Death Casts a Shadow -- Patricia Skalka - Hardcover

With Door County caught in the grip of a fierce winter storm, Sheriff Dave Cubiak agrees to do a simple favor for a friend of his wife: he stops by to check in on an affluent widow with a questionable new suitor. His initial disquiet is easily dismissed--until she is found dead the next morning in her home. Lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs, clutching a valuable bronze sculpture, she points her outstretched hand in the direction of a nearby, nondescript ring.

The scene bears all the characteristics of an accidental fall, not unheard of for a person of her age, but something is not adding up. Later that week, an explosion in an ice fishing shack on the frozen bay leads to the discovery of another body, burned beyond recognition. Was this the widow's missing handyman? Could the two deaths be related? With what has become a hallmark for books in the series, past and present collide as Cubiak's search for answers uncovers the sad legacy of loneliness and the disquieting links between wealth and poverty on the peninsula.

Author: Patricia Skalka
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780299338701

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2022
Library Journal 05/01/2022 pg. 73