Victoria Houston
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After wealthy Nolan Reece is found floating by her dock on Thanksgiving morning, shorthanded Chief of Police Lewellyn Ferris deputizes close companion and retired dentist Paul Osborne to assist with the investigation, which is soon complicated by a fatal shooting at the general store and a case of credit-card theft.
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It's the dead of winter in Loon Lake when a wealthy widow is run down and killed by a logging truck on an icy street. The truck driver insists he saw a man shove the woman into the path of his truck. A lone witness who may have seen the man who shoved the victim is soon found dead--drowned in icy waters where he was ice fishing. Within hours, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris finds herself dealing with malicious family members related to the dead woman,...
6) Dead tease
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2012.
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While taking a break from the investigation of the murder of a PR specialist at the hospital, Doc and Lew find themselves in a life-and-death situation on the river, leading to a macabre discovery that just may break the case.
7) Dead madonna
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"Hook, line...and killer The bucolic Wisconsin fishing-resort town of Loon Lake awakens one morning to a double homicide. Party girl DeeDee Kurlander is found dead beneath an affluent tourist's houseboat. Across town, a prominent widow lies savagely murdered in her elegant living room. And police chief Lew Ferris is shorthanded enough to deputize her own romantic interest, Paul Osborne, to assist as investigator and coroner. Fishing being one of their...
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2014.
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It's mid-July in Loon Lake, and Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris has her hands full with the discovery of the skeletal remains of a missing bank executive and the murder of graduate student. To complicate matters, both victims were discovered on a hidden river deep in the national forest-- a place that just so happens to be a dangerous wolf rendezvous site. Lew recruits her close friend and fellow flyfisherman, retired dentist "Doc" Osborne for his forensic...
9) Dead angler
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The new chief of police in a small Wisconsin town is an accomplished angler, but when fishing on the local lake lands a corpse, she must begin casting for clues throughout the community.
10) Dead jitterbug
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"Everyone knows the name Hope McDonald-- and not just the couple thousand folks in Loon Lake. Her advice column is syndicated worldwide to about eighty million readers. When the wise old woman is found murdered in her home, Chief Lew Ferris can think of more than a few suspects-- and calls on Doc Osborne for help. Since Hope was dealing with some desperate souls, Doc and Lew will have to think of the perfect bait to net a cold-blooded killer ..."--Page...
12) Dead water
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Loon Lake fishing mysteries volume 3
Loon Lake fishing mystery volume 3
Loon Lake mysteries volume 3
Loon Lake Mystery
Loon Lake fishing mystery volume 3
Loon Lake mysteries volume 3
Loon Lake Mystery
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The third Loon Lake Fishing Mystery will bait readers. Loon Lake, Wisconsin's Police Chief Lew Ferris hits a snag while investigating a double murder--and pursuing a killer more slippery than any muskie she's had her hands on.
13) Dead boogie
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Doc Osborne and police chief Lew Ferris hook up again to solve the murder of one of Loon Lake's citizens. When they start digging into the background of the victim they find some startling connections to one of the wealthiest families in Chicago. Osborne and Ferris wonder if the secret they have uncovered will destory the family.
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2013.
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In the midst of a catastrophic August rainstorm, a grisly discovery shatters the serenity of a summer evening in northern Wisconsin. Moving quickly to prevent a panic among tourists, Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris enlists the forensic and interrogation skills of her close friend and fellow fly fisherman, the retired dentist "Doc" Osborne. Within hours of launching their investigation, they find themselves faced with a national media circus
...15) Dead spider
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2017.
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"A lovely Sunday afternoon in late June and the annual Loon Lake Youth Fishing Tournament is coming to a close. People are happy, kids full of ice cream and teenagers setting off firecrackers so loud no one hears the gunshot. But when the crowd thins out an attractive young wife makes a grisly discovery: A single bullet to the brain has killed her much-older husband -- the richest man in Wisconsin. Just as Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris gets...
16) Wolf Hollow
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When the wealthy McDonough family is murdered just as drilling for nickel and copper on their property is about to start, police chief Lew Ferris discovers that the family was filing a lawsuit to prevent the drilling, setting in motion a deadly chain of events.
17) Dead Creek
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"Fishing aside, there's nothing Doc likes better than helping Chief of Police Lew Ferris a world-class fly fisherman in her own right delve into Loon Lake's criminal underworld. He's looking for any excuse to spend time with the only woman he knows who likes to fish as much as he does. So bloodthirsty killers and backwoods bandits be damned, Doc will take the quiet risk"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Dead frenzy
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"For fishing pals, (or are they more than just pals) Doc Osborne and Police Chief Lew Ferris, Loon Lake, Wisconsin, is usually a great place to seek out some mutual solitude in the trout stream. But lately, the town has been teeming with competitive bass fisherman and bikers, too many less-than-savory characters. Meanwhile, there's an old murder case Doc's bent on solving even as he himself is stalked by a mysterious visitor"--Page 4 of cover.
19) Dead hot mama
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As ice-fishing season arrives in Loon Lake, Police Chief Lew Ferris finds himself dealing with the bodies of two snowmobilers pulled out of Two Sisters Lake and a beautiful woman's corpse found in a snowdrift.
20) Dead big dawg
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"Murder, She Wrote meets Fargo in the Northwoods of Wisconsin in the nineteenth "gripping, atmospheric, and smart" (T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author) installment of the Loon Lake series"--
"When the bodies of a wealthy Chicago industrialist and his wife are discovered in their summer home at the same time that a local lawyer disappears, life becomes complicated for Loon Lake Chief of Police Lew Ferris. Relying on the forensic...