Under a Blue Moon

Phillip Cook

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Copyright © 2017 Phillip Cook

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This novel is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Note for overseas readers: Phillip's books have an Australian setting and thus, he mostly uses Australian conventions of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Light overcomes darkness.

Table of Contents

Part One – The High Priestess

1 – The wind and the dark sun

2 – Reflection and ferries

3 – The island estuary

4 – Ferries and fairies

5 – The disembarked

6 – Odds and ends

7 – Candles and rag dolls

8 – Circle of friends

9 – Darkness

10 – A light appears

Part Two – The Detective

11 – A Scottish doctor

12 – A step into the unknown

13 – Local constabulary

14 – Blue moon, blue sky, blue water

15 – The witnesses

16 – The fog is lifting

17 – Back to reality

18 – Illusions

19 – God on the move

20 – Church and a man who sees things

21 – Motion of the ocean

22 – We are being watched

23 – Something fishy

Part Three – The Redhead

24 – A visitor

25 – Island’s High Priestess

26 – Too many Jills

27 – Jack and Jill

28 – Blocks and voices

29 – A visit to the doctor

30 – Enter the clown

31 – The cursed clown

32 – Knock, knock, bang, bang

33 – Interviewing a clown

34 – The restraining force

35 – Paper mushrooms

36 – Keep off the lovely grass

37 – A safer place