A Northwoods Mystery

Two hunters gunned down at close range. Three Sandhill Cranes shot from the sky. What the hell is going on in this small farming community outside Traverse City, Michigan? Forensic Detective Quinn Macarthy has solved many crimes in her twenty-five year law enforcement career, but this case stumped her. There weren't many leads. Were the five shootings even related? Where was the murder weapon?

In the second novel of the Northwoods Mystery series, The Lure once again follows Traverse City's crime-fighting team of Quinn, Gilda, Patrick, and Ian as they work to solve what's going on in the Pines and at the Old Mission falconry center.

Early in their careers, most successful cops learn to suck up their emotions about the violence they face on the job. But that suppression doesn’t always work. Overcome by nightmares and flashbacks from being attacked by Russian mobsters, Forensic Detective Quinn Macarthy takes a medical leave to heal from the trauma. She rents a cottage on Sleeping Bear Bay, hoping that rest and time by the water will restore her equilibrium. But Quinn soon discovers that misdeeds continue to find her. While hiking the dunes following a fierce thunderstorm, Quinn finds a skeletal human hand unearthed by shifting sands.