Shrouded In Thought (Victorian Chicago Mystery Series Book 2)
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Just as Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris gets the murder investigation underway, her good friend and deputy coroner, "Doc" Osborne, is alarmed to hear his oldest grandchild, fifteen-year-old Beth, has been caught in a drug sting.
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And Loon Lake's idyllic summer is further shattered when numerous elderly patients in Loon Lake's nursing home discover they have been robbed. It's a bright summer morning in Loon Lake when Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris is called to the scene of a horrific accident that occurred in the dead of night at a local gentleman's club. The club is owned by one of the victims, a member of the private Deer Creek Fishing and Hunting Preserve and the scion of a wealthy Wisconsin family.
When the county coroner is unavailable due to a car accident, Chief Ferris deputizes her close friend and fellow fly-fisherman, retired dentist "Doc" Osborne, to step in. Osborne's discovery of mysterious footprints confirms Chief Ferris's suspicions: Leaning on Doc Osborne for his forensic and interrogation skills, Lew also hopes to enlist the help of Ray Pradt, fishing guide and expert tracker.
But Ray's time is limited as he is coaching the University of Wisconsin's fishing team in a muskie fishing tournament. Things get complicated when Doc Osborne's granddaughter disappears on the first day of the tournament. Sunny June days turn dark as a desperate search ensues. 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.
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Within hours, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris finds herself dealing with malicious family members related to dead woman, a cache of grisly paintings, and strange disturbances on the land surrounding the widow's contemporary mansion--all of which point to various people who may have wanted her dead.
Lew recruits her close friend and fellow flyfisherman, retired dentist "Doc" Osborne, for his forensic and interrogation skills. Meanwhile, Ray Pradt, ice fishing guide and expert tracker, helps with the initial investigation even as he threatens to engage in an inappropriate relationship with a key witness. Lew's life and career is further complicated when a young woman calls convinced that Lew is her birth mother. 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.
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But Doc has his own set of problems to worry about: During an August flood, pieces of Wisconsin candidate for U. With the assistance of her close friend, retired dentist Dr.
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Suspects include an environmentalist who was trying to bribe Ericsson and a longtime friend with whom Ericsson had a recent falling out. Soon another dead victim is found. Working on his latest conquest, that is. Jen Williams is twenty-six, in charge of graphics for the hospital's PR division—and quite attractive in a healthy, athletic kind of way. She is quick to laugh and a little too quick to fall for guys. She is no virgin. And she is one of three women—including his wife—intimately familiar with McNeil.
When Jen's youthful body is found with a single stab wound through the heart, suspicion falls on both McNeil's wife, who insists she is being stalked, and the striking hospital physician with whom he had just ended an affair. Paul "Doc" Osborne, the retired dentist and forensic dental expert whom she has deputized to help with the investigation—when they are not taking a break for fishing and other personal pursuits. When the mayor demands Lew take early retirement—and Doc has to babysit his teenage granddaughter who won't stop texting—the frustrations mount.
Desperate for a few hours off—and persuaded by Ray Pradt a fishing guide who wears a stuffed trout on his head, so they should have known better —to try fly fishing from kayaks, Doc and Lew find themselves in life-and-death straits on the river. This leads to an unexpected and macabre discovery that just may break the case. It's late January in Loon Lake and bodies abound: A day later, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris interviews a couple who alleges that the wife, a former nun, is being stalked.
Houston does an outstanding job of crafting a good plot and entangling her rural protagonists in real-life situations. A sunny Thursday heading into the Fourth of July and retired dentist Doc Osborne is helping his daughter, Erin, who has just opened her own legal practice.
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They are assisting an elderly client of Erin's reclaim an antique chest from an uncooperative antique dealer when Doc Osborne stumbles over a rug and human remains tumble onto the floor. Bleak House Books November Language: Ninth in the Loon Lake Mysteries Murder never takes a holiday. Chief of Police Lew Ferris, short-handed thanks to an AWOL coroner, never even gets the turkey stuffed before the bodies start to surface. By the end of the day, credit card theft and dysfunctional families have so muddied the waters that not even expert tracker and dedicated fishing guide, Ray Pradt, can hope to fish the final day of muskie season.
And while retired dentist, Doc Osbornse, had counted on sitting by the fire with Lew out of uniform and planning a fly fishing trip to Wyoming-the unexpected arrival of Gina Palmer, former investigative reporter turned forensics database expert, ramps up the action with her pursuit of a Canadian link to the theft of merchandise from stores across the upper Midwest.
Dead Hot Shot, ninth in the Loon Lake Mystery series, is a heady mix of murder, mayhem and fishing in the northwoods of Wisconsin.
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. One grisly development after another further links the two murders even though the victims did not know each other.
Whoever thought life in the Northwoods could be this dangerous?
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Even though experienced angler Doc Osborne knows there are plenty of fish in the sea — in Loon Lake, Wisconsin, only police chief Lew Ferris qualifies as his catch of the day. But just as the summer is heating up, the town gets turned upside down by the bizarre triple homicide discovered on a backcountry road…. As the team digs into the mysery of her past, they discover some startling connections to one of the wealthiest families in Chicago and to the buried secret that could destroy them.
The solution does follow with many doors for the reader to in this house of cards. In the end the reader may suffer whiplash as there is a surprise behind the last door the user opens. One person found this helpful. This is the second book in the Gilded Age series and although it could be read as stand alone, I would recommend reading the first one before continuing on, mostly because it gives a great general history of exactly what was going on in Chicago at the time.
I actually liked the first book better, but this one held my interest. I only wish it had a bit more character development. The characters are likeable and I'd love to read more about them in the future. If you're looking for a hard boiled mystery, skip this; it's definitely more of a cozy, but better than most. If you enjoy reading about the gilded age or early Chicago, you'll get hooked, just like I did. Having had relatives living in Chicago during the time period of Shrouded In Thought I was especially looking forward to reading it.
Was not disappointed as it moved along well, gave a feeling of place and time in Chicago and the whole cast of characters was well done, even the minor characters. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it, especially to those that enjoy a mystery wrapped in Victorian Chicago drama.
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The ending is wrapped up to tidy and quickly. Otherwise an enjoyable read. Look forword to more from this author. Really enjoyed this second book in the Gilded Age series. Wikarski has hinted that she may write more when she finishes the Arkana series. Just not my genre, but well written. Excellent historical detail worked in to a fairly complex plot. I received this book at no charge from Amazon for Kindle.
I enjoyed the read, and thank the author for generously offering the work at no cost. See all 20 reviews.
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