Superior Death

By Matthew Williams

Book Overview

Small-town reporter Vince Marshall faces looming deadlines, an over-the-edge boss, a wife he suspects is cheating, and the challenge of balancing his career while raising a toddler. The last thing he needs is for his mother to become the suspect in a mysterious woman's death--a story he's covering for the local newspaper. Vince searches for answers and runs up against the town's irascible police chief, an untouchable influential family, and a rogue detective--who are all trying to kill the story for their own reasons. Even more mystifying is his usually opinionated mother's infuriating silence. The harder he tries to uncover the truth, the more he realizes just how deep the levels of secrecy in this small Lake Superior town really go. With each exposed lie, Vince risks losing everything: his family, friends, and reputation. As Apostle Bay--which is already divided by contentious union negotiations and teenage drug use--struggles to survive the scandal, Vince must decide just how far he's willing to delve into a world of deception, deceit, and self-discovery.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803497687
• ISBN13: 9780803497689
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 1.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Superior Death - Smooth read - Good story

I was very impressed with this first novel by the author. It was a "keep reading" story and the surprise ending was not given away. I'm looking forward to a sequel.

Superior Death

I thoroughly enjoyed this quick moving well written novel by the young new author Matt Williams. I am anxiously awaiting the next Lake Superior mystery. Enjoy!

Strongly recommended for it unique structure and fascinating and intricately woven story

Superior Death by Matthew Williams is a gripping and evocative new thriller depicting the life of the small-town reporter Vince Marshall and his hot-pursuit of the truth and justice in his evermore secretive town. With a potentially cheating wife, a degrading and extremist boss, and the police deciding his mother to be the prime suspect for the mystery of a local woman's death, Superior Death deftly maneuvers the language and plot for a highly mystifying tale as Marshall delves deeper into the terrifying truths encumbering his small town. Superior Death is very strongly recommended for its unique structure and fascinating and intricately woven story for all fans of mystery fiction, and most particularly those familiar with the northern Upper-Michigan Peninsula.