Lake Erie is known for its beauty and tranquility, but a dark, deadly
undercurrent lurks beneath its surface. Bordering four states and two
countries, the inland ocean offers the perfect getaway for criminals of
all kinds. The bandits who held up the Ashtabula National Marine Bank as
well as Ontario's most elusive con man used the lake to avoid capture.
Pirate Joseph Kerwin relied on his knowledge of the shipping industry to
evade the law. Narene Mozee's murderer quietly slipped away on a luxury
cruise ship after completing his heinous deed, and when a lighthouse
keeper found a corpse floating in the shallows near his post, all signs
pointed to the killer fleeing by boat. Local author Wendy Koile wades
into the depths of this great but deadly lake.