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Dead Loudmouth
Dead Loudmouth
Dead Loudmouth
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Dead Loudmouth

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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: this is no accident; it's murder. 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.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGallery Books
Release dateJun 1, 2016
ISBN9781440568466
Dead Loudmouth
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Victoria Houston

In her teens and twenties, mystery author Victoria Houston was the classic hometown girl who couldn't wait to leave her small Wisconsin town. She has not only returned to her hometown of Rhinelander, but she has based her popular Loon Lake mystery series in the region’s fishing culture. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and on National Public Radio.

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    Loon Lake, because the denizens are flaming looney? Jeez what a group of who needed killing, and only two got their just desserts.A man & woman are found dead atop each other, on top of a white grand piano that had been hoisted to the ceiling of a "gentleman's club"... being crushed to death. This is what was wrong: everything had been wiped clean of prints, but the murderer left footprints on the countertop when entering by the window. Made no sense to me.It was easy to figure out who done it, but we never really got to know the victims or their ugliness as they were dead from the beginning of the book. So that made for their personalities to be hearsay.I liked the main characters, they seemed to be good decent people... Even the description of fishing was entertaining, go figure. So I'll be reading more in this series.

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