Moondog - Softcover

Garfield, Henry

3.17

29 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689841523 ISBN 13: 9780689841521

Publisher: Simon Pulse, 2001

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IS A SERIAL KILLER LOOSE
IN JULIAN...OR SOMETHING FAR
MORE SINISTER? Two young women have been savagely murdered in the sleepy little town of Julian, California. Cyrus "Moondog" Nygerski, part-time newspaper columnist and full-time local eccentric, notices frightening similarities between the two deaths -- including the fact that both occurred under a full moon. Joe Acton, new in town and determined to maintain a low profile after a youthful life of petty crime, is initially skeptical of Moondog's theory of a werewolf on the prowl, but gradually he becomes a reluctant ally in Moondog's desperate quest to track down the beast before it's too late. With the next full moon coinciding with Julian's gala Halloween celebration, time is running out -- for Julian, and perhaps for Moondog as well.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Mystery and horror are combined with aplomb in this well-paced debut. The first three bodies found in a remote Californian town are women's, ripped apart and abandoned. Only one man, local recluse and enigmatic columnist Cyrus "Moondog" Nygerski, notices the similarities in the killings, particularly that the moon was full on the nights of the murders. No one except a recent parolee working nights at a local diner takes Moondog seriously until the fourth killing suddenly has townspeople eating garlic, wearing crosses and loading silver bullets into their pistols. Garfield endows all of his suspects with wolfish mannerisms-teeth grow long and pointy, sleepless nights are legion, body hair is rampant-and gives none a half-decent alibi. The ending is thoughtful, and the subdued prose adds a lot of credibility to the tale.
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