Sleuth for the New Door County Detective Series!

Door County, Wisconsin is a place like no other. It boasts 300 miles of spectacular shoreline and five majestic parks. It has a lot of history, 11 lighthouses, unique villages, arts & entertainment, galleries & boutiques as well as delicious local cuisine. It's a favorite destination of mine as well as many Glenview/North Shore families for generations. I have been vacationing there since childhood and although there have been many changes, one thing that hasn't changed is the natural beauty found there.

So, I was beyond excited to spy a book entitled, Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka. It introduces a new detective series, "The Dave Cubiak Door County Mysteries." According to the author there is this one and there will be more. Though I am not an avid thriller/mystery reader and typically don't gravitate toward this genre, I am enjoying this one set in the stunning landscape and picturesque waterfront villages of Door County. The author, Patricia Skalka , is a former staff writer for Reader's Digest and has worked as a magazine editor, ghost writer, and writing instructor. She is a native of Chicago, lives in the city and takes time off at her cottage in Door County. She acknowledges, "During one of my first visits to Door County, Wisconsin, I sat on the Lake Michigan shore as a deep mysterious quiet settled over the peninsula. Anything can happen here, I thought. Indeed much did. Cozy Thanksgiving celebrations. Summer days of long walks and kayaking and creating castles and candles in the sand. Beach fires with wine and good friends. Nights tracking the moon's silvery path across the rumpled surface of the water." She goes on to say, "When I began to write this book, there was no question of the locale. It had to be set in Door County. Door County is real. While I used the peninsula as the framework for the book, I also altered some details and added others to fit the story.  The spirit of this majestic place remains unchanged."

So, what's her first book about? Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin's beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders or bizarre accidents? A troubled former Chicago cop is pitted against a clever killer. In a desperate search for clues, he uncovers a tangled web of greed, betrayal, bitter rivalries, and lost love beneath the peninsula's travel-brochure veneer.
Befriended by several locals but unsure whom to trust or to suspect of murder, the one-time cop tracks a clever killer.  It's a smart, hard-edge detective story of greed, revenge and lost love set in the "Cape Code of the Midwest."

I plan to finish this book on my next weekend getaway to Ephraim in front of a roaring fire!
Patricia has authored four more books in her crime series. So, be on the lookout! I know I will!