Ray Elkins Mystery Series by Aaron Stander

3.90 · 87 ratings
  • Summer People (Ray Elkins Mystery #1)
    #1

    Summer People (Ray Elkins Mystery #1)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2000

    It is late June in Michigan's gold coast resort area. The summer residents are settling in for the season and the tourists are beginning to flood the highways and beaches. But the idyllic vision of a summer at the shore is suddenly shattered by a gangland-style shooting. This murder is quickly followed by the deaths of three more summer residents, each taking place under suspicious circumstances... more

  • Color Tour (Ray Elkins Mystery #2)
    #2

    Color Tour (Ray Elkins Mystery #2)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2006

    It's a tranquil October morning in northwest lower Michigan, a rural paradise of cherry orchards, blue lakes, and sandy shorelines. The serenity of the day -- and the season -- is shattered when an elderly woman walking her dogs along the beach stumbles upon the bodies of a brutally murdered couple. Sheriff Ray Elkins returns from his debut in the bestselling "Summer People" to track down the elusive killer of a vivacious and spirited young teacher... more

  • Deer Season (Ray Elkins Mystery #3)
    #3

    Deer Season (Ray Elkins Mystery #3)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2009

    IT'S LATE NOVEMBER ALONG THE SHORES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. Deer season has been open for a few days and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. A local TV anchorwoman is returning home from an early morning yoga class with her young twin daughters. She stops at the end of her drive and climbs out of her car to collect the mail from the box. As she turns back toward her vehicle, the bullet from a high caliber weapon tears through her chest... more

  • Shelf Ice (Ray Elkins Mystery #4)
    #4

    Shelf Ice (Ray Elkins Mystery #4)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2010

    It's February along the shores of Northern Lake Michigan.A heavy blanket of snow has been building up in the woods since early November and the inland lakes have had a solid covering of ice since December. Shelf ice, stacked ten or fifteen feet in places, has been building on Lake Michigan for weeks.Sheriff Ray Elkins, responding to a late-night home invasion call, discovers the brutal murder of a local artist at her home deep in the woods... more

  • Cruelest Month (Ray Elkins Mystery #6)
    #6

    Cruelest Month (Ray Elkins Mystery #6)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    Winter is starting to loosen its grip on Cedar County along the shores of northern Lake Michigan. The first hints of green are becoming visible on the edges of the receding snowpack. On the inland lakes, the layers of ice that started forming in late November and December are slowly subsiding.The search for morel mushrooms is still three or four weeks off, but this year there is other treasure to hunt... more

  • The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller (Ray Elkins Mystery #10)
    #10

    The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller (Ray Elkins Mystery #10)

    Aaron Stander

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2018

    In the depths of winter, Cedar County is on occasion literally frozen in place. Roads are impassable; the area schools are closed for days at a time. And the bad guys and gals, they’re hunkered down like everyone else until the weather breaks. But this winter isn’t the usual. There’s arson and murder. The iniquities of some particularly unsavory ancestors are being visited upon the current generation.

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