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DARK LAKE
By: Richard Schinnow
Bill Gannon, a Texas pipeline engineer, finds himself stranded in what seems like an endless winter in Dark Lake, Minnesota. Eventually his boredom draws him to the Cove Lounge and into the aura of its beautiful owner, Kate Nelson, who he discovers is almost as mysterious as the fires someone is setting in the town. Kate stirs feelings in Gannon that he thought he’d lost forever, and as he falls for her he is drawn into the mysteries of Dark Lake and eventually a deadly confrontation with the man at the center of them all.
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Richard Schinnow lives in the small town of Rock Falls, Iowa, which is located in the rolling countryside that informs much of his writing. He has previously published the novels Cast Away Stones, The Sea of Minnesota, and Time On The Water, and also wrote the screenplay for the motion picture Two Ways Home.
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The story follows Bill Gannon, a Texas engineer stranded in a snowy Minnesota town, who becomes entangled with a mysterious lounge owner and a series of local arsons.
Richard Schinnow is an Iowa-based novelist and screenwriter, known for works like Cast Away Stones and the screenplay for the film Two Ways Home.
It is a blend of romantic suspense and small-town mystery, featuring a "fish-out-of-water" protagonist navigating a dangerous local conspiracy.
Bill Gannon is a pipeline engineer from Texas who finds himself bored and isolated in Minnesota until he meets the enigmatic Kate Nelson.
The harsh, "endless winter" of Dark Lake acts as a character itself, creating an atmospheric and claustrophobic backdrop for the mounting tension and mystery.
Yes. The relationship between Bill and Kate Nelson, the owner of the Cove Lounge, is central to the plot and reawakens feelings Bill thought he had lost forever.
Beyond the secrets Kate Nelson is keeping, the town is plagued by a series of mysterious fires that Bill eventually realizes are linked to a deadly confrontation.
Yes, his previous novels include The Sea of Minnesota, Cast Away Stones, and Time On The Water.
Drawing on his experience as a screenwriter, Schinnow crafts cinematic narratives often informed by the rolling countryside of the Midwest.
The book is available in digital and print formats on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMTPPH5M.
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