Big Lake Books
When an armored car hijacking leaves two men dead, Arizona Sheriff Jim Weber takes the crime personally, because one of the dead men is his brother-in-law. His hunt for the killers leads him into a world of sordid sex, deceit, and violence, with a suspect list that includes jilted women, a family of anti-government survivalists, and the beautiful wife of the richest man in town.With a plot that has more twists and turns than an Arizona mountain road, a cast of characters you won’t soon forget, and a shocking ending that shakes the town of Big Lake to its very foundation, this first book in the Big Lake series will keep you turning pages to the very end!
When a young Apache man is found hanging from a tree on Cat Mountain, Sheriff Jim Weber and FBI agent Larry Parks go on the hunt for the killers and by the time their investigation is over, the idealistic cover is ripped from the little mountain town of Big Lake, revealing old prejudices, resentments, and hatred. In their search for justice, Sheriff Weber and Parks encounter Native American activists, a kinky couple whose passion burns as hot as their tempers, a teenager with excess baggage, and a father and son team of small town bullies, to name just a few.Many of the characters that made the original Big Lake book are back, along with some new ones readers will remember for a long time.One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s 100 Top Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Lynching is sure to be a hit too!
Everybody seems to have gone crazy in the little mountain community of Big Lake, Arizona. Neighbors are threatening violence, eco-protestors are on the march, flower children are camping in the nearby forest, two of Sheriff Jim Weber’s deputies have gotten into a fistfight in the ButterCup Café, the grocery store manager has locked himself in his office and won’t come out, bears are chasing dogs into houses, and somebody has stolen the town’s mascot. As if that isn’t enough to deal with, a mild mannered retired couple have shot an intruder during a home invasion. By the time this wild tale is finished, more blood will be shed and the good people of Big Lake will be left wondering just how well they really know their neighbors. Many of the characters that made the first two books in the Big Lake book such a hit are back, along with some new ones readers will remember for a long time.One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s 100 Top Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Crazy Days in Big Lake, the third book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit too!
It’s deer season and the mountains around Big Lake are filled with trophy hunters. But deer aren’t the only things being stalked. When Emma Moyer, Big Lake’s resident environmental activist, disrupts a guided hunt, it leads to a deadly confrontation. Now Sheriff Jim Weber has to find a killer from a list of suspects that include angry hunters, land developers, business owners, estranged family members, and others that Emma has crossed over the years. And all the while, a perilous winter storm is sweeping across the mountains, hampering his investigation and hiding secrets.Many of the characters that made the first three books in the Big Lake series such a hit are back, along with some new ones readers will remember for a long time.One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Blizzard, the fourth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit too!
When the richest man in Big Lake is murdered on the night he announced his bid for State Senator the list of suspects stretches all the way from the small mountain town to the Governor’s office. Sheriff Jim Weber’s investigation reveals a web of secrets, illicit sex, and shattered lives that teaches him that nothing is what it appears to be and that sometimes the people we think we know are not at all what we believe them to be. Meanwhile, love has come to town and wedding bells must compete with the echo of gunshots. Many of the characters that made the first four Big Lake books so popular are back, along with some new ones readers will remember for a long time. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Scandal the fifth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit too!
When mysterious fires begin plaguing the little mountain town of Big Lake, Arizona, it doesn’t take Sheriff Jim Weber long to realize that a serial arsonist is on the loose and has to be stopped before somebody dies or the entire forest goes up in flames. With the help of C.C. Callahan, a beautiful Deputy Fire Marshal, the sheriff begins the hunt while dealing with an upstart newspaper publisher hell-bent on smearing his good name and ruining his reputation. As the fires continue, fingers of blame are pointed and everybody in Big Lake wonders whose home or business will be the next to burn. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Burning, the sixth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit too!
The busy summer season is drawing to a close in the little mountain town of Big Lake, Arizona and the locals are looking forward to a relaxing interlude before the first snowfall brings carloads of skiers to the high country. That all changes when a nearly nude woman rushes into a convenience store in the middle of the night begging for help. She tells Sheriff Jim Weber that her new husband has been murdered and she was taken captive by the mysterious killer, who seems to have disappeared into the thick forests of the White Mountains, touching off a manhunt for a phantom that cannot be found. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Honeymoon, the seventh book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
When a young woman is brutally assaulted at the Cat Mountain Ski Resort, two of the three suspects Sheriff Jim Weber arrests come from wealthy families whose roots go deep into Arizona's history, and the third has a past shrouded in mystery. The sheriff soon finds himself involved in a sordid case that stretches from the White Mountains all the way to the governor's office and beyond. Pressured by local and state officials as well as representatives of the FBI and U.S. Marshal's Service, all with their own agenda, Weber must stand firm to see justice done and send a message that in Big Lake, nobody is above the law. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Reckoning, the eighth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
Tongues are wagging all over town about Big Lake's newest business, the Black Stocking Brewpub, where the scantily clad waitresses are drawing crowds of men and the ire of local churchgoers. And that's before the arrogant womanizer who owns the brewpub is found murdered! Sheriff Jim Weber and his deputies have plenty of suspects to choose from as they begin to navigate the treacherous currents left in the wake of the murder, because the dead man, a person who seemingly knew no limits, possessed no humanity, and cared for nothing apart from his own greed and twisted desires, has left behind no small number of his own brutalized victims. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Brewpub, the ninth book in this popular series, is sure to be another hit!
Life may seem idyllic in the small mountain town of Big Lake, but there are dark secrets here. When a small child goes missing from his dysfunctional home the clues are few, and the ones Sheriff Jim Weber and his deputies do have are confusing. The boy's playmates describe a giant with an orange head and someone else claims to have seen a spaceship. Could something that bizarre be true, or is the culprit closer to home? Is the missing boy's mother really who she says she is? And what about her live-in boyfriend, a loser with a reputation for violence? Weber calls in a crack FBI team that specializes in child abductions and soon the case grows even more confusing, with the involvement of a corrupt federal judge in El Paso, rumors of drug dealers out to settle a score, and more. It's a tangled web of lies and deceit that must be unraveled before it's too late. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days. And Big Lake Abduction, the tenth book in this popular series, is sure to become another hit!
Sheriff Jim Weber always said it was just a matter of time before somebody shot Bureau of Indian Affairs Agent Gordon Hahn. The man was a loud, crude, misogynist drunk who treated women with disrespect, and was a racist who rode roughshod over the people of the White Mountain Apache Reservation. So Weber wasn't surprised when somebody finally did put an end to all of it with a bullet. He just didn't appreciate Hahn getting himself killed in the middle of Big Lake's annual Pioneers Days fireworks display. With more people who wanted the victim dead than alive, Weber and his deputies have their work cut out for them as they try to sift through the evidence and find the one person out of many with both motive and enough hatred for the dead man to pull the trigger. The investigation is complicated enough with so many suspects to choose from without an overbearing FBI agent coming to town to put a quick end to the case. Soon tempers flare both in Big Lake and on the Apache reservation, and the result could be deadly! One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Celebration, the eleventh book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
When summoned to George Duncan's farm in response to a tragic accident, Sheriff Jim Weber and his deputies had no idea just how bad it was going to be. Everybody in Big Lake knew and respected Duncan. The easy-going hog farmer was a successful businessman who had made a fortune supplying restaurants from Show Low to Springerville, and all the way to Gallup, New Mexico with pork chops, hams, and sausage. Duncan always carried a big wad of bills wrapped in a rubber band in the pocket of his bib overalls, and never hesitated to help out someone in trouble. There wasn't a church social, a Boy Scout fundraiser, or any other community event that Duncan didn't donate a freshly butchered pig to be barbecued. The whole town was shocked when he died in such a horrific way, and they were even more shocked at what happened afterward. Was it really an accident? Or did someone have a reason to want him dead? And if so, who? His scripture quoting wife? Or maybe his son, who felt trapped in a family business he wanted no part of? And then there were those accusations of his affair with a beautiful younger married woman. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Tragedy, the twelfth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
Big Lake's first annual Snowdaze celebration to kick off the winter season was off to a good start. Mother Nature cooperated with the event planners with a cold front that brought a heavy snowfall to the White Mountains of Arizona, dumping over a foot of the white stuff at the higher elevations just two days before Snowdaze weekend began in early December. The little mountain town looked like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting, with Christmas decorations strung from the light poles on Main Street, kids building snowmen in their yards, and smoke rising from chimneys all over Big Lake. Yes, it looked like Snowdaze was going to come off without a hitch. Everybody was saying so. Well, almost everybody. Maybe Sheriff Weber was a natural born grinch, as his fiancée, Deputy Robyn Fuchette, sometimes implied. Or maybe his years wearing a badge had made him cynical. Either way, when they found the nude body of a woman floating in the lake's cold water during a polar bear plunge, the sheriff summed things up very well when he said, "And I thought the worst thing that could possibly happen this weekend was when the mayor killed Santa Claus!" One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Snowdaze, the thirteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
The phone call to the Big Lake Sheriff's office was no more than a curiosity to begin with. A couple calling to check on the welfare of a bruised and battered young man they had found stranded along the highway. A young man who claimed to be Sheriff Weber's son. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town soon afterward and is evasive about his reasons for being there, the sheriff's instincts tell him the man has come looking for trouble. Little does Weber know that those two events will set in motion a series of accusations, crimes, and confrontations that will have two experienced lawmen facing off against each other, expose a history of police corruption and brutality stretching across state lines, and lead to violence that will traumatize one of Big Lake's outstanding citizens. By the time the smoke clears, the US Attorney's office and the FBI will face off with bad cops and a town full of people with a history of turning their heads and ignoring what has been happening for a long time. And when it is over, two communities will be changed forever. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Fugitive, the fourteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
With only two weeks to go before their wedding, Big Lake Sheriff Jim Weber and his fiancée, Deputy Robyn Fuchette are busy managing all of the last-minute details before the big day while dealing with Robyn’s often-difficult mother, whose demands have already lost them the florist and the limousine. But when compromising photographs of the bride to be begin surfacing, they become the talk of the town. Suddenly Robyn has gone from being a well-respected deputy and member of the community to a pariah, shunned by people she thought were her friends and whispered about over back fences and across tables in Big Lake’s restaurants and coffee shops.While trying to discover the source of the pictures, Weber and his deputies must also deal with a violent husband trying to reclaim his estranged wife, along with their day-to-day duties in a mountain resort community busy with summer visitors. As the investigation into the pictures continues, old animosities and grudges come to the surface, good guys become bad guys, lives are threatened, friendships are destroyed, and a good cop is forced to make a terrible decision that could end a life and his career forever. Will Weber and Robyn make it to their wedding or will things turn deadly before they can walk down the aisle? One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Wedding, the fifteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
When someone dressed in a ninja costume was first seen lurking around homes in Big Lake, everyone assumed it was some kind of teenage mischief. Things escalated when the ninja was spotted peeking in people’s windows. Sheriff Weber and his deputies are on the lookout for the mysterious prankster, and more sightings seem to come in every day. Things take a deadly turn when the ninja singles out a respected local businessman and attacks him with a sword. More attacks follow and soon the whole town is on edge, locking their doors and loading their guns. Who would want to hurt the nicest man in town, and why? The answer will come in a tragic showdown that will leave two people dead and the people in the small mountain town asking themselves how well they really know their neighbors and friends. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Ninja, the sixteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
Big Lake High School’s star quarterback seems to have it all. Handsome, popular with the girls, adored by the fans, and with a talent that his coach is convinced will take him to the big time in professional football. So when Gary Gunkel goes missing a week before the homecoming game, some people in town believe he's just a typical young man sowing his wild oats. But when the missing boy's mother shows Sheriff Weber a series of gruesome threatening letters he has received the sheriff agrees that there might be something more sinister happening. Even more startling, his investigation soon discovers another side to Gary Gunkel, a side that makes Weber question how much he really knows about the young people in his small mountain town. As evidence comes in and clues are revealed, suspects in the disappearance of the boy are beginning to pile up. Who is behind the disappearance of Gary Gunkel and why? Could it be an over-protective father? A jealous teammate? Someone from Round Valley High, Big Lake’s bitter rivals? Possibly the mysterious stranger seen lurking, or possibly stalking, an important member of the sheriff’s administrative staff? Or is it another man? A man Sheriff Weber considers a good friend who has reason to seek revenge? The story comes to a shocking end that will leave readers’ sitting up in their chairs. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Quarterback, the seventeenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
The opening of Big Lake’s new medical marijuana dispensary caused quite a stir in the little mountain town, drawing debates before the Town Council and protesters to the site even as the building was being remodeled. With the doors now open and business flourishing, a crew of diehard protesters led by a big man who is used to getting his way continues to picket the business, harassing both employees and customers. But nobody expected the carnage that would happen on a rainy night when a call at home informs Sheriff Jim Weber of a robbery gone wrong at the dispensary that leaves five people dead. As the sheriff and his deputies, assisted by a team of experienced investigators from the state police, try to get to the bottom of the terrible crime, they quickly learn that what seems obvious may not be what it appears. Secrets and betrayal are exposed as they peel away the layers of the case and learn that what happened at the dispensary was even more evil than anyone thought possible. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Massacre, the eighteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
At first it seemed like a routine death in a run of the mill house on a residential street that could be anywhere in small town America. An elderly woman who sat down in her recliner to take a nap and never woke up. But Sheriff Weber would soon learn there was nothing routine about this case at all. When an autopsy revealed that she had been murdered, things take a bizarre turn. The sheriff discovers that there were many people who had reason to want Edna Knowles dead, among them relatives she had cheated out of an inheritance, two adult stepchildren she had treated cruelly, and a high school sweetheart from long ago upon whom she had committed the ultimate betrayal. As the sheriff and his deputies investigate the case, they find that searching for the old woman’s killer is only one mystery awaiting them in a house filled with secrets. Who was Edna Knowles, and why did she do the bizarre things she did? There is no doubt that she was an oddball, a recluse, and a hoarder. Maybe even a monster? One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Hoarder, the nineteenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
It’s a hot, dry summer in the little mountain town of Big Lake, Arizona, and the heat and the drought have old-timers fearing a wildfire could break out at any time, as they had in other parts of the state. But the shops and restaurants are filled with seasonal residents and tourists who are in town to escape even worse temperatures in the desert cities of Tucson and Phoenix. Locals and tourists alike are thrilled when the Rim Country Renegades came to town for the annual Pioneer Days celebration, recalling the days of the Wild West with cowboy poetry and putting on their trick roping and fast-draw shooting demonstrations. But when something goes terribly wrong during a staged shootout between the town’s handsome sheriff and vengeful outlaw Billy McKinney, and someone is left lying dead on Main Street, the entire Big Lake Sheriff’s Department scrambles to figure out what happened. Was it a tragic accident in spite of all of the safety precautions put in place to prevent something like that from happening? Or was it something more sinister? Were rumors of an illicit affair between the dead man’s wife and the outlaw really true? Was the sheriff betrayed by a man he considered his best friend? Spurned lovers, secret jealousies, and long-held resentments come to light in the search for the truth. A truth that will leave many wondering just how well they really know the people around them. Meanwhile, an unlikely hero emerges to save another woman from certain death. A hero who once again will have the people of Big Lake asking the same question, do we ever really know someone and what they are capable of? One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Shootout, the twentieth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
It’s Fall, the special time of year the locals in the little Arizona mountain town of Big Lake call the sweet season between when the summer visitors have gone back to their homes in the crowded desert cities and when the snow has accumulated enough to draw the ski crowd. Things are moving at a slower pace for now as people draw a deep breath and recoup their energy and sanity from the hectic summer just behind them. But when three mischievous teenagers looking for adventure find the body of a murdered Forest Ranger, they get much more than they bargained for. Soon Sheriff Jim Weber and FBI Special Agent Larry Parks find themselves deep in an investigation into the life of a woman who everyone seemed to respect and admire and who didn’t have an enemy in the world. Or did she? Suddenly they have a long list of suspects, including a co-worker who had mysteriously developed a bad attitude toward the dead women he had once praised, a misogynistic summer volunteer with the Forest Service, a woman who seems to be at war with the world, and a hate-filled young man more twisted than anyone ever imagined. As more FBI agents come to town to help with the investigation, startling secrets are revealed, forcing Weber to wonder if he did ever really know the dead woman he once considered a friend. Nick Russell’s latest Big Lake book includes enough twists and turns to keep you guessing who the killer is, along with the latest nonsense by the town’s former mayor, just to make Weber’s life more complicated, and a violent courtroom showdown that will change the life of at least one Big Lake character forever. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Ranger, the twenty-first book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
Everyone in Big Lake was surprised when hard-drinking good old boy Levi Bischoff left town and went to a rehab clinic to dry out. No one thought it would be long before he fell back into his old ways, but Levi proved them wrong, moving to the college town of Flagstaff, meeting a nice girl, enrolling in classes at Northern Arizona University, and following the straight and narrow path. But how long could that last? Apparently not long, because late one night Levi hit a young woman with his truck, and when deputies responded to the fatal accident scene, it was obvious that he was intoxicated. Though Levi claimed he had not had a thing to drink, a breathalyzer result of .19 and a blood test to match showed that he had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream. Yet Levi insisted that he had not had a drink, no matter what the evidence said. Evidence that included whiskey bottles in his truck and a number of old friends who all reported to the police that Levi had been drinking with them the night of the accident. No matter how hard Levi declared his innocence or how much Deputy Robyn Fuchette wanted to believe him, it seemed like an open and shut case. Or was it? The more Sheriff Jim Weber investigates the accident, the more he becomes confused. Why would two witnesses who saw Levi just moments before the accident tell the sheriff he was not drunk? And what was the victim, a young married woman with an outstanding reputation, doing on the side of a country road in the middle of a cold, rainy night? And how did she get there? As more information develops, Weber begins to think that what at first seemed like a simple, tragic accident might be part of a much larger conspiracy. Was Levi framed, as Robyn wants to believe? If so, who would want to do it? And what about the dead woman? As it turns out, more than one person had a reason to want her dead. Come along for the ride as Sheriff Weber and his deputies try to get to the bottom of this modern-day mystery in the Arizona high country. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Drunk, the twenty-second book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!
When Chet Wingate is brutally assaulted on a Sunday morning on the small mountain town’s Main Street in front of a dozen witnesses, including Big Lake Sheriff Jim Weber and his wife, Deputy Robyn Fuchette, it seems like a simple case of road rage. But was it? With the victim clinging to life, the investigation into the attack opens a can of worms that includes black market steroids, a walking time bomb that can explode at any minute, and even the possibility that the incident was something more sinister. How did the assailant get the large sum of money hidden in his car? Who is the stranger in town claiming he has a right to the Wingate family fortune? Could there have been a contract put out on the former mayor’s life? Things get even more complicated with the gruesome discovery of the sadistic murders of a retired couple who everyone says didn’t have an enemy in the world. Are the crimes connected? Or could their killer be a someone who had threatened one of them just hours before they died? Add in the disappearance of a counterfeit steroid manufacturer on the other side of the state, two spurned exotic dancers with a score to settle, and an FBI task force, and things are about to get very complicated for Sheriff Weber and his crew. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Assault, the twenty-third book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too
Willie Chandler didn’t even want to go fishing that dreary, rainy spring morning, and he darned sure didn’t want to spend any time with his rude, crude mooch of a brother-in-law, Larry Munson. But yet he found himself standing on the edge of the lake in the early morning drizzle, listening to Larry brag about how many women he had bedded and how many fish he had caught. It was enough to tick off even the most affable person, and when Willie finally had enough of Larry’s braggadocio, he stalked off, intending to climb up the steep mountainside to the road and walk home. Instead, he found a wrecked truck with a dead man inside, and his already dismal day got even worse. This wasn’t the first fatal accident on the notorious stretch of mountain road called Dead Man’s Curve, and it probably wouldn’t be the last. Nobody was really surprised to learn that the dead man was Clark Druzniak. If anything, people wondered why it hadn’t happened sooner. The victim was a drunk who never hesitated to get behind the wheel, no matter what condition he was in or the fact that his license had been revoked. To be honest, many thought if anybody had it coming, it was Druzniac, who had spent years abusing his long-suffering wife and teenage daughter. It would have been just another small town tragedy and soon forgotten until a chance discovery leads Sheriff Jim Weber to suspect that there might be more to the story than that. Was it really an accident? And if it wasn’t, who was behind the man’s death? There were plenty of suspects to choose from, and some of them even confessed. But were they really guilty? One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Accident, the twenty-fourth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too
When a construction crew unearths a skeleton in an unmarked grave, there is speculation that it might be the remains of a long-forgotten settler, or even a Native American. Whoever it was, the discovery of a bullet hole in the back of the skull reveals that death was not by natural causes. And why was a silver cross found in the grave? Even though forensic investigators determine the victim was killed at least half a century ago, Sheriff Jim Weber launches an investigation to determine who the murdered man was and how he ended up in his lonely grave. Assisted by his deputies, FBI Special Agent Larry Parks, and young newspaper reporter Jennifer Shores, the search for the truth takes Weber to a neglected cemetery, a ranch house in New Mexico, and a Catholic church where the priest in charge refuses to discuss the matter. Along the way he learns of a possible scandal involving a young priest and a single mother, of a ghostly local legend of a mad woman spotted running naked through the night forest screaming at the moon, and neglected children caught in the middle of the chaos. Meanwhile a land developer used to running roughshod over people to get his way wants the investigation over so he can proceed with his latest project, and some members of local government wonder why the sheriff is wasting resources on a crime that happened so long ago. But there is no statute of limitations on murder, and no way Weber is going to back off until he has the answers he seeks. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Sinner, the twenty-fifth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too.
Winter is a special time in the charming little mountain town of Big Lake, Arizona. Fireplace smoke rises from chimneys as kids build snowmen or skate on the frozen surface of Miller’s Pond, neighbors help neighbors shovel sidewalks and driveways, and there’s nothing like enjoying a hot toddy or a mug of cocoa to warm up after a busy day. But when a shocking act of violence leaves a family man dead and a suspect on the run, Sheriff Jim Weber and his deputies launch a manhunt that is hampered by the rough mountain landscape, back-to-back snowstorms, reluctant witnesses, lies, and even a secret code. As if struggling to reassure panicked citizens that they are safe from a similar crime, keeping a vigilante posse from taking the law into their own hands, and coming to the aid of a woman in distress in the worst of the storms isn’t enough to keep the sheriff busy, a high-speed chase through the night and a report of a kidnapping adds to his troubles. But soon another, even more vicious crime rocks Big Lake, revealing its darkest secrets, and the lines between family loyalty, hidden resentments, and deadly intentions blur in a blizzard of suspicion and unforeseen consequences. One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Misfit, the twenty-sixth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too.