Dead Madonna [Hardcover]

Victoria Houston (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Bleak House Books (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932557253
• ISBN-13: 978-1932557251
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,202,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dead madonna, April 16, 2007

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L. Hirt "big reader" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Madonna (Loon Lake Fishing Mysteries) (Paperback)

DEAD MADONNA - a Loon Lake mystery--by Victoria Houston (Bleak House Books- ISBN13-978-1-932557-39-8) This time DEAD MADONNA is being published in both hardback and trade paper back. This is the newest and eighth in the series, and I have read all of them. I read all of the series because I get a kick out of some of the characters, I am following the romance between widower Doc and Sheriff Lew Ferris, who has her own problems and I like the plots. If you are a fisherman, you will enjoy the books. Lois Foster Hirt

No the story has nothing to do with religion or the singer, so relax and enjoy the book.

Rich kid Robbie Moriarty is not feeling so hot after a night of drinking and who knows what else. He is having trouble with his pontoon boat It seems like something is stuck under it preventing movement. When he discovers it is the body of a young woman, DeeDee Kurlander, a friend of his, that solves his problem of feeling sick. DeeDeehas been murdered. The upper part of her body has been brutalized, especially her face. She wasn't an innocent kid but still a nice person, so why would someone do this to her?

Meanwhile, Sharon Donovan has given up teaching to buy and sell antiques on eBay. She has an appointment with Nora Loomis and enters her house through an open back door. At first she thinks Nora is a horrible housekeeper and worries that the antiques were be in great shape. Unfortunately, Sharon won't have to worry about that because she finds Nora dead. It isn't a pretty sight-her face is bashed in. Sharon was also scheduled to meet with Doc's daughters to evaluate some of their mother's items.

Lew swears in Doc to help with the cases. You have to love Houston's sense of humor with this part-Lew is told that their incompetent, overpaid coroner is off on a week's vacation playing his accordion at a polka convention. She was never told he was leaving. As it turns out, they are better off with his not there.

There is more going on in Loon Lake than just murders. Lew has to deal with a scam that they discover is taking place. She is getting calls from bankers from around the area. They are losing money. It is also tourist season so Lew has lots of problems that this time of year causes. Will she and Doc ever find time to get their special fishing time in? Did I mention the wolf that's coming around Lew's place also?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Appealing characters bring book to life, April 24, 2007

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Lesa Holstine (Glendale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Madonna (Loon Lake Fishing Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Houston fills her latest Loon Lake mystery with great lead characters and a strong supporting cast. Police Chief Lew Ferris is caught so shorthanded when there's a crime wave that she's forced to deputize a fishing guide who has been known to skirt the law and a retired dentist as the acting coroner. The reader is allowed to put the clues together right along with Ferris, but the strength in this book is in the appealing characters. Ferris and Doc Osborne are mature adults with an evolving relationship. Readers will return to the Loon Lake mysteries to catch up with the small town residents.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read all of Victoria Houston's Northwoods Books, April 12, 2007

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James E. Mccullough - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Madonna (Loon Lake Fishing Mysteries) (Paperback)

I welcomed another opportunity to visit with the Loon Lake characters. This is the eighth book by Victoria Houston and I've read them all. Each is a stand-alone book since Victoria does a good job of introducing the characters as she unfolds the story. In Dead Madonna, Victoria weaves the mystery through current events and contemporary technology. She finally puts you into a fishing kayak for a very exciting ride. I heartily recommend Dead Madonna.