has some edge wear, spine creased and slanted, top corner has a little bend in cover and first few pages. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books, Great Britain
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780552134569ISBN:0552134562
Description: Fair. Wear to edges of soft cover. Fold lines to frotn cover. Light page tanning from age. Two foldines to spine. First page removed to take out previous owners name. read more
"Houston Detective Stuart Hayden wants to know why someone has mailed him a photograph of his deceased father, taken decades earlier. Soon, photos of a mysterious woman arrive, and finally a current picture of Stuart. On the picture is a detailed drawing showing his brains being blown out. Once Stuart identifies the sender as Saturnino Barcena from Mexico City, he begins a bewildering and unsettling journey to learn what Barcena's connection is to his father and the woman, and why Barcena wants him dead.
IN THE LAKE OF THE MOON is more than a family study. It's a long, painful dissection of events that happened fifty years earlier between two people. The more Stuart learns, the more his beliefs about his father are upended and exposed from differing viewpoints.
I wanted to like this book because author David L. Lindsey was highly recommended, but the more I read the less I enjoyed the novel. Revelations about the past are predictable. Perhaps the author intended predictability in order to build suspense to the final climatic confrontation, except once that scene finally came, I was so exasperated with the time it took to get there, I had no trouble putting the book down in the middle of it.
Although Lindsey's narrative descriptions and inner monologues are beautifully written, they went on far too long, particularly during scenes in Mexcio City, where street after street, plaza after plaza, and building after building is named. I tried to keep up with directions and details, but it was completely confusing. If you enjoy slow-moving, detailed stories, then read the book. But if you prefer a fast pace and action, better skip this one."
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