Carolina Moonset
May 2022 · Forge Books
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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...
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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...
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Janice Tangen
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April 4, 2022
family, family-dynamics, secrets, lies, dementia, murder, misconduct**** First reaction? I wanted Nils Shapiro! Next reaction? This is a good novel, and it brings back the kind of issues that we used to have to deal with when I worked memory care and Alzheimer's units (sometimes acute care as well), and now I'm seeing in old friends and their families. Nothing as conflicting as possible current murder like in this novel, but there have been devastating things that happened. This novel has solid characters, flawless world building, and thorough plot development. It is a good read for most, but a chilling one for some. I requested and received a free e-book copy from Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Forge Books via NetGalley. Thank you.
Devin Drennen
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May 31, 2022
I was a little worried that this one was going to be more of a family drama than a mystery/thriller but I really enjoyed it. It definitely was slow at the beginning, but once things picked up, I couldn't put the book down.
Ashley Wilson
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August 28, 2024
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About the author
New York Times bestselling author MATT GOLDMAN is a playwright and Emmy Award-winning television writer for Seinfeld, Ellen, and other shows. Goldman has been nominated for the Shamus and Nero Awards and was a Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List selection. He lives in Minnesota with his wife, two dogs, two cats, and whichever children happen to be around.
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