Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka

I do recommend the book.Īuthor of Three Seconds to Thunder and Four Furlongs.

I didn’t fall in love with any of the characters, but found them all integral to the story, adding to the entertainment value.

The writing is good, the list of suspects interesting, the environmental aspects well done. I loved the north woods setting and atmosphere.

From this point, the action moved swiftly. In this case, just as I about got fed up with Cubiak and his problems, he finally broke through, with the aid of a lost child. I don’t enjoy reading about alcoholics and their disease. Cubiak must use all his former talents to work through and find the one with the most lethal motive. The perpetrator could be anybody and the county sheriff seems, at the behest of the local bigwig, more interested in covering up the crimes than solving them. Hordes of tourists and vacationers arrive to crowd the area.Īnd so does murder, one right after another. After about three months, the summer season arrives. Forced to quit, his Chicago partner persuades him to take a job as a park ranger on the Door Peninsula on Lake Michigan. Taking refuge in drink himself, the day comes when he can no longer function at his job. Guilt is eating him alive as he’d blown off a family outing because he’d argued with his wife. Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, goes off the rails after his wife and daughter are killed in a freakish accident with a drunk driver.

Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka