It took a bit for me to get interested in the story but the book became rather hard to put down once I got through about the first 50 pages. A reader may feel a little overwhelmed by the number of characters that are presented all at once towards the beginning without having read the others in th...
"Dead Tease" starts off with the murder of an attractive young woman, committed by a man she's never met. Loon Lake Police Chief Lew Ferris and her boyfriend Paul Osborne (a forensic odontologist who used to be the town dentist) begin investigating. Why an odontologist is required when the vict...
For me, these books provide the pleasure of recognition, as I lived near Eagle River for a time. Houston is a pleasant, gracious person, and this is reflected in her work. She does a decent job of portraying the flavor of the Wisconsin Northwoods, an area she obviously loves. Her characters are l...
Hope McDonald's advice column syndicates nationwide. So when Hope is murdered in her home, Chief Lewellyn Ferris can think of more than a few suspects. Now, she'll have to think of the perfect bait to net a cold-blooded killer.
In Wisconsin's Northwoods, fishing is a way of life -- and when the muskies are biting, life couldn't be better. But when Doc Osborne catches more than he bargained for, he winds up in the middle of a murder mystery -- and only Chief of Police Lew Ferris can get him out of it.
Just as the summer in Loon Lake is heating up, the town gets turned upside down by the bizarre triple homicide discovered on a backcountry road.
In Wisconsin's Northwoods, fishing is a way of life -- and when the muskies are biting, life couldn't be better. But when Doc Osborne catches more than he bargained for, he winds up in the middle of a murder mystery -- and only Chief of Police Lew Ferris can get him out of it.
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-s...
It's ice-fishing season in Loon Lake and Doc Osborne is trying to cnvince Police Chief and fishing pal Lew Ferris to give it a chance. But fish aren't the only things lurking below the surface. The bodies of two snowmobilers have just been pulled out of nearby Two Sisters Lake. And a beautiful wo...
was wheeled into intensive care still unconscious. “We’ll know more in twenty-four hours,” said the surgeon to Curt and Osborne after meeting them in the waiting room for the families of patients in critical condition. It was after eight.Lew had arrived while C.J. was in surgery, took notes even ...
A muskie can be a gray ghost appearing as a shadow behind your lure only to fade and disappear, making you talk to yourself and wonder if you really saw something after all.”Ray Ostrom, bait dealer and muskie expertIt was after five when Osborne finally got home. He eased the two bags of grocerie...
Police and sheriffs’ deputies from Loon Lake, Oneida, and four surrounding counties would meet at the Pine Tree Diner at midnight. One at a time over the next ninety minutes, the patrol cars would follow one another, lights off, to park along a forest road that was a quarter-mile from the dirt ro...
“Hey, Doc, come in and help yourself to coffee,” she said. “Got Kenzie Steidl arriving any minute, so I’m glad you’re here.” “She’s early. It’s not even eight o’clock.” “She called Marlaine, who’s on dispatch, half an hour ago and asked if we could meet first thing this morning so she can go ice ...
Mallory watched as Kenton cast his lure so close to Ray’s line that it nearly snagged it. “Kenton, be careful,” she said, trying not to sound critical, “you really shouldn’t cast so close to someone else’s line.” “But he’s caught two fish on that side of the boat,” said Kenton, “and I haven’t got...