Red moon : a Howard Moon Deer mystery
(Book)

"Signet mystery"--Spine.

Shortly after private eye Howard Moon Deer decides to settle down with his latest lady love, he accepts a new case that takes him away from the home-front -- and introduces him to the dangerous passions that drive San Geronimo's thriving art scene... Howard and ex-police commander Jack Wilder have been hired to investigate Sherman Stone, a man notorious for his torrid liaisons and low-life friends. Rumor has it that he's planning to have his wealthy wife killed. But before Howard can separate fact from fiction, a local hobo is murdered -- and than Sherman himself meets an untimely end. Now Howard and Jack must follow a sinister trail of clues that leads them into the past -- to the night when a precious painting was stolen and a murderous legacy was born....