“[reporter Vince Marshall's] journey of self-discovery serves as a fitting backdrop for this light but satisfying mystery...”

— Mary Frances Wilkens, Booklist, May 2006

“Nothing is what it seems... [in] this the first of a projected series of three mysteries set on Lake Superior.”

— Library Journal, April 2006

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 negations 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.

Matthew Williams lives in Marquette, Michigan on the southern shore of Lake Superior with his wife, Suzanne, and their son, Sam.

Williams was an award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and author of the popular “Tot Tales,” a weekly column about fatherhood. His fiction and nonfiction writing regularly appears in regional and national publications. To learn more, visit www.mysterymatt.com.

Superior Death is his debut novel for AVALON, and the first of three Lake Superior mysteries.

Avalon Mysteries by Matthew Williams:
SUPERIOR DECEPTION
SUPERIOR DEATH