Double Barrel Mysteries

Well-apparel’d April on the heel of limping Winter treads ~ William Shakespeare

Blake and Shelby Gunner are confronted with two unlawful killings in this fifth installment of the Double Barrel Mysteries.
It is spring in Port Scuttlebutt. The icy banks of Lake Superior are thawing, the forest is budding with new growth, and Shelby is overdue to...

At the grand opening of the Port Playhouse, Shelby Gunner directs her first Christmas play to a packed house. Spirits are high after the show, and amid the hubbub and excitement, someone leaves a baby outside her dressing room door.

The same night, a young woman and her newborn are discovered missing. As snow piles up and the temperature drops,...

They say Lake Superior never gives up her dead. They also say you can’t keep a good man down. Sometimes spur-of-the-moment murders don’t go as planned.

When Blake and Shelby Gunner are hired to find a stolen fishing boat, they never expect it will turn into a murder investigation. But after Jack’s dog, Arthur, discovers a stranger’s body in the...

Blake and Shelby Gunner’s plans to renovate the old boathouse go awry when murder comes calling...
Autumn in Port Scuttlebutt usually means a stormy Lake Superior, crisp temperatures, vibrant fall colors, and an invasion of deer hunters. This year, there’s also a shallow grave.

Someone killed Pete Dugan’s ex-wife and planted her under his...

Blake and Shelby Gunner think they’re living the perfect life. He’s a hotshot homicide detective and she is doing what she loves best, small theatre acting. But after an arrest goes badly and Blake is shot and injured, they decide to leave the crime-ridden city for the quiet, quirky little hamlet where he grew up. Nestled along Lake Superior in...