{"product_id":"dead-spider-9781507204566","title":"Dead Spider","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the next installment of the Loon Lake Mystery series, Lewellyn Ferris and Doc Osborne must solve a murder that shatters the picturesque Wisconsin lake town community at the height of summer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a lovely Sunday afternoon in late June, the annual Loon Lake Youth Fishing Tournament is coming to a close. People are happy, kids are full of ice cream, and teenagers are setting off firecrackers so loud that no one hears the gunshot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the crowd thins out, an attractive young wife makes a grisly discovery: A single bullet to the head has killed her much older husband--the richest man in Wisconsin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, as the murder investigation gets underway, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris's good friend and deputy coroner, \"Doc\" Osborne, is alarmed to hear that his oldest grandchild, fifteen-year-old Beth, has been caught in a drug sting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Loon Lake's idyllic summer is further shattered when numerous elderly patients in the local nursing home discover they have been robbed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Victoria Houston's love for her Wisconsin setting--and her wonderful characters--is evident on every page of her fine series\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Laura Lippman).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524672852242,"sku":"9781507204566","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6342815d-79d8-4f50-8cdd-ae71f23c0342.jpg?v=1731185037","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-spider-9781507204566","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}