Throughout the story, the debate of “nature vs. By the time all the drama peaks, the characters and their personalities practically pop off the pages, making this whodunit even more gripping. Rather than jumping immediately into the action, the author spends time making readers familiar with the massive tangle of relationships and characters that makes the killer so difficult to pinpoint. The murder itself does not occur until almost halfway through the novel. The seamless way the various storylines ultimately blend together is evidence of the creative, thoughtful writing that is present throughout the course of the book. All of these characters’ storylines eventually culminate in an ending that merges them all together. The story flips between the perspective of Priscilla herself and that of her teenage son, Andrew, all the while incorporating the life stories of a variety of characters: the detective, a drug dealer, a loving mutt with a tendency to bark, the staff members of a home for troubled teens, and a seemingly endless string of boy toys. Her promiscuous lifestyle, coupled with her tendency to aggravate everyone she meets, makes it difficult for Detective Addie Bramson to narrow down the list of suspects. The story centers around the murder of Priscilla Beaty, a hardcore Alabama Crimson Tide fan and high school principal with an unlikeable personality and a long list of lovers.
However, it is the relationships winding through this novel that make it a real page-turner. All the ingredients of a thrilling murder mystery are perfectly swirled together in Tuscaloosa Moon.
Reviewed by Caroline Smith Tuscaloosa Moon By Carolyn Breckinridge, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 442 pages, $23.95Ī sex addict.
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