Book Review: The Moon Pool

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Moon Pool     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Max McCoy
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Thriller   Mythology
Leisure, Jun 2004, $6.99, 374 pp.

In homage to the mythology’s Persephone, every twenty-eight days, he captures a red haired beauty, takes his victims underwater to the ruins of Mineral City, and at the full moon completes the circle by killing his prey. An official missing person’s investigation has led to the need of a specialized expert so underwater crime scene investigator Richard Dahlgren leads the inquiries.

Bodies suddenly turn up at an alarming rate and a pattern amidst this serial killing chaos forms that the murders have been going on for years. Richard, haunted by his own tragic failure a decade ago, hopes he can do better with the abducted Jolene and with the Goddess seemingly filling his head he might succeed. She meanwhile knows Richard is her only chance of surviving so naked wearing only a cross she prays that she somehow survives the ordeal rather than become the latest victim in a long running Greek tragedy.

This deep intelligent thriller takes the time to introduce readers to several subplots using scientific and technical vernacular, but worth the energy of those who appreciate a strong tale. The cast is solid whether they are the hero, the victim, the villain, the mythological figures or other support players. The various subplots cleverly merge over the course of the exciting story line in which the circles of murder and mythos overlap so that fans will treasure diving into the invigorating THE MOON POOL.

Harriet Klausner

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