By: Matt Goldman
ISBN: 978-1250810120
Publisher: Forge Books
Publication Date: 05/31/2022
Format: Audiobook & e-book
Narrator: Bradford Hastings
Blackstone Publishing
My Rating: 5 Stars
Both suspenseful and deeply moving, Carolina Moonset is an engrossing novel about family, memories both golden and terrible, and secrets too dangerous to stay hidden forever, from New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author, Matt Goldman.
Joey Green has returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, with its palmettos and shrimp boats, to look after his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia, while his overstressed mother takes a break. Marshall Green’s short-term memory has all but evaporated, but, as if in compensation, his oldest memories are more vivid than ever. His mind keeps slipping backwards in time, retreating into long-ago yesterdays of growing up in Beaufort as a boy.
At first this seems like a blessing of sorts, with the past providing a refuge from a shrinking future, but Joey grows increasingly anxious as his father’s hallucinatory arguments with figures from his youth begin to hint at deadly secrets, scandals, and suspicions long buried and forgotten. Resurfacing from decades past are mysteries that still have the power to shatter lives―and change everything Joey thought he knew.
Especially when a new murder brings the police to his door...
Praise
"First-class...The often amusing dialogue flows naturally, the emotional undercurrents ring true, and the mystery itself offers a full complement of suspects and motives. This novel about love, loss, and family ties isn’t to be missed." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Matt Goldman
“Goldman has an unerring ear for snappy dialogue and a poet’s eye for the beauty of nature. This is a compelling story of how the past is never truly the past, and how we make sense of the gifts that are offered us in every present moment. I loved this book.”
―William Kent Krueger
“A writer to watch.”
―Harlan Coben
“A perfect blend of light touch and dark story.”
―Lee Child on Gone to Dust
“Goldman seasons the complicated puzzle with healthy doses of dry wit and meaningful secondary stories for his characters. ”
―Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The Shallows
About the Author
Matt Goldman is a New York Times Bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning television writer. He has been nominated for the Shamus Award and Nero Award.Matt's television writing credits include Seinfeld, Ellen, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Matt lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two dogs, and two cats. Website
