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Book: DEADLY AS NATURE Envy Spawns Grief (Pepper Bibeau Mystery Series Book 2) by Gail M Baugniet

categories: Book, Crime Fiction, Lambeau Field, Alcoholism, Soft Boiled, Door County, Family Conflict, Medical Anomaly, Native American, Hawaii, Cozy Mystery

Gail M Baugniet

about this book: A ferry ride over to Washington Island to clear up an insurance claim should be a short pleasure trip for Pepper Bibeau. The glint of sun on glassy water has reflected a false sense of safety for centuries. She might have anticipated that the crossing known as Porte des Morts, Death's Door, would brew up heavy winds. But rescuing a sweet old lady searching for her walking cane, a blind person who wants to discuss a murder, never hit her radar.

Pepper is soon caught between two fathers, one struggling with grief, the other unable to control a gnawing envy. One man refuses to reveal his son's secrets, wanting to protect the boy at all costs even though he doesn't understand the medical implications involved. The other man blames his family for every money problem in his life, inexplicably even those concerning specific land issues that arose years before his marriage.

Local folks in Wisconsin don't confine their beer consumption to football games. Pepper's job often requires her to interact with people under the influence of alcohol and she has always walked away unscathed. Until now. This time the cost is high.