{"product_id":"death-rides-the-ferry-paperback","title":"Death Rides the Ferry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Skalka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a sparkling August day on Washington Island and the resonant notes of early classical music float on the breeze toward the sailboats and ferries that ply the waters of Death's Door strait. After a forty-year absence, the Viola da Gamba Music Festival has returned to the picturesque isle on the tip of Wisconsin's Door County peninsula. Sheriff Dave Cubiak enjoys a rare day off as tourists and a documentary film crew hover around the musicians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The jubilant mood sours when an unidentified passenger is found dead on a ferry. Longtime residents recall with dismay the disastrous festival decades earlier, when another woman died and a valuable sixteenth-century instrument-the fabled yellow viol-vanished, never to be found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cubiak follows a trail of murder, kidnapping, and false identity that leads back to the calamitous night of the twin tragedies. With the lives of those he holds most dear in peril, the sheriff pursues a ruthless killer into the stormy northern reaches of Lake Michigan.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Skalka is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath Stalks Door County\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath at Gills Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath in Cold Water\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Edna Ferber Fiction Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. She is president of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime and divides her time between Chicago and Door County, Wisconsin. A former staff writer at \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, she presents writing workshops throughout the United States. Her nonfiction books have been published by Random House, St. Martin's, and Rodale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760554311968,"sku":"9780299318048","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ce34d6bebc8919f7cfe70f0e196fec57.webp?v=1780183176","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-rides-the-ferry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}