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Dead Tease (Loon Lake Mystery) [Kindle Edition]

Victoria Houston

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A hot August afternoon and Midwest Clinic CEO John McNeil has been working late. Working on his latest conquest, that is. Jen Williams is twenty-six, in charge of graphics for the hospital's PR division—and quite attractive in a healthy, athletic kind of way. She is quick to laugh and a little too quick to fall for guys. She is no virgin. And she is one of three women—including his wife—intimately familiar with McNeil.

When Jen's youthful body is found with a single stab wound through the heart, suspicion falls on both McNeil's wife, who insists she is being stalked, and the striking hospital physician with whom he had just ended an affair. Pressure to find the killer falls on Loon Lake Police Chief Lewellyn "Lew" Ferris and Dr. Paul "Doc" Osborne, the retired dentist and forensic dental expert whom she has deputized to help with the investigation—when they are not taking a break for fishing and other personal pursuits. When the mayor demands Lew take early retirement—and Doc has to babysit his teenage granddaughter who won't stop texting—the frustrations mount.

Desperate for a few hours off—and persuaded by Ray Pradt (a fishing guide who wears a stuffed trout on his head, so they should have known better)—to try fly fishing from kayaks, Doc and Lew find themselves in life-and-death straits on the river. This leads to an unexpected and macabre discovery that just may break the case.

About the Author

In 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, Rhinelander, but she has based her popular mystery series in the region's fishing culture.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 917 KB
  • Print Length: 210 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1440533121
  • Publisher: Tyrus Books (18 Feb 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007L7LNMO
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  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #408,221 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Amazon.com: 3.9 out of 5 stars  56 reviews
46 of 50 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Simply bizarre 31 Mar 2012
By K. Blaine - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
When I ordered this book to review, I was not aware that it was the latest in a series of books, the Lake Loon Mystery series, all mysteries dealing with the residents of Lake Loon, a small town in Wisconsin. Perhaps if I had read the previous books and come to know the characters and environs better, my opinion of this book would be different. However, to a reader just picking up the book and expecting a good mystery, "Dead Tease" is a great disappointment.

First of all, the characters in this book are a mish-mash of strange and weird personalities: a crazy doctor, her evil mother, the odd police chief, her sometimes lover, an unbalanced wife, and at the center of it all, the main character--is it Jim or John?--a philandering Don Juan who is the CEO of a small clinic at Lake Loon. To have a good reading experience, the reader has to care about at least some of the characters, but these were too strange to elicit empathy.

Second, the plot is weak. The "dead tease" could be any one of them, not that the reader cares much who it is by the end of the book. A reader should be able to look back after the mystery is revealed and see how it unfolded, but this reveal is just confusing.

Finally, the number of grammatical errors in this book was distracting. I realize that the advance copies we get in the Vine Program are uncorrected proofs, and I expect to see some errors, but I have never seen so much that needs to be corrected--spelling, punctuation, usage, even names of characters. When a previously unmentioned name was introduced, I hunted through the book for who he was--to no avail. The book does not have to be grammatically perfect, but it should be able to be read without annoyance.

The only virtue of this book is its brevity. At 170 pages or so, at first I thought I had inadvertently ordered a children's book. The subject matter, however, is definitely adult. To repeat, maybe if you are a fan of this series, you will enjoy this book. But I strongly caution anyone who just picks up this book in search of a good, well-plotted mystery: You may be disappointed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book - No teasing! 4 Mar 2012
By CJ-MO - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
Jen Williams is young, attractive, and has plans for her life and career. Her affair with Jim McNeil, the CEO of the medical clinic that employs her, fits in nicely with those plans. However, Jen is brutally stabbed and is found dead outside her condo. Now it's up to Lew Ferris,the police chief in Loon Lake, Wisconsin, and her friend "Doc" Osborne, a forensic dentist, to find out who is responsible for this vicious crime.

When I first began this book, I felt a little like a newcomer to a real-life small town. I was confused by all the characters and couldn't keep track of who everyone was and how they were connected to each other. However, once I got the important characters and their backgrounds straightened out, I began to enjoy the story.

Lew and Doc make a formidable team. They are partners in every way - friends, fishing partners, investigative partners, and romantic partners. They are good match and show each other affection and respect, which makes them characters to root for. Although it's a short book, all of the characters have depth and by the end of the book, I really felt like I had gotten to know the main characters, as well as the various supporting characters in the book. The outdoor scenes and fishing trips help you to get to know the characters better and give the reader a glimpse at life in this small midwest town.

The mystery was interesting and there are several people in the town with a motive to kill Jen. The young woman made quite a few enemies in her short life, but there are few twists and turns that keep you guessing until the end of the book. I was unfamiliar with this author before reading this book and didn't realize it is part of a long-running series. It reads like a stand-alone novel and is well-written and engrossing. I recommend this book and will be checking out some of the earlier books in the series to see what I've been missing!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Start At The Beginning of the Series 17 May 2012
By Lauri C. Coates - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
I received a review copy of this book from the Vine Program. Be aware that this seems to be part of a series of books. Often, these novels can be read as a series but can also stand on their own. For this series, I think you almost need to read the series from the beginning. I found it extremely difficult to follow in many instances, not knowing the back story of the characters.

While I think the writer uses an engaging and interesting setting for these novels, the plot of this one seems extremely disjointed. The characters are, for the most part, not particularly likable, making it difficult for me to actually care what might come next, or what fate they could meet. Looking back, the plot had more holes and unanswered questions than I would like; I enjoy looking back and seeing the hints along the way that I may have overlooked. Maybe too much was just left unsaid, or the fact that I was unfamiliar with the locale and the characters had something to do with that.
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