Bøker av Patricia Skalka

Chasing leads, Sheriff Dave Cubiak suddenly finds himself amid a troupe of live-action role players living in an ersatz Camelot. In a setting where pretense in the norm, Cubiak must determine if suspects are who they say they are or if their made-up identities conceal a ruthless killer.

On a chilly Monday in late spring, Sheriff Dave Cubiak is at the Green Arbor Lodge for lunch when a scream from a nearby medical conference disrupts the scene. Then suddenly another scream pierces the air.... Past and present merge as long-buried secrets rise to the surface.

On picturesque Washington Island, a summer music festival turns to discord when a stolen viola de gamba is linked to murder. With more lives in peril, Sheriff Dave Cubiak pursues a ruthless killer into the stormy northern reaches of Lake Michigan.

On a bracing autumn day in Door County, a prominent philanthropist disappears. Is the elderly Gerald Sneider suffering from dementia, or just avoiding his greedy son? Is there a connection to threats against the National Football League? As tourists flood the peninsula for the fall colours, Sheriff Dave Cubiak's search for Sneider is stymied by the FBI.

Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin's beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden over the loss of his wife and daughter, he's had enough of death.

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. Death at Gills Rock is the second book in Patricia Skalka's Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series.