Victoria Houston
1) Wolf Hollow
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Murder stalks the Wisconsin northwoods in a gripping novel from the author of the acclaimed Loon Lake mysteries.
It's mid-May in the tiny northwoods Wisconsin town of Loon Lake, and the fish are biting. Walleye's not the only thing on the hook. There are rumors that a precious vein of nickel and copper is buried on the property of wealthy Grace McDonough, and the drilling is about to begin. But not if environmentalist Pete Ferris can help it.
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Someone is murdering pickleball players in Loon Lake and Sheriff Ferris is on the hunt for their killer in Victoria Houston's third nail-biting Lew Ferris mystery, perfect for fans of Marc Cameron and Nevada Barr. When a local pickleball player is shot in the head while practicing at an abandoned tennis court with his partner-slash-lover, Sheriff Lew Ferris suspects that the bullet was a stray shot from hunters in the area. It's not until a second...
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Sheriff Lew Ferris knows how to land a sweet brook trout-but can she catch a cold-blooded killer in the thrilling second installment in the Lew Ferris mysteries. It's Lew Ferris's first day as the newly-elected Sheriff of McBride County, and already things are heating up in the Wisconsin Northwoods. The tragic drowning of a teenage girl draws an eerie parallel to the unsolved murder of another teen thirty years earlier, but one of Lew's new subordinates-Alan...
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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"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." --Amazon.com.
5) Dead angler
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Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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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.
6) Dead Creek
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Tyrus Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc
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[2012]
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English
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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.
7) Dead firefly
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"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...
8) Dead boogie
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Adams Media
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2014.
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English
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Doc Osborne knows there are plenty of fish in the sea, but only police chief Lew Ferris qualifies as his catch of the day. Just as the summer is heating up, the town gets turned upside down by the bizarre triple homicide discovered on a backcountry road. Peg Garmin was not Loon Lake's most beloved citizen. Considering her "calling" in life, no one was completely surprised when she was found murdered in the company of two exotic dancers--no one, that...
9) Dead tease
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Tyrus Books
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2012.
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English
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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.
10) Dead loudmouth
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Tyrus Books
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[2016]
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English
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"A Wisconsin detective must solve a double murder and rescue a kidnapped child"--
Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris is called to the scene of a horrific accident that occurred in the dead of night at a Loon Lake 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. Retired dentist "Doc" Osborne steps in for the absent coroner, and discovers...
11) Dead water
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Tyrus Books
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c2001
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English
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The third Loon Lake Fishing Mystery will bait readers. Loon Lake, Wisconsin's Police Chief Ferris hits a snag while investigating a double murder--and pursuing a killer more slippery than any muskie she's had her hands on.
12) Dead Rapunzel
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Tyrus Books
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[2015]
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English
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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,...
13) Dead deceiver
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Tyrus Books, an imprint of F+W Media
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2014.
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English
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A string of crimes in Loon Lake, including a shooting on a ski trail and the stalking of a former nun, occurs during an international ice fishing festival, and Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris must investigate.
14) Dead frenzy
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Tyrus Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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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.
16) Dead renegade
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Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
©2008
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English
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It's late January and Loon Lake is hosting an International Ice Fishing Festival. Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris and her limited team are busy with the usual headaches and then some, and Doc Osborne is busy studying fly-casting videos in an effort to impress Lew come spring. A panicked call from Rob Beltner leads to a sad discovery: his wife, Kathy, is dead of a gunshot wound. Lew barely begins to investigate the shooting before she's sidetracked by...