Amid broken dreams, corruption, and loss, he sorts out the truth.ĭeath at Gills Rock is the second book in the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series. It looks to be the result of a faulty heater, but Cubiak wonders if there is something more. His latest challenge is the death of three World War II veterans at an isolated fishing village. In a dark, moody tale that spans more than half a century and hopscotches across the peninsula, Cubiak encounters a host of suspects with motives for murder. Death at Gills Rock picks up after the events of the first book.

Investigating, Cubiak discovers that the men's veneer of success and respectability hides an intricate web of lies, betrayal, and treachery. When one of the widows receives a message claiming the men 'got what they deserved,' he realizes that there may be more to the deaths than a simple accident. She is president of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime and divides her time between Chicago and Door County, Wisconsin. 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. Patricia Skalka is the author of Death Stalks Door County, Death at Gills Rock, and Death in Cold Water, winner of the Edna Ferber Fiction Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. His newest challenge arrives as spring brings not new life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock. Amid broken dreams, corruption, and loss, he sorts out the truth.ĭeath at Gills Rock is the second book in the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series.After tracking a clever killer in Death Stalks Door County, park ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door County sheriff. In a dark, moody tale that spans more than half a century and hopscotches across the peninsula, Cubiak encounters a host of suspects with motives for murder. Patricia Skalka is the author of the award-winning Dave Cubiak Door County Mysteries. 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. She divides her time between her native Chicago and her cottage in Door County, Wisconsin. A former writer for Reader’s Digest, she presents writing workshops throughout the United States. His newest challenge arrives as spring brings not new life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock. Patricia Skalka is the author of Death at Gills Rock, the second book in the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery series. After tracking a clever killer in Death Stalks Door County, park ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door County sheriff.

Death at Gills Rock by Patricia Skalka