Review: Exciting and thought provoking, with a thrilling climax.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2013
Polly Iyer's book 'Goddess of the Moon' starts with the terrifying scenario of babies being kidnapped, then it introduces psychic Diana Racine and her police detective boyfriend Ernie Lucier getting the horrifying news of the baby snatching, and the action kicks off from there.Diana Racine's special psychic gifts are explained, and the story moves on swiftly, with Ernie Lucier's commonsense, policeman's approach to rescuing the babies, in stark contrast with Diana's more cerebral intuitive approach to the problem, utilising her arsenal of psychic gifts.Very soon the investigation widens dramatically to include other baby kidnappings, and the arcane Brother Osiris enters. Edward Slater is his real name, but he adopted his other name because of something very personal in his life (you'll have to read the book to find out about that). Tension is set up when Diana becomes mesmerised by Brother Osiris, she seems to find him fascinating, but she doesn't know why, and Lucier is jealous of her apparent attraction to the mysterious character who recoils from physical contact.Like all good stories, this tale escalates steadily so that the stakes are higher still.  There are several other very powerful people involved in the crimes, and it takes all Diana's skill and Lucier's plodding work to finally bring them to justice.  But before the end the most amazing shocks and danger await Diana and Lucier and the climax has you sitting on the edge of your seat.It's an exciting book, with lots of thrills and surprises,, and the hero and heroine are clever, resourceful and have to use every trick in the book to survive.  Read it and you'll keep thinking about the characters for a long time afterwards. . .