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Dead Insider

de Victoria Houston

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In the midst of a catastrophic August rainstorm, a grisly discovery shatters the serenity of a summer evening in northern Wisconsin. Moving quickly to prevent a panic among tourists, Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris enlists the forensic and interrogation skills of her close friend and fellow fly fisherman, the retired dentist "Doc" Osborne. Within hours of launching their investigation, they find themselves faced with a national media circus as Loon Lake becomes the focus of a murderous scenario that links the murder to the race for the U.S. Senate by a woman who is heir to a Northwoods fortune and other, less savory, family traditions.

In the meantime, Doc Osborne's eldest daughter, Mallory, enters into a relationship that may put her life at risk??unless her father and Chief Ferris can find the killer stalking the residents of Loon Lake.… (més)

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Es mostren totes 5
I enjoy this series ( )
  daaft | Aug 13, 2022 |
A Whole Lot of Crazy Assed Folks in this one...

During a flood, what looks to be 6 packages of butcher paper wrapped venison are seen floating down a flood of water; when the local deputy & flood control worker snag & open the packages, what they find are the body parts of the woman who was running for Senator...

Lew, Dr Osborne, Ray, & Bruce are on the case as well as on the lake/stream fishing.

There is one thing I notice consistently about Dr Osborne; while he's supposed to be sharp & able to read an interviewee as good as, if not better than Lew, he always notices a Red Flag and either ignores it or forgets about it until the end of the book; which makes me wonder just how good of a Deputy he really is.

The more I read of this series, the more I skim over the parts of everyone's back stories & the fishing. ( )
  Auntie-Nanuuq | Apr 22, 2021 |
I forgot that I had read this series before and didn’t particularly care for it. Parts of the stories are always interesting but there is so much time spent on fishing…hunting…eating…having parties…things that I admit are a pert of everyday life, but it seems the “mystery” is almost forgotten. The best part was when the individually wrapped body parts showed up. I didn’t like this character anyway. Other than that I was bored and was ready to kill someone just to give the book some spice. ( )
  Carol420 | May 5, 2019 |
This is the first I've read from this author although the 13th book in the series. If she's been at it that long she must be doing something right & has found her fan base. But as usual, it's a matter of taste & what you enjoy reading.
It starts of with a bang. Jane Ericsson is running for a seat in the senate & has come home to the north woods of Wisconsin for a brief respite from the campaign trail. At least here, she'll be among friends.
Or maybe not. She gets up to check on a noise in the kitchen & the last thing she sees is a dark, blurry figure.
Meanwhile, the Loon Lake area is taking a battering from torrential storms that are flooding the streets, drain sewers & more than a few basements. A town cop & city employee are on night shift, watching for potential problems when they spot a few packages resembling wrapped cuts of meat. Maybe some butchered venison from someone's basement? Um...no.
Thus begins the murder investigation of who killed & packaged Jane. There are many returning characters such as Chief "Lew" Ferris, retired dentist & acting coroner Dr. Paul Osborne (Lew's main squeeze) & his neighbour Ray, local outfitter & jack of all trades. Paul's daughter Mallory is in town for a visit with her new boyfriend Kenton (I'm guessing faithful fans are hoping this is the last they see of him...he's an ass). There's also Kaye, Jane's neighbour, former caretaker & childhood friend.
This is a "cozy" & by that I mean a very clean read. No swearing or sex & gentle dialogue (words like "golly" and "swell"). Nothing gentle about the murder, that's for sure, but it happens off the page. I guess I just prefer a grittier read with a more complex plot. There are several characters that come off as flat & you'll spot the killer a mile away. So it's just a matter of waiting for the chief to see it & for me, from then on the pace slowed 'til it reached a nice, tidy resolution. The prose is a bit disjointed at times but this may be due to me receiving an advance copy & was cleaned up later in editing.
So it boils down to what you enjoy & with this being #13, obviously lots of readers do. ( )
  RowingRabbit | Sep 14, 2014 |
4 STARS

A Loon Lake Mystery #13

This is the second of the series I have now read and have liked both of them. I would like to read the others in the series sometime. The main characters are back plus some new ones to enjoy. The Mystery keeps you guessing almost all the way through the book. It is a clean read. Their is a lot of fishing in the story but not as much as the first one.

Sheriff Lewellyn is back. She is a strong woman character. Her hobbies are fly fishing. She loves to relax fishing especially after tough cases. She and Doc Osborne are together in a relationship now.

Doc. Osborne is a retired Dentist. He helps out once in a while if the medical examiner is busy or out of town. He did some dental identifying in the Korean War. He is a widower with two grown daughters. Loves to fish is happier than ever before.

Ray is still a fishing guide, grave digger, good cook and takes photo's sometimes for the cops. He also does some tracking for the cops. He lives next door to Doc on the lake. He has been known to poach on private lakes, smoke weed ect.

The weather has been raining heavy and some flooding in the Loon Lake area. One of the deputies on lookout for more flooding sees some meat floating in the runoff. He decides that it will just wash down the river and he would love some venison. Him and a city worker find 8 packages of unmarked packages. His first is thawed out. The second they open is a human head.

Osborne gets to call the body deceased and he recognizes the face. He never forgets faces and he has done dental work on this one.

Doc's daughter Mallery has brought her boyfriend home to meet him. She does media public relationship and ends up working for the Sheriff to help out because of the media has gathered for the big news event.

This book is a quicker read. A little grizzlier murder. Some beautiful scenery that makes you want to go fishing.
I was given this ebook to read and in exchange asked to give honest review of it by Netgalley.
06/18/2013 PUB F+W/Adams Media Tyrus Books 208 pages ISBN:9781440533563 ( )
  rhonda1111 | Jun 18, 2013 |
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

In the midst of a catastrophic August rainstorm, a grisly discovery shatters the serenity of a summer evening in northern Wisconsin. Moving quickly to prevent a panic among tourists, Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris enlists the forensic and interrogation skills of her close friend and fellow fly fisherman, the retired dentist "Doc" Osborne. Within hours of launching their investigation, they find themselves faced with a national media circus as Loon Lake becomes the focus of a murderous scenario that links the murder to the race for the U.S. Senate by a woman who is heir to a Northwoods fortune and other, less savory, family traditions.

In the meantime, Doc Osborne's eldest daughter, Mallory, enters into a relationship that may put her life at risk??unless her father and Chief Ferris can find the killer stalking the residents of Loon Lake.

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