Jacob Lassiter

BY THE BLOOD OF The CRESCENT Moon

A hidden body, a city divided, and a hate crime that could define Detective John Landreith’s career. As he and his partner chase leads from the Chattahoochee River to a powerful mega-church, they risk everything to catch a killer determined to bury the truth.

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About the Author

Jacob Lassiter was born and raised in the deep South during the turbulent segregation and intense struggle for civil rights era of the 1960's. During his lifetime, he has had the unique opportunity to witness some of the most socially volatile and politically unstable situations on five continents. From post-communistic Russia and Ukraine to deep in the Amazon basin, the leprosy pandemic in Nepal, and the AIDS ravaged nations of East Africa, he has witnessed human suffering, poverty, and social injustice on a scale unimaginable to most. "By the Blood of the Crescent Moon" is his debut novel and the first in the Detective John Landreith series.

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What Readers Say About the Book

"This book was like......flypaper. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I have never read a book that takes the lives and situations of the major characters and then weaves them together into a perfect tapestry of suspense and intrigue. Highly recommend."

- J. Coker

The novel is a page turner, right up to the very end. It tugs at the reader, and is almost impossible to put down. [Lassiter] has taken on an epic-sized theme—racism and prejudice—and happily the bigots lose. As an aside, the author’s introductory quotes at the beginnings of the chapters are the best I’ve ever seen. They’re highly eclectic, from all time periods, and spot-on. I stand in awe of them—and of the whole book. [Lassiter] has written a unique and powerful masterpiece.

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