This book was so good! I want to see more from this author in the future!! I couldn't put this book down. What a page turner!!!

A long time Kellerman fan, I was thrilled to get this one. This is the third entry in the Clay Edison series. In this one, Edison finds a child's skeleton near Berkeley and the investigation leads to a missing child from years ago. Meanwhile, Edison is forced to balance this investigation while sharing child care of his recently born daughter.

The story line is intriguing in this one and the character development continues to be a strong point and a reason to keep returning to the series. If you like this character--or just like either Kellerman--then I think you'll enjoy this entry. It keeps you turning the pages and becoming more and more invested in these characters.

Looking forward to number 4 next!

This is book 3 of the Clay Edison Series. Clay is trying to stay in his lane and take care of his baby who won't sleep and deal with life. Then he gets a call about the skeleton of a child discovered in a park. Then he gets another call, this one from someone who thinks the body might be his sister. Can he solve the mystery?

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley.

While I have read and enjoyed many Kellerman books, I was disappointed in this one.
There were two cases going at the same time. Both were about missing children: one a boy and the other a girl. Unfortunately, the cases kept overlapping. There were too many characters and that led to a lot of confusion. The issue with the Native Burial Grounds was not satisfactorily resolved..

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Quite interesting read with lots of twists and turns.

Half Moon Bay is about Deputy Coroner Clay Edison discovering buried secrets and how dangerous they can be. Just as he is trying to keep it together with a new baby and his work schedule a call comes in saying the body of a baby has been found.

This book has all the elements to make it a great mystery - betrayal, murder, and lots of secrets. Great characters and overall storyline.

I'm really enjoying this new series from Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman. There's a freshness that is sometimes lacking in the Alex Delaware series. Clay Edison is a great character, very relatable, and I'm a sucker for cold case stories!

Thank you Net Galley for letting me read this advanced copy for my honest opinion.
I did not read the first two books in the series and that might have helped me a lot. I was very confused throughout most of the book. It was hard to keep the characters straight. I had to keep asking myself who was who. I did put most of it together by the end of the book. It was ok but nothing spectacular.

This book was very enjoyable, with many twists and turns. Will need to find more books by the Kellerman's.

thank you for the ARC! This is #3 in the Clay Edison series and I already can not wait for #4. The character development of Clay just gets better and better and the story line was very well researched and written. I loved how all of a sudden all the pieces of the puzzle came together to finish off the story.

Ballantine Books and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Half Moon Bay. I voluntarily chose to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Deputy Coroner Clay Edison has a new baby and is working the graveyard shift so that someone is always home with the little girl. Clay gets called in to investigate a skeleton that was uncovered when workers were demolishing a local park. A call soon after, with a possible identification, leads Clay on a long pursuit to find the truth.

Having read the other books in this series, I was disappointed in the lack of progression of the character of Clay Edison. This novel was unnecessarily convoluted, with elements of the plot that did nothing to progress either the characters or the story as a whole. Had the book been edited down by around 75 pages, Half Moon Bay would have been a better read. Overall, I liked the novel, but I cannot say that I will remember it a few months from now. For these reasons, I would be hesitant to recommend Half Moon Bay to other readers.

Half Moon Bay by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman

In this thriller, we find that buried secrets can be deadly. Workers demolishing a local park find a decades-old skeleton of a child. The hunt is on for “who” and how did it get there?

I found the plot to be confusing. First, we are tracing a baby skeleton in the park; next, we are investigating a kidnapped baby.. One a baby boy and then a baby girl. Both are cold cases. The two cases kept overlapping. Also, a mysterious fire was thrown into the mix. I was disappointed.

Thanks to Net Galley for sending me an advanced reader’s copy.

In this third installment of Clay, a coroner, series, the Kellermans once again create a great read.

This time Clay discovers an old skeleton, and a man who thinks it could be his sister.

The mystery and writing are both top-notch, and fans or those new to the series will have no trouble getting involved in this fast moving, well-written mystery.

I am a big Jonathan Kellerman fan and I’ve read all the books in the Delaware series. Here Jonathan writes with his son Jesse, and the characters are very different than his Delaware series.
The main character, Clay Edison is a coroner, and he does some crime solving on the side. The books are set in the San Francisco Bay area instead of LA, and I like the change of place.
This was a great read with strong characters and an interesting plot that took many twists and turns before the end. I highly recommend this book, and the two other books in the series. 4 stars.

Thanks to Random House Publishing – Ballantine and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review..

I really wanted to love this book, but it didn't click with me.

The characters felt well constructed but none I could root for. It moved slow and in some parts I felt like the story was going in circles.

It's important to clarify that this is the 3rd book of a series and maybe I needed to read the first two in order to connect better with these characters.

It was not a bad story, just not for me.

I like Jonathan Kellerman's new character, Clay Edison. But this book was hard for me to follow. Half Moon Bay is the third book featuring Clay, a Deputy Coroner. When the bones of an infant are discovered near a controversial excavation site near Berkeley, Clay Edison is called in. As the investigation into the identity of the bones continues, Clay receives a call from a man who wonders if the bones could belong to his sister who died in childhood. Clay works to solve the mystery of the lost bones as well as the mystery of the lost sister. He also deals with his new baby girl and balancing work, home, and finding the truth. The story was complicated and sometimes too mixed for it to flow well to me. But I still love Kellerman and I really like the Clay Edison character.

Really glad to have read Half Moon Bay. As a devoted Jonathan and Faye Kellerman fan, I read an early Jesse Kellerman novel and was not impressed but read this one and was delighted. Now I'll go back and read the prior J&J Kellerman novels.

I haven't read Jonathan Kellerman in a number of years so I was looking forward to reading a book from a new series by him. While a little slow to start it was a interesting book. It is the second in a series and I can't help but think if I had read the first I'd have more background on some of the characters. That being said the main characters are engaging... there are some great passages that really draw you in... I liked all the angst of a new father - true to life and depicts the all consuming focus one has with a new infant. Interesting in the end how some of the plot comes back to the child. In between is a poignant mystery, a buried skeleton (again interesting characters where it was found) bones and the search for a sibling. A lot going on but if you take the time you will enjoy it. I am going to go back and read the prior book that featured these characters.

The father/son writing team of Kellerman and Kellerman have created another winner in the Clay Edison series. Clay is an interesting character and his job as a coroner gives another added insight into crime story telling. At times, it seems the many characters drag the story down a bit, but I like the twist at the end and what it might mean for the series. Good recommendation for someone who has finished the latest Alex Delaware!

I enjoyed this slow paced mystery. I am a fan of Clay and enjoyed reading more about him in this third installment. There is more than one storyline which keeps it interesting.
Many thanks to Ballantine Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.