Death Rides the Ferry by Patricia Skalka

Three prominent World War II veterans, about to be honored for their military heroics, die from carbon monoxide poisoning during a weekly card game.īlame falls to a faulty heater but Cubiak puzzles over details. His newest challenge arrives as spring brings not new life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock.

She later wrote Death In Cold Water (2016), which was awarded the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award by the Council for Wisconsin Writers.Ī member of the Authors Guild of America, Mystery Writers of America, and Society of Midland Authors, as well as a past-president of the Sisters in Crime Chicagoland Chapter, Skalka currently divides her time between Milwaukee and Door County, Wisconsin.Īfter tracking a clever killer in Death Stalks Door County, park ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door County sheriff. She spent many years writing human interest and medical articles that are available in national print and online publications.įollowing an accomplished career in non-fiction, Skalka made the switch to fiction writing, where she made her debut in 2014 with Death Stalks Door County, the first installment of the Dave Cubiak Door County Mysteries. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Skalka is a former Reader’s Digest Staff Writer and freelancer. She is best known for writing the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery Series. Patricia Skalka is an American freelancer, writing instructor, book reviewer and an award-winning author of mystery novels.

Death Rides the Ferry by Patricia Skalka