"The man in the moon tunnel stops and listens to the night above, shivering despite the sweat which trickles into his ears, making the drums flutter like the beat of pigeons' wings.". This is the opening sentence in the book that serves to beckons the reader to move further into the Moon Tunnel.

Journalist Philip Dryden is doing a story on an archaeological dig at the site of a WWII POW camp. More is found than artifacts when a tunnel is uncovered containing the skeleton of a man who had been shot in the forehead. What makes it more unusual it that he had been traveling toward the camp rather than escaping from it...thus beginning the story of murder...artifacts... and family secrets. Where the plot line was intriguing, the story was difficult to keep up with as there was so much back story written in italics that seemingly went on page after page. If the reader can preserver it does come to a satisfying conclusion. ( )

This is the third in the series about Philip Dryden, who has taken a job reporting on his local newspaper - this time he gets caught up in finding out about the Italian prisoners of war who were interned locally during WWII. These books are quite atmospheric, and I liked the way Dryden gets caught up in caring about the lives of those he encounters during this investigation, to the point where a man who is terrified of dogs is entrusted with dog sitting. ( )

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