{"product_id":"dead-firefly-9781440598876","title":"Dead Firefly","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder She Wrote\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eFargo\u003c\/i\u003e in the eighteenth installment of Victoria Houston's \"engaging\" (\u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) and critically acclaimed mystery series set in the northwoods of Wisconsin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"My wife and Gordon Maxwell tried to kill me this morning.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoc Osborne is startled by the unexpected words tumbling out of the mouth of his friend and fellow AA member Chuck Pelletier, the recently remarried lead accountant for a planned luxury fly-fishing lodge preserve under construction in the area. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlarmed, Doc tries to alert Police Chief Lew Ferris, but she is tied up with law enforcement teams across the state. They're searching for thieves who have been cutting down and stealing hundreds of thousands of precious birch trees from public and private property across northern Wisconsin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it's too late. Pelletier is found dead not two hours later. Doc is shocked, saddened, and determined to get to the bottom of the murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith one man dead, evidence of lakeshore properties being stolen from elderly owners, and an attempted sexual assault, short-handed Chief Ferris deputizes Doc and his skilled tracker neighbor to help with the investigation. Then, just as they seem to be getting somewhere, things grow even more complicated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust another summer in Loon Lake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston, Victoria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand on National Public Radio.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504502771986,"sku":"9781440598876","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0a44767-b1c2-4713-bf06-02e69c305aa4.jpg?v=1730820941","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-firefly-9781440598876","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}