Dark Of The Moon

p.j. parrish

In a sleepy, secret-ridden southern town, there are those who still believe its best to leave the past alone...Thirty years ago, a young black man vanished from rural Black Pool, Mississippi — and his violent death remained shrouded in mystery. Now his skeletal remains have been discovered in a murky swamp, along with a length of rope entwined in its bones...a rope that is unmistakably a noose.

Abandoned by the white father he never knew, and estranged from his black mother, Louis Kincaid was glad to leave the hometown that had always treated him like an outcast. But nothing could have prepared him for the ominous reaction of the locals when he returned and started investigating the decades-old lynching. With a veil of suspicion and terror descending over the quiet streets of Black Pool, Kincaid must now uncover a trail of blood-chilling evil as he hunts a shadowy killer whose vengeance has only just begun.

Genres mysterythrillerfictioncrimemystery thrillersuspensenovels

432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1,1999

Series

Louis Kincaid

Places

the united states of america,

This edition

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 1, 2005 by Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786017157
ASIN: 0786017155
Language: English

Characters More characters

Louis Kincaid

Louis Kincaid is a detective who has returned because his mother is dying. Louis is of mixed parentage. His black mother was a lousy mother, and his white father is unknown. Louis was taken from his mother and raised by a white foster mother....

About the author

p.j. parrish

P.J. Parrish is the New York Times bestselling author of ten Louis Kincaid and Joe Frye thrillers. The author is actually two sisters, Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols. Their books have appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today best seller lists. The series has garnered 11 major crime-fiction awards, and an Edgar® nomination. Parrish has won two Shamus awards, one Anthony and one International Thriller competition. Her books have been published throughout Europe and Asia.

Parrish's short stories have also appeared in many anthologies, including two published by Mystery Writers of America, edited by Harlan Coben and the late Stuart Kaminsky. Their stories have also appeared in Akashic Books acclaimed Detroit Noir, and in Ellery Queen Magazine. Most recently, they contributed an essay to a special edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works edited by Michael Connelly.

P.J. Parrish as children
Before turning to writing full time, Kristy Montee was a newspaper editor and dance critic for the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. Nichols previously was a blackjack dealer and then a human resources specialist in the casino industry. Kris in Tallahassee FL and Traverse City MI and Kelly resides in Traverse City as well.

The sisters were writers as kids, albeit with different styles: Kelly's first attempt at fiction at age 11 was titled The Kill. Kristy's at 13 was The Cat Who Understood. Not much has changed: Kelly now tends to handle the gory stuff and Kristy the character development. But the collaboration is a smooth one, thanks to lots of ego suppression, good wine, and marathon phone calls via Skype.

The first eleven books in the series, in order, are: Dark of the Moon, Dead of Winter, Paint it Black, Thicker than Water, Island of Bones, A Killing Rain, An Unquiet Grave, A Thousand Bones, South of Hell, The Little Death and Heart of Ice. They also wrote three stand-alone thrillers: A Thousand Bones, The Killing Song and She's Not There.