FIVE STARS! "A most delightful novel." -- Readers' Favorite. Mona Moon is not your typical young lady. She is a cartographer by trade, explorer by nature, and adventurer by heart. But there’s a problem. Miss Mona is broke. It’s during the Depression, and National Geographic has just turned down her application to join an expedition to the Amazon.What’s she to do? Perhaps get a job as a department store salesgirl. Anything to tide her over until a next assignment. There’s a knock on the door. Who could this be in the middle of the night? Holding a revolver, Mona reluctantly opens her door to a man wearing a Homburg hat and holding a briefcase.“I bring glad tidings. Your Uncle Manfred Moon has died and left you as his heir to the Moon fortune. You are now one of the richest women in the country!” he says. Mona’s response is to point her revolver in his face. If the stranger is telling the truth, she will apologize. If he is a fraud, she will shoot him.That’s how Mona does things in 1933. Murder Under A Blue Moon Murder Under A Blood Moon Murder Under A Bad Moon Murder Under A Silver Moon Murder Under A Wolf Moon Murder Under A Black Moon Murder Under A Full Moon Murder Under A New Moon Murder Under A British Moon Murder Under A Bridal Moon Murder Under A Western Moon Murder Under A Honey Moon AWARDS 2010 Gold Medal Award from Readers’ Favorite for Death By A HoneyBee 2011 Gold Medal Award from Readers' Favorite for Death By Drowning 2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By Drowning 2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By A HoneyBee 2017 Finalist from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Design 2019 Honorable Mention from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Stalking 2019 Top 10 Mystery Novels from Kings River Life Magazine for Murder Under A Blue Moon2 2019 Honorable Mention from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Stalking: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery 2019 Top 10 Mystery Novels from Kings River Life Magazine for Murder Under A Blue Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery 2020 Imadjinn Award for Best Mystery - Death By Stalking: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery 2022 Finalist in Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Historical Category - Murder Under A Full Moon 2022 Finalist the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical Category - Murder Under A New Moon 2022 Death By Chance: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Cozy Mystery 2022 Top Ten Mystery Novel by Kings River Life Magazine for Murder Under A Bridal Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery 2022 Top Ten Mystery Novel by Kings River Life Magazine for Murder Under A British Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery FIVE STARS!  Kathleen Costa (Kings River Life Magazine) Downton Abbey with southern charm! Abigail Keam had me totally engrossed inMiss Mona's upstairs/downstairs drama. Like most first books in aseries, authors spend several chapters introducing characters andsetting up conflicts before presenting the crime, but with Keam's book, I wasn't impatient for the drama to ramp up, relishing the vividdescriptions and dialogue that tickled my senses and filled me with lots of emotions...I literally cheered reading the first confrontation withAunt Melanie...you go, girl! The story is well-written, and although the third-person narrative isn't my favorite perspective, Abigail did itwell putting several characters at the center of this page-turner. Ilike Violet and her budding confidence, cringed over her aunt and thoseentitled brats, and what a delightful love/hate relationship between"bossy wench" and the "very smug" Lord Bob! Of course, everythingrevolves around Mona, and I love her spunky manner, snarky retort,ability to read a situation and act accordingly, and her being able toidentify with the working class, creating a well-grounded, admirablefigure. The end was unexpected. I still had too many on my suspect listby the time Mona was ready to "use it [the final puzzle piece] as acudgel and hit someone over the head with it." It is a different era, so a woman's place in society, even in post 19th Amendment, is dismissiveat least, oppressive at most. Even if you've reached a level ofexperience, education, or financial independence, "men" often do nottake you seriously. Warning to all southern gentlemen...watch out forMona!