Distinctive locales become added characters.
In Blue Moon , John Leslie's fourth Key West-based Gideon Lowry mystery, a bluesy, island mood pervades. Private investigator Gideon Lowry is a part-time piano lounge entertainer. So when Gaby asks Gideon to do a background check on her new fiance, widower and newcomer Roy Emerson, Lowry approaches the task with mixed emotions. Lowry has other problems, too. Fred Pacey, a developer with a 20-year history of ignoring tradition in favor of homogenized facades, wants to construct a central shopping mall for tourists.