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Ray Elkins Mystery #3
Deer Season
It's late November along the shores of northern Lake Michigan. Deer season has been open for a few days and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. A local TV anchorwomen is returning home from an early morning yoga class with her young twin daughters. She stops at the end of her drive and climbs out of her car to collect the mail from the box. As she turns back toward her vehicle, the bullet from a high caliber weapon tears through her chest. In this third book in this series, Sheriff Ray Elkins confronts both the dark history of his own department and powerful and wealthy adversaries who try to control the direction and reach of his investigation.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2009
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Aaron Stander
13 books117 followersAaron Stander spent most of his adult years in the Detroit area, where he taught English and trained writing teachers. In 2000 he and his wife left college teaching positions and moved permanently to their cottage near Traverse City. Aaron is the author ten mysteries set in northwest lower Michigan. He is also the author of numerous articles, stories, poems, and reviews, and the host of Michigan Writers on the Air on Interlochen Public Radio. When not writing or thinking about writing, Aaron spends a lot of time kayaking along the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
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May 16, 2017
I guess reviews, as well as opinions, are like feet. Most of us have two of them and they both stink. I don't usually review books but since reading this book and then the reviews, I just had to jump in. In this day and time it is impossible to please everyone about anything. Heck, I don't even agree with myself half of the time. However, to add my odor to the atmosphere, allow me to say I read books because I love to read. Some books I have read did not hold my attention from start to finish but I enjoyed reading them anyway. Some books have become "treasures" in my mind. This was my first Aaron Stander read. It will not be my last, hopefully. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It may have lacked some depth in places but Oh My, aren't we picky? Seldom do I have time, or take the time, to read a book so quickly. This one I did. It was that good. So glad I ran across this book and read it. It was well worth the time that it took me away from this hustle and bustle world we live in.
December 15, 2014
It s late November along the shores of northern Lake Michigan. Deer season has been open for a few days and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. A local TV anchorwomen, in the process of separating from her husband, is returning home from an early morning yoga class with her young twin daughters in near blizzard conditions when the bullet from a high caliber weapon tears through her chest.
Who would have reason to shoot her?
Is it her soon to be ex-husband?
Is it someone she has upset with her indepth pro gun control program?
Or has she perhaps been mistaken for a deer in the near blizzard conditions?
Deer Season was a quick easy read with some interesting twists and turns.
I guessed the motive for the shooting about half way through the book, BUT got the identity of the shooter completely wrong!
A good read.
Who would have reason to shoot her?
Is it her soon to be ex-husband?
Is it someone she has upset with her indepth pro gun control program?
Or has she perhaps been mistaken for a deer in the near blizzard conditions?
Deer Season was a quick easy read with some interesting twists and turns.
I guessed the motive for the shooting about half way through the book, BUT got the identity of the shooter completely wrong!
A good read.
November 26, 2013
a good read but lacking the thrill and suspense I like
November 13, 2019
The story was interesting as well as the characters. I think that at the end the author got tired and wanted to finish it quick. He ties up the loose ends and not very convincing I would say.
November 24, 2015
As an author myself, I suppose this is a prejudiced opinion. But it bothers me that there are so many competent storytellers who are not on bestseller lists. Perhaps I’m uninformed, but I’ve heard very little about Aaron Stander, and thus I conclude that his fan base is not a huge one—certainly not like those of Michael Connelly or John Grisham. Deer Season is the second murder mystery by Stander that I’ve read, and I heartily recommend it to mystery fans. Stander’s characters are fully realized, and there are enough twists and turns to keep a reader guessing. I also like the fact that his stories move right along, so when you are in the mood for a fun, quick read, Stander fulfills. Deer Season is another in a series featuring Sheriff Ray Elkins. The setting is a community along the shores of Lake Michigan. And this edition of the series takes place on a very snowy Thanksgiving weekend. Placing a surprisingly cosmopolitan sheriff in—for many of us—a semi-exotic locale in the middle of blinding snow is reason enough to be intrigued. But having a local TV anchor shot for no apparent reason propels into asking a lot of who’s and why’s. I read Deer Season, mostly, while on a roundtrip flight. Being an uneasy flyer, it provided just the distraction I needed, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
January 21, 2014
This was my first Aaron Stander book that I read and I was drawn to it because the author writes about the area in Michigan that I grew up in. It is not necessary to read the Ray Elkins Mysteries in order but I do recommend it. I did not and feel I have missed out on some of the character development as there are reoccurring characters in the books.
Dear Season is the third novel in the Ray Elkins Mysteries series. This was a good procedural detective story. The characters are well fleshed out and the story line was realistic and believable. The Michigan setting was a little extreme for the time of year it depicted but there have been early winters that started during late Deer Hunting season in Michigan so it is not out of the realm of possibility.
If you're looking for a Jack Reacher style novel with lots of action then this is not the book for you. If you like to read a good mystery and attempt to solve it along with the detectives as the story unfolds then this is the book you will want to read.
Dear Season is the third novel in the Ray Elkins Mysteries series. This was a good procedural detective story. The characters are well fleshed out and the story line was realistic and believable. The Michigan setting was a little extreme for the time of year it depicted but there have been early winters that started during late Deer Hunting season in Michigan so it is not out of the realm of possibility.
If you're looking for a Jack Reacher style novel with lots of action then this is not the book for you. If you like to read a good mystery and attempt to solve it along with the detectives as the story unfolds then this is the book you will want to read.
November 14, 2019
Mixed Feelings
The plot is kind of all over the place. I like the characters, but get a little bored with all the food descriptions and references to how cultured the sheriff of this small Midwest town is. He’s got a lover, but is willing to kiss his subordinate. Even though the loose ends are tied up, there are still some that are frayed. The author’s political bias is pretty clear. I happen to agree on some of the expressed views, but he created caricatures of gun nuts and Rush Limbaugh followers, rather than real people. I have the two most recent books on my kindle, but I’ll probably wait to read them. Oh, he also needs a better proofreader.
The plot is kind of all over the place. I like the characters, but get a little bored with all the food descriptions and references to how cultured the sheriff of this small Midwest town is. He’s got a lover, but is willing to kiss his subordinate. Even though the loose ends are tied up, there are still some that are frayed. The author’s political bias is pretty clear. I happen to agree on some of the expressed views, but he created caricatures of gun nuts and Rush Limbaugh followers, rather than real people. I have the two most recent books on my kindle, but I’ll probably wait to read them. Oh, he also needs a better proofreader.
July 12, 2022
lots of the ‘F’ word
Hardly read a few sentences and the foul swearing became prolific. It could be a good book, but I’m not reading what amounts to insults from the authour thinking ‘everyone’ likes that kind of language .
Hardly read a few sentences and the foul swearing became prolific. It could be a good book, but I’m not reading what amounts to insults from the authour thinking ‘everyone’ likes that kind of language .
December 31, 2015
Good fast read
Lots of twists and turns, many characters. Kept guessing who and why mother was shot. Many past stories, lots of suspects. Everything answered nicely at the end.
Lots of twists and turns, many characters. Kept guessing who and why mother was shot. Many past stories, lots of suspects. Everything answered nicely at the end.
October 15, 2022
A rather rambling account of the life of a rural sheriff. There is a convoluted cast of characters that starts off with bratty teens blowing up mailboxes and one of those teens' reaction when his mailbox is blown up (he's not happy). He picks up his mother's boyfriend's double barreled shotgun, which was supposed to be secured, unloaded, but was neither. He aims at the SUV when it's oncoming but has to dodge out of the way, and aims at the back window as the SUV flees, pulling both triggers at once, and wounding a kid in the back seat, which gets him arrested to be tried, possibly, as an adult.
Linda and her husband are an odd couple. He is nearly 20 yr her senior. When Linda ended up pregnant, they decided to get married. Linda is one of the news anchors for the local TV station. Her husband and she need help with their twin daughters in order to work, and so they have a French au pair, whom Dirk dislikes even more after he tries to put a move on her and she flattens him with her martial arts skills (best bit in the book IMNSHO - go, Marie!). Dirk was planning a hunting trip, and deviated from his usual routine. He took his wife's car, leaving the truck, which she then took because they had someplace to be. She grabbed one of his old hunting jacket since her parka was at the dry cleaners. She and Dirk.were close to the same height. On the way back home, since Dirk had already left, she got out of the truck to pick up the mail - and someone shot her. The au pair's quick thinking saved her life, though it is touch and go for a while. But the question is why. Linda served him with divorce papers, but he was expecting that. Neither of them wanted to try and keep the marriage on life support.
Dirk is a leftover from a crooked sheriff who finally lost an elelction. The current one has steered the crooked ones toward retirement or other jobs elsewhere. Dirk isn't the worst of them but wasn't far off. Most have been replaced by trained newcomers educated in proper police procedures.
Lynne's father owns a company that does international security and acts as a concierge to obtain things for their clients. He is quite wealthy. He has made up his mind ons Dirk's guilt and doesn't like the idea of accepting that there is insufficient evidence to keep Dirk in jail.
The 3 young "lawmen" who had run things for their benefit under the old sheriff were still involved in questionable activities.
This confusing mix of characters, and the back and forth investigations, is basically the entire story. At the end, they have several answers and working theories that sort of clear up who died when, by whose hands, and what their relationships were with one another.
Some of the writing is choppy. You have to keep track of who is humping whom, and where and when they are doing so, amd whether or not a jealous ex or spouse might have a motive. It's a bit much at times. It's not the worst book I've read, but I won't be bothered with other books in the series.
Linda and her husband are an odd couple. He is nearly 20 yr her senior. When Linda ended up pregnant, they decided to get married. Linda is one of the news anchors for the local TV station. Her husband and she need help with their twin daughters in order to work, and so they have a French au pair, whom Dirk dislikes even more after he tries to put a move on her and she flattens him with her martial arts skills (best bit in the book IMNSHO - go, Marie!). Dirk was planning a hunting trip, and deviated from his usual routine. He took his wife's car, leaving the truck, which she then took because they had someplace to be. She grabbed one of his old hunting jacket since her parka was at the dry cleaners. She and Dirk.were close to the same height. On the way back home, since Dirk had already left, she got out of the truck to pick up the mail - and someone shot her. The au pair's quick thinking saved her life, though it is touch and go for a while. But the question is why. Linda served him with divorce papers, but he was expecting that. Neither of them wanted to try and keep the marriage on life support.
Dirk is a leftover from a crooked sheriff who finally lost an elelction. The current one has steered the crooked ones toward retirement or other jobs elsewhere. Dirk isn't the worst of them but wasn't far off. Most have been replaced by trained newcomers educated in proper police procedures.
Lynne's father owns a company that does international security and acts as a concierge to obtain things for their clients. He is quite wealthy. He has made up his mind ons Dirk's guilt and doesn't like the idea of accepting that there is insufficient evidence to keep Dirk in jail.
The 3 young "lawmen" who had run things for their benefit under the old sheriff were still involved in questionable activities.
This confusing mix of characters, and the back and forth investigations, is basically the entire story. At the end, they have several answers and working theories that sort of clear up who died when, by whose hands, and what their relationships were with one another.
Some of the writing is choppy. You have to keep track of who is humping whom, and where and when they are doing so, amd whether or not a jealous ex or spouse might have a motive. It's a bit much at times. It's not the worst book I've read, but I won't be bothered with other books in the series.
September 23, 2022
Ray Elkins is the Sheriff of Cedar County located in the northwestern portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Detective Sue Lawrence is his second-in-command. As the title suggests the book takes place during Michigan’s deer hunting season, a time of year when "no one thinks twice about seeing someone walking down the road carrying a rifle with a big scope on it, or even riding a snowmobile with a gun strapped around them.” Alcohol and guns combined with revenge and jealousy form the basis of this great story.
Returning from town with her two young daughters and their au pair, popular local TV Anchor, Lynne Boyd is shot in the chest while retrieving her mail at the end of her driveway. The weapon appears to have been a high powered rifle and questions of whether Boyd will survive abound. There are also questions as to who would want Boyd dead. Everyone knows that her husband, Dirk Lowther, is a Deputy Sheriff with questionable ethics, a leftover from the previous, corrupt, sheriff’s administration that Elkins is still trying to clean out. And then there are those strange letters that Boyd has been recieving at work.
Deer Season is book 3 in the Ray Elkins Thriller Series and one of my favorites. There is a lot of action in this book and a lot of mystery. Together they made a book that I didn’t want to put down. Elkins is a great protagonist. He and deputy Lawrence are well developed characters with just the right amount of loyalty to the job, humor and interpersonal interactions. Additional characters are always interesting as well. These books are fun, quick reads. Oddly, I have read these books completely out of order, literally starting with book 11 (it’s just the way they came into my possession). I have two left to read, books 1 and 2 and I’m hoping Stander writes a book 12 very soon. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NOTE: Some followers have indicated that they have difficulty finding Stander’s books. E-books are free for members of Kindle Unlimited. Paperbacks are for sale (from Amazon or book stores (books may need to be ordered by stores outside of Michigan). Audiobooks are available through Audible and Amazon. In Michigan, you may find them at your library with local authors.
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Returning from town with her two young daughters and their au pair, popular local TV Anchor, Lynne Boyd is shot in the chest while retrieving her mail at the end of her driveway. The weapon appears to have been a high powered rifle and questions of whether Boyd will survive abound. There are also questions as to who would want Boyd dead. Everyone knows that her husband, Dirk Lowther, is a Deputy Sheriff with questionable ethics, a leftover from the previous, corrupt, sheriff’s administration that Elkins is still trying to clean out. And then there are those strange letters that Boyd has been recieving at work.
Deer Season is book 3 in the Ray Elkins Thriller Series and one of my favorites. There is a lot of action in this book and a lot of mystery. Together they made a book that I didn’t want to put down. Elkins is a great protagonist. He and deputy Lawrence are well developed characters with just the right amount of loyalty to the job, humor and interpersonal interactions. Additional characters are always interesting as well. These books are fun, quick reads. Oddly, I have read these books completely out of order, literally starting with book 11 (it’s just the way they came into my possession). I have two left to read, books 1 and 2 and I’m hoping Stander writes a book 12 very soon. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NOTE: Some followers have indicated that they have difficulty finding Stander’s books. E-books are free for members of Kindle Unlimited. Paperbacks are for sale (from Amazon or book stores (books may need to be ordered by stores outside of Michigan). Audiobooks are available through Audible and Amazon. In Michigan, you may find them at your library with local authors.
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September 25, 2018
This is a well-crafted detective novel utilizing excellent crime-solving techniques. Teaching forensics was a real lesson in how crimes are actually solved. Throwing away conjecture and prejudice at the onset of examining a case is not always easy. Stander handles the process with realism and understanding.
Many people determine the perpetrator of a crime from gut instinct or preconception. The media does little to help in this process and many are judged guilty prior to any investigation. Changes of venue are the result of public reaction without all the facts.
The lead detective, Ray Elkins, with his associate detective Sue Lawrence, start their investigation. A young drunk had fired a shotgun through the back window of a SUV with three high school students inside. One of the occupants in the back seat is wounded and taken to the hospital. The investigation meanders through the community and exposes the power elite in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Twisting and turning the plot will lead you to many dead ends and yet pull the saga together at the end, utilizing most of the characters in the book. Mistaken identity almost kills a young mother of two girls. She is the daughter of one of the very wealthy and elite families in the area. Why was she shot? Who would do such a thing? She has decided to divorce her husband he is the prime suspect. Slam-dunk case? Not even close!
Read the book and enjoy the process of the investigation as well as the outcome of the novel. You will not be disappointed in this crime and police procedural. 3.5/5 stars C.E. Williams
Many people determine the perpetrator of a crime from gut instinct or preconception. The media does little to help in this process and many are judged guilty prior to any investigation. Changes of venue are the result of public reaction without all the facts.
The lead detective, Ray Elkins, with his associate detective Sue Lawrence, start their investigation. A young drunk had fired a shotgun through the back window of a SUV with three high school students inside. One of the occupants in the back seat is wounded and taken to the hospital. The investigation meanders through the community and exposes the power elite in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Twisting and turning the plot will lead you to many dead ends and yet pull the saga together at the end, utilizing most of the characters in the book. Mistaken identity almost kills a young mother of two girls. She is the daughter of one of the very wealthy and elite families in the area. Why was she shot? Who would do such a thing? She has decided to divorce her husband he is the prime suspect. Slam-dunk case? Not even close!
Read the book and enjoy the process of the investigation as well as the outcome of the novel. You will not be disappointed in this crime and police procedural. 3.5/5 stars C.E. Williams
August 9, 2022
It is 1985, opening weekend of deer season in Nebraska. Alma Costagan's intellectually disabled farmhand, Hall Bullard, has gone hunting with some of the locals. The same weekend a teenage girl goes missing and Hal returns with a flimsy story about the blood in his truck and a dent near the headlight. Hal has been known to drink himself drunk and even has a criminal record over a fight he had in a bar some years before. Naturally, because of his violent past and his love of liquor, Hal becomes a suspect in the case of the missing teenager. The incriminating evidence on the truck adds to the furor. But Alma stands by Hal, with the devotion of a mother. She wants to protect Hal, yet questions linger about who is responsible for the missing teenager. The fact that the body has not been found does nothing to squelch the talk amongst the townsfolk. Hal is considered guilty. Many characters is the story are well developed -Alma's devoted husband, their childlessness, and individuals in the farming community, particularly the men Hal went hunting with. Not a page turner, but definitely a book you will want to return to.
December 11, 2019
I love northern Michigan but I think I'm done with these. Sheriff Ray Elkins is just what you would expect from a rural lawman (if you're a poet with a PhD from that big university in the People's Republic of Ann Arbor): he quotes Shakespeare, serves venison in thimbleberry sauce and poached steelhead filets for Thanksgiving dinner (with a Chateauneuf du Pape, a Shiraz, and a Pinot Noir to go with the duck medallions), and writes in his journal nightly at a stand-up desk. Along the way the author takes swings at Rush Limbaugh listeners (an oxycontin addict self-medicating while driving surely must be one), west Michigan's favorite "mercenary", Erik Prince, and people opposed to gun control.
It's not that I have trouble with the premise - it's actually refreshing to see a portrayal of a smart, non-cliched cop - it's the condescension I can't take. Stander's habit of leaving plotlines dangling at the end is getting old, as well. Moving on to other things.
It's not that I have trouble with the premise - it's actually refreshing to see a portrayal of a smart, non-cliched cop - it's the condescension I can't take. Stander's habit of leaving plotlines dangling at the end is getting old, as well. Moving on to other things.
February 20, 2020
Somewhat enjoyable.
While I did have fun reading most of "Deer Season",much of the book seemed contrived.
For example a rural sheriff in northern Michigan, who is completely wrapped up in his work has the time and desire to become a gourmet cook and a connoisseur of food and wine.
It sometimes seemed that things were written just to increase the word count. e. g. "Ray pulled open the passenger side door, crawled into the SUV, then switched his travel coffee mug to his left hand so he could close the door with his right."
That's a quite wordy way of saying, "He got in the car."
The police procedural, crime scene and action parts made it more enjoyable than it might otherwise have been.
While I did have fun reading most of "Deer Season",much of the book seemed contrived.
For example a rural sheriff in northern Michigan, who is completely wrapped up in his work has the time and desire to become a gourmet cook and a connoisseur of food and wine.
It sometimes seemed that things were written just to increase the word count. e. g. "Ray pulled open the passenger side door, crawled into the SUV, then switched his travel coffee mug to his left hand so he could close the door with his right."
That's a quite wordy way of saying, "He got in the car."
The police procedural, crime scene and action parts made it more enjoyable than it might otherwise have been.
December 5, 2018
Decent mystery with few surprises
Story moved well and was pretty tightly plotted. Would have liked characters to be a little more different from each other. All the good guys were cut from the same mold and it was too easy to forget which one was the lead at any given moment. Never did gain an understanding of what had driven the bad guys to do what they did. Also did not at all like the facile wrap-up that tied everything up into a nice package at the end. Life does not usually answer each and every question at the end of a story. Leave a little mystery to wonder about.
Story moved well and was pretty tightly plotted. Would have liked characters to be a little more different from each other. All the good guys were cut from the same mold and it was too easy to forget which one was the lead at any given moment. Never did gain an understanding of what had driven the bad guys to do what they did. Also did not at all like the facile wrap-up that tied everything up into a nice package at the end. Life does not usually answer each and every question at the end of a story. Leave a little mystery to wonder about.
October 11, 2017
This was a pretty good story and I'm glad I read it. I suspect it is independently published because the kindle edition had a number of typos and grammatical errors towards the end of the story (the first half, didn't have the same issues).
I'm not sure if I'm going to read another by this author. It stretched credibility for me that a "small" Michigan town has its' own television station. And while I know that big snowfalls can happen in November, I'm not sure it happens for extended periods of time liked it seemed to do in this story.
I'm not sure if I'm going to read another by this author. It stretched credibility for me that a "small" Michigan town has its' own television station. And while I know that big snowfalls can happen in November, I'm not sure it happens for extended periods of time liked it seemed to do in this story.
May 24, 2018
I would recommend this book t to anyone who is interested in the North central part of the United States and is interested hunting and crime novels. This book kept me wanting to find out more about the characters and not who had done the crime. Great book!
I would recommend this book t to anyone who is interested in the North central part of the United States and is interested hunting and crime novels. This book kept me wanting to find out more about the characters and not who had done the crime. Great book!
I would recommend this book t to anyone who is interested in the North central part of the United States and is interested hunting and crime novels. This book kept me wanting to find out more about the characters and not who had done the crime. Great book!
May 22, 2017
Sheriff in a little town has to solve murder in the middle of deer season and snowstorms. Solid, realistic and likeable characters come together in this book to go through suspects, private sorrows, clues until the finale.
A good book, one I really liked to read - however, sometimes the narration flow did seem to ebb a bit, the story did not seem as fluid as it could have been.
On the whole, though, this is a series I would not mind to read more of.
A good book, one I really liked to read - however, sometimes the narration flow did seem to ebb a bit, the story did not seem as fluid as it could have been.
On the whole, though, this is a series I would not mind to read more of.
November 5, 2017
Guns, deer hunting, and freezing, blizzard conditions in Northern Michigan.... not my favorite trio of hooks, but it was a good mystery. I have read a later one in the Ray Elkins mystery series that I thoroughly enjoyed and could see how the author's skills have developed. The characters are well-realized, Ray and Sue, his police colleague, are likeable, believable, and are the heart of the story as they unravel all the threads leading to the solution to a very convoluted mystery.
April 9, 2018
A look at corruption and those who fight it
A story that covers decades, depicting early corruption and the long term effect on the people involved. People are killed and finding the reason is a puzzle taking unexpected turns, making it a novel that keeps the reader's attention to track all the implications and added intrigue. This book is well worth the read for those loving intrigue and mysteries.
A story that covers decades, depicting early corruption and the long term effect on the people involved. People are killed and finding the reason is a puzzle taking unexpected turns, making it a novel that keeps the reader's attention to track all the implications and added intrigue. This book is well worth the read for those loving intrigue and mysteries.
August 27, 2019
Great murder and mystery read
This is the 3rd book I have read in this series and can't get enough!
What I love about the series is how the writer weaves the characters into the plot without giving you too much information that you figure out the murderer halfway through the story. This particular story had more than 1 culprit and several victims that in the end all tied in nice and neat.
I can't wait to see where the next book in the series takes this reader.
This is the 3rd book I have read in this series and can't get enough!
What I love about the series is how the writer weaves the characters into the plot without giving you too much information that you figure out the murderer halfway through the story. This particular story had more than 1 culprit and several victims that in the end all tied in nice and neat.
I can't wait to see where the next book in the series takes this reader.
April 28, 2024
A short murder mystery
Sheriff Ray Elkins is back and investigating the murder of a local anchor woman. A husband she's divorcing and some pretty scary letters are possible motives but who killed her?
I haven't read any other books in the series but I think I will look them up. This was an interesting murder mystery and you're not sure of the killer's identity until near the end. Its clever how everything ties in together. The plot is a steady build up to a clever ending.
Sheriff Ray Elkins is back and investigating the murder of a local anchor woman. A husband she's divorcing and some pretty scary letters are possible motives but who killed her?
I haven't read any other books in the series but I think I will look them up. This was an interesting murder mystery and you're not sure of the killer's identity until near the end. Its clever how everything ties in together. The plot is a steady build up to a clever ending.
February 10, 2017
Ray
The sherif of the town is investigating the attempt of murder, and the story proceed slowly until finally Ray the sherif and his assistant Sue find the reason of the ensuing murders. There is a story inside the story about the father of Lyn and her husband Dirk.
I like reading the book but I thought that it would be better if more action was put to it.
The sherif of the town is investigating the attempt of murder, and the story proceed slowly until finally Ray the sherif and his assistant Sue find the reason of the ensuing murders. There is a story inside the story about the father of Lyn and her husband Dirk.
I like reading the book but I thought that it would be better if more action was put to it.
December 24, 2017
Once I got into the book, I really liked how the author created the story of the teen shooting with the rest of the story. It showed that a modern murder can also solve a cold case or put a clearer explanation to the apparent suicide. I do want to read more of Aaron Stander's books when they become available on my Kendle by Amazon.
June 26, 2018
Deer Season
One more time with a new author. Very good book. Started yesterday and finished this afternoon. Good storyline and believable cast of characters with some you love and some you hate. Just like life. Takes place in Michigan during deer season both upper and lower peninsulas. Now I'll have to check the authors books following this one.
One more time with a new author. Very good book. Started yesterday and finished this afternoon. Good storyline and believable cast of characters with some you love and some you hate. Just like life. Takes place in Michigan during deer season both upper and lower peninsulas. Now I'll have to check the authors books following this one.
December 9, 2019
love the Michigan theme
As a life long Michigander I love and recognize everything about this book. However I could do without the politics. Just because someone does not live in a major city or along a coast doesn't make them a gun crazed hick. Too much stereotyping. I will read the next one and hopefully I can visit my state without the judgement.
As a life long Michigander I love and recognize everything about this book. However I could do without the politics. Just because someone does not live in a major city or along a coast doesn't make them a gun crazed hick. Too much stereotyping. I will read the next one and hopefully I can visit my state without the judgement.
May 2, 2021
This is a good mystery. It was set in upper Michigan in the winter and Mr. Stander did a great job making you feel the cold weather. There were several things that I caught early in the book that I thought were quite apparent but the characters didn't notice. I didn't have the solution until the end of the book.
It was an enjoyable book and I will read more Aaron Stander in the future.
It was an enjoyable book and I will read more Aaron Stander in the future.
June 15, 2021
Never give up, keep working all clues n thoughts
Another book I enjoyed and could not wait for the next page. Sheriff, deputies how the law works, history of the county , a method for solving murders. All this and more put together by Mr. Elkins . Lots of research went into creating this story that occurs in snow country. A real dedicated sheriff. Don t muss this mystery.
Another book I enjoyed and could not wait for the next page. Sheriff, deputies how the law works, history of the county , a method for solving murders. All this and more put together by Mr. Elkins . Lots of research went into creating this story that occurs in snow country. A real dedicated sheriff. Don t muss this mystery.
June 17, 2021
A great story, beauty written
I loved the excellent use of English, used in an almost British way (yes I am biased!). I very much enjoyed the discussions about the investigations; it made the whole book something I felt I was right there listening in the background. Probably the best US crime story I have read recently.
I loved the excellent use of English, used in an almost British way (yes I am biased!). I very much enjoyed the discussions about the investigations; it made the whole book something I felt I was right there listening in the background. Probably the best US crime story I have read recently.
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