After tracking a clever killer in Death Stalks Door County, park
ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door
County sheriff. His newest challenge arrives as spring brings not new
life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock.
Three prominent World War II veterans who are about to be honored for
their military heroics 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.
Investigating, Cubiak discovers that the men's veneer of success and
respectability hides a trail of lies and betrayal that stems from a
single, desperate act of treachery and eventually spreads a web of
deceit across the peninsula. In a dark, moody tale that spans more than
half a century, Cubiak encounters a host of suspects with motives for
murder. Amid broken dreams, corruption, and loss, he sorts out the
truth. Death at Gills Rock is the second book in Patricia Skalka's
Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series.