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Under an August Moon
Lucio has never been one who ever showed any particular interest in politics, at least not until Malita's President is a prime suspect in a murder investigation. Father Raymond has been found dead in Gaulos’s Holy Shrine.
With such high stakes, Lucio is compelled to return from parental leave and take the lead in the investigation. If anything gets spilled out prematurely, it will create chaos across the nation.
Crossing over to Gaulos, the team embarks on an investigative journey that will have them navigate through broken relationships, past trauma, and the grief it manifested.
By challenging normative approaches to crime solving, they pursue deeper into the past to make sense of what is happening in the present. But will that be enough to solve the case?
All will be revealed in ‘Under an August Moon’, the 5th instalment in the Lucio Vella Series.
With such high stakes, Lucio is compelled to return from parental leave and take the lead in the investigation. If anything gets spilled out prematurely, it will create chaos across the nation.
Crossing over to Gaulos, the team embarks on an investigative journey that will have them navigate through broken relationships, past trauma, and the grief it manifested.
By challenging normative approaches to crime solving, they pursue deeper into the past to make sense of what is happening in the present. But will that be enough to solve the case?
All will be revealed in ‘Under an August Moon’, the 5th instalment in the Lucio Vella Series.
422 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2025
About the author
Robert Busuttil
6 books15 followersA social worker by profession, I specialise in supporting children in care and have extensive experience working with trauma, LGBTQI+ communities, and young people. My work has shaped not only my understanding of people but also the stories I choose to tell.
I began writing as a way of making sense of personal loss. What started as a private refuge gradually became a passion for storytelling. Through fiction, I explore the complexities of human relationships, resilience, and the quiet strength found in compassion.
The values that guide my life also shape my writing: justice, empathy, integrity, and, above all, kindness. For me, stories are more than an escape… they are a place where imagination and emotion meet, where fleeting thoughts and vivid images take shape, and where the experiences that define human interactions can be transformed into narratives that invite reflection, connection, and hope.
I began writing as a way of making sense of personal loss. What started as a private refuge gradually became a passion for storytelling. Through fiction, I explore the complexities of human relationships, resilience, and the quiet strength found in compassion.
The values that guide my life also shape my writing: justice, empathy, integrity, and, above all, kindness. For me, stories are more than an escape… they are a place where imagination and emotion meet, where fleeting thoughts and vivid images take shape, and where the experiences that define human interactions can be transformed into narratives that invite reflection, connection, and hope.
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June 6, 2026
Not much about politics but a nice crime story
July 21, 2026
*4.5
The most wholesome crime novel I have ever read.
The most wholesome crime novel I have ever read.
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