KILLING MOON
Private Detective Ross Marshall has come to the
home of Donald Arnott to look for the graves of
young women Arnott has tortured and killed. After
using wire cutters on the fence around the property,
he takes off his clothes and intones an ancient
chant that triggers his change into a werewolf.
Transformed, he slithers under the fence, then uses
his wolf senses to find one of the victim’s
graves.
But Arnott shoots him in the thigh--thinking he’s
injured a dog. Ross escapes, but an infection spreads
from the wound to the rest of his body. He’s
nursed back to health by Dr. Megan Sheridan, who
has come out his house to take blood samples for
genetic studies Ross has requested.
Ross hates the savage aspects of his werewolf nature,
hates the idea of perpetuating his kind. Like his
father before him, he knows he’s wildly attractive
to women, but he’s vowed that he won’t
put another woman through the hell his mother endured--bearing
girl babies who died at birth and boys who rarely
survived their first change into werewolves at puberty.
Five years ago, to prevent the murder of a young
girl, Ross ripped out the throat of a serial killer
and buried him in Western Maryland. He’s vowed
never to kill again, but when Arnott kidnaps Megan,
he’s forced to break that oath.
The story is told from the point of view of four
main characters:
Ross Marshall: A man who fears that his humanity
will always be overshadowed by his wolf genes. Yet
he’s compelled by his basic morality to fight
for good over evil. As he tracks Arnott, hunter
becomes the hunted.
Police Detective Jack Thornton: Jack’s investigation
of the five-year-old serial killer’s murder
leads him to suspect Ross, but he can’t prove
a connection between the animal-mauled body and
the private detective. At the same time, he’s
working with Ross to bring Arnott to justice and
to find out who attacked Megan at her office.
Megan Sheridan: Physician, medical researcher. She
may be the only person who can help Ross deal with
his genetic heritage--if her love for him can stand
the shock of seeing him transformed from man to
wolf.
Donald Arnott: A security guard who finds his victims
at Montgomery Mall outside Washington, D. C., Arnott
kills for pleasure. When he discovers that Megan’s
involved with Ross, he kidnaps her with plans to
pin her murder on Ross.
The plot lines and characters all come together
in the book’s nail-biting action climax when
Jack and Ross converge on Arnott’s compound,
their mission to rescue Megan. With her life hanging
in the balance, Ross is forced to kill again to
save the woman he loves.
In the aftermath, Megan can’t cope with her
feelings for Ross. It isn’t until months later
that they work out their personal relationship.
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