Blood Moon (novel)

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Blood Moon
Author Garry Disher
LanguageEnglish
SeriesPeninsula Crime
GenreCrime novel
Publisher Text Publishing
Publication date
1 December 2009
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages314 pp.
ISBN 9781921351877
Preceded by Chain of Evidence  
Followed byWhispering Death 

Blood Moon is a 2009 crime novel by the Australian author Garry Disher. [1]

Contents

This was the fifth in the author's Peninsula Crime series of novels. [2]

Synopsis

"Schoolies" week is about to begin on the Mornington Peninsula as a lunar eclipse approaches, promising that the local police will be kept busy keeping the non-locals under control. Meanwhile, Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry are investigating the bashing of Lachlan Roe, chaplain at Landseer School. And then a member of the local council's planning staff is murdered.

Critical reception

Writing for Australian Book Review , Tony Smith praised Disher's characters and plot, writing that "Without any trace of intrusiveness or didacticism, Disher uses an intricate web of relationships to expose hypocrisy and question popular notions of justice...Because Disher does not write to a formula and enjoys his literary work, Blood Moon gives the reader a rare sense of satisfaction." [3]

The review of Blood Moon in Publishers Weekly was more mixed, with the reviewer praising Disher's writing style but criticizing the deus ex machina resolution of the plot. [4]

Publishing history

After its initial publication in Australia by Text Publishing in 2009, [1] it was reprinted by Soho Press in USA in 2010. [5] The novel was also translated into German in 2012. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blood Moon by Garry Disher (Text 2009)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Austlit — Blood Moon by Garry Disher". Austlit. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ↑ ""Blood Moon by Garry Disher"". Australian Book Review, June 2009. June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ↑ ""Blood Moon"". Publishers Weekly, April 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Blood Moon by Garry Disher (Soho 2010)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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