Blue Moon

Howard Moon Deer #6

by Robert Westbrook

Alone on a wilderness trek in the New Mexico mountains, Lakota P.I. Howard Moon Deer meets a barefoot, half-crazed astrophysicist who claims he’s been abducted by a flying saucer and has just returned from the planet Klizmor in possession of an illusive equation from their advanced the Theory of Everything. Is he a madman or part of a clever fraud? He’s not just anyone, Howie soon discovers. He’s Dr. Grisha Bloom, a famous Nobel Prize winning physicist, and when he’s murdered Howie finds himself immersed in a dangerous world of UFO conspiracies, military secrets, and a group of cutthroat astronomers who are competing to claim credit for the discovery of a new subatomic particle, the Blue Moon Quark. BLUE MOON, the 6th Howard Moon Deer mystery, takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the dark side of New Mexico, birthplace of the atomic bomb, where science and fakery converge, and huge government contracts dangle for those brilliant enough—or ruthless enough—to reach for the stars.

Genres: Mystery

333 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 20, 2020

Reviews

[Sandra Plant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inventive plots and great detail about Lakota and Navajo people make Westbrook’s novels much more than a murder mystery. Howard Moon Deer is a fascinating protagonist, sometimes a bit goofy and often very shrewd. Jack, the blind former police commissioner and Howie’s boss, is tenacious and wise. This series always leaves me eager for the next great read.

[Laura Poppenwimer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a bit concerned with the plot that seemed to be going to aliens and space ships but all was explained in the end. This is a great series, one book picks up from where the last book left off. Looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series.

[Judy Prokupek · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun, though quite different, story line for Howard and Jack. Recommending it to my friends.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Getting better. The first of the series was not so good, but necessary to understand the set up. This one was much better.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good continuation of the Howard Moon Deer Mysteries. I really enjoyed this one!

[Jack Jacobson · Rating 2 out of 5]

No thanks

The worst book of the series. A nonsensical story that a child could have improved on.

Basically a cartoon, not even a good one.

[bobg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously, don’t assume this is a physics text; take all that with a huge grain of salt. 90% is pretty engaging, but the last part was overly convoluted and disjoint.

[Sandra Jeter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Book

Enjoyed catching up on Moon Deer and Claire and how two opposites reconnect. It seem to be a little more “dead wood” in this story but overall it was ok.

[Dennis McCloud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Expectations met

This was the fifth Robert Westbrook, Howard Moon Deer mystery, I have read. I love this series because it contains suspense and humor, a combination that's hard to put down.