Dead Jitterbug
A Loon Lake Fishing mystery

By Victoria Houston

     Hope MacDonald, syndicated advice columnist, is found shot to death in her palatial Loon Lake home. An elderly woman is murdered in her home in a home invasion gone wrong. A series of bank robberies in the area has the FBI asking for local assistance.

     All these are problems for police chief Lewellyn Ferris, who is trying to solve them while campaigning for the sheriff's election. She enlists the aid of retired dentist Doc Osborne, who has made a new career in orthodontic forensics so he can be closer to Ferris. Their search for the solutions resurrects an old unsolved murder that has ramifications in the present. There are many suspects before they resolve the cases, and seeking the truth places both their lives in peril.

     This is as much a story about the lore of fishing, the love of fishing, and the art of fishing as it is a mystery. Much detail is given about to how to fish, where the best fishing is found. The scenery of the Loon Lake area is beautifully portrayed. There are enough subplots to keep the reader interested and intrigued. A description of the fishing experience of a group of women is well done and entertaining. The characters are colorful and true to life.

     A relaxing and pleasant book with a different setting and background. No violence; no sex; no "adult" language.