Dead Madonna (Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series #8)

by Victoria Houston

Overview

Whoever thought life in the Northwoods could be this dangerous?

When the body of a lovely young woman is found floating beneath a party pontoon on a popular lake in northern Wisconsin on the same morning that a prominent widow is found bludgeoned in her gracious home, Loon Lake Police Chief Lew Ferris is caught short-handed.

This is not a problem for Doc Osborne, whom she deputizes to act as coroner and to assist with the investigation. Fishing aside, there's nothing Osborne likes better than helping Lew--a world-class fly fisherman in her own right--delve into Loon Lake's criminal underworld. They're joined in their efforts to untangle two seemingly unrelated murders by walleye-expert, talented tracker, and teller of really bad jokes, Ray Pradt.

A charming resort town on the surface, life in Loon Lake turns murky as bank officials soon discover that both victims' accounts have been looted--along with a dozen others. One grisly development after another further links the two murders even though the victims did not know each other. Wealthy Chicagoans, visiting entrepreneurs, and the young denizens of "Party Cove" complicate the scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440531576
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	02/13/2024
Series:	Loon Lake Fishing Mystery Series , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	124,646
File size:	793 KB

About the Author

In her teens and twenties, mystery author Victoria Houston was the classic hometown girl who couldn't wait to leave her small Wisconsin town. She has not only returned to her hometown of Rhinelander, but she has based her popular Loon Lake mystery series in the region’s fishing culture. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and on National Public Radio.

Editorial Reviews

Four deaths have fly-fishing Doc Osborne deputized as a coroner to help investigate the underworld of resort town Loon Lake, WI, in the eighth of the series. Houston lives in northern Wisconsin. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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