Loon Lake Mystery Books in Order

Retired dentist Paul Osborne is easing back into fly-fishing when he and Police Chief Lew Ferris find a body in the water. The discovery pulls Doc, Lew, and guide Ray Pradt into a small-town murder case with more danger than Doc expected in retirement.

Doc Osborne would rather be fishing, but helping Lew Ferris investigate is hard to resist. As they dig into killings and backwoods secrets around Loon Lake, it becomes clear that somebody is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

While kayaking, Doc Osborne finds a woman's remains with strange bite marks, and soon a second body turns up. Lew Ferris has to connect two tangled cases, one involving a Kansas City businesswoman and a slippery ex-lover.

Bass tournaments, bikers, drugs, and valuable antique fishing lures turn a Northwoods summer rough. While Doc Osborne reopens an old murder and deals with a mysterious stalker, Lew Ferris tries to sort through a town full of bad possibilities.

Ice-fishing season brings trouble when two snowmobilers are pulled from a lake and another woman turns up dead in the snow. Lew Ferris and Doc Osborne follow a murky trail through drugs, cold-weather grudges, and Northwoods secrets.

Advice columnist Hope McDonald seemed to know everybody's troubles, which leaves Lew Ferris with a long suspect list when she is murdered. Doc Osborne helps sift through desperate letters, damaged lives, and the private cost of public wisdom.

A bizarre triple homicide rocks Loon Lake, beginning with the murder of Peg Garmin and two exotic dancers on a back road. Lew, Doc, and Ray uncover old secrets and wealthy Chicago connections that make the case far messier than it first looks.

A young woman is found floating beneath a party pontoon, while a prominent widow is bludgeoned the same morning. Lew Ferris and Doc Osborne dig into looted bank accounts, visiting Chicago money, and two murders that may be closer than they seem.

Thanksgiving in Loon Lake turns deadly before Lew Ferris can even stuff the turkey. With bodies piling up, an absent coroner, and a trail leading toward stolen merchandise and credit card fraud, the holiday becomes a frantic winter investigation.

Helping his daughter with a client dispute seems harmless enough until Doc Osborne stumbles onto human remains hidden in an antique shop. The discovery opens a knotty case of old violence, legal trouble, and the dangerous things people keep stored away.

Loon Lake is busy with an international ice fishing festival when Lew Ferris is called to a fatal shooting. A stalking complaint, a college president under pressure, and mounting coincidences turn the deep winter cold into a tense investigation.

When a hospital CEO's young lover is found stabbed, suspicion spreads quickly through his wife, his former affair, and his workplace. Lew Ferris and Doc Osborne chase the case from office politics to the river, where a grim discovery shifts everything.

During an August flood, pieces of a Senate candidate's body wash down toward Loon Lake, and the media rushes in. Lew Ferris and Doc Osborne are soon neck-deep in campaign money, damaged loyalties, and a murder with political teeth.

A missing bank executive's bones and a graduate student's murder lead Lew Ferris into a hidden river area used by wolves. While Doc Osborne worries about family troubles at home, the case grows stranger, and Lew finds herself pulled in unexpected directions.

A wealthy widow is shoved into the path of a logging truck, and the lone witness soon turns up dead in icy water. Lew Ferris faces bitter relatives, unsettling artwork, and a very personal complication that hits her in the middle of the case.

What looks like a horrific accident at a gentleman's club quickly turns into murder. As Lew Ferris, Doc Osborne, and Ray Pradt work the case, a fishing tournament and the disappearance of Doc's granddaughter raise the stakes.

At the close of the Loon Lake Youth Fishing Tournament, a rich and powerful sponsor is shot without anyone hearing the gunfire over fireworks. Lew Ferris investigates while Doc Osborne juggles family trouble and a second wave of thefts at a nursing home.

A frightened accountant tells Doc Osborne that his wife and boss tried to run him over, and then things get worse. Lew Ferris is pulled between murder, stolen lakeshore properties, birch thefts, and another bruising summer in the Northwoods.

A wealthy couple's deaths bring big-city attention to Loon Lake, and Lew Ferris suddenly has more than one serious case on her hands. With Doc Osborne beside her, she follows a trail that runs through family trouble, local business, and computer sabotage.