Loon Lake, Wisconsin, has seen more than its share of murders lately. Still, that doesn't stop diehard fishermen like Doc Osborne - especially when he can drop a line with the prettiest of his fishing buddies, police chief Lewellyn Ferris. But when syndicated advice columnist Hope McDonald is found murdered in her home, Doc and Lew will have to use the perfect bait to catch a cold-blooded killer.

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...

"A Wisconsin detective must solve a double murder and rescue a kidnapped child." --

"Murder She Wrote meets Fargo in the nineteenth installment of the "engaging" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine), critically acclaimed Loon Lake mystery series. "My wife and the CEO of my company just tried to run over me." Doc Osborne is startled by the unexpected words tumbling out of the mouth of a fellow AA member, a recently remarried lead accountant for an under-construction luxury fly fishing lodge preserve. Doc tries to alert Chief Lew...