Patricia Skalka
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 1
Language
English
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Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin's beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden over the loss of his wife and daughter, he's had enough of death. Forced to confront the past, the morose Cubiak moves beyond his own heartache and starts investigating,...
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 2
Language
English
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Spring brings not new life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock. Three prominent World War II veterans die from carbon monoxide poisoning during a weekly card game. Blame falls to a faulty heater but Cubiak puzzles over details. When one of the widows receives a message claiming the men "got what they deserved," he realizes that there may be more to the deaths than a simple accident.
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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In the wake of a brutal storm that lashed the Door County peninsula, Sheriff Dave Cubiak assesses the damage: broken windows, downed trees, and piles of mysterious debris along the shoreline. He leaves the comfort of his home and heads out into the aftermath, checking in with folks along the way to offer help. His assistant, marooned at the justice center overnight, calls with an ominous message about a body discovered on the beach. When the medical...
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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It's a sparkling August day on Washington Island and the resonant notes of stringed instruments float on the breeze toward sailboats and the approaching ferry. After a forty-year absence, the Viola da Gamba Festival has returned to the picturesque isle on the tip of Wisconsin's Door County peninsula. Sheriff Dave Cubiak enjoys a rare day off as tourists and a documentary film crew hover around the musicians. The jubilant mood sours when the ferry...
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 5
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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On a chilly Monday in late spring, Sheriff Dave Cubiak is at the Green Arbor Lodge for lunch when a scream from a nearby medical conference disrupts the scene. Leaping into action, he finds the ninety-three-year-old director of the prestigious Institute for Progressive Medicine collapsed on the floor, dead of a suspected heart attack. As Cubiak interrogates the witnesses, he's struck by the inconsistencies in their stories. Some evade questions while...
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Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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On a bracing autumn day in Door County, a prominent philanthropist disappears. Is the elderly Gerald Sneider--known as "Mr. Packer" for his legendary support of Green Bay football--suffering from dementia, or just avoiding his greedy son? Is there a connection to threats against the National Football League? As tourists flood the peninsula for the fall colors, Sheriff Dave Cubiak's search for Sneider is stymied by the FBI. When human bones wash up...
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Series
Dave Cubiak Door County mystery volume 7
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Door County is caught in the grip of a fierce winter storm, and Sheriff Dave Cubiak is asked to check in on an affluent widow. He finds her lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs, clutching a valuable bronze sculpture. It looks like an accidental fall, but something is not adding up. A second body is found later that week when an ice-fishing shack explodes. Could the two deaths be related?