Lassiter Jacob. By the Blood of the Crescent Moon

BookBaby, 2024. — 592 p. — ISBN 979-8350976755.The news of an unknown prostitute found murdered in a Southern metropolitan city would ordinarily generate no more interest than a mid-week weather forecast, but Atlanta's renowned homicide detective John Landreith has a strong suspicion that this slaying could become the defining moment in his already stellar career. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to make sure the body would never be found, which suggests the possibility that the perpetrator could be someone of importance with a lot on the line.
In a city historically marked by racial tensions, half of its population is doubtful that the slaying of a young black woman actually matters. Landreith and his partner, Finn Rollins, begin an investigation that takes them on a harrowing journey into the cold waters of Georgia's fabled Chattahoochee River, deep into the underbelly of Atlanta's seedy red light district, and up the steps of a prestigious downtown mega-church. Their investigation reaches a fever pitch when...