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Here's what people said about Superior Death:

". . . a gripping and evocative new thriller ." -- Midwest Book Review, May 2006

"Here's a mystery worth checking out" -- Green Bay Press Gazette, June 11, 2006

"...a good old fashioned mystery." -- Andrew Grgurich, weekly U.P. Books column

"...a U.P. treat full of deception, deceit and self-discovery." -- Traverse City Record-Eagle

"The sense of community found in a small town where gossip travels quickly but secrets can be deeply hidden ...is well developed in this book. Superior Death is a good launch for a mystery series that has great potential.” -- Robin Thomas, New Mystery Reader, May 2006



Author Bio
Matthew Williams The Lake Superior Mysteries are written by award-winning author Matthew Williams who lives in Marquette, Michigan with his wife Suzanne and their son Sam. His newest release: Superior Deception

A former newspaper reporter and columnist, Williams is also author of the popular Tot Tales, a weekly column about fatherhood. His fiction and nonfiction writing appears in regional and national publications.

Contact the author: Matthew Williams

Mining Journal feature about Superior Death
Mining Journal piece on Superior Death writing style
Marquette Monthly feature about the writing of Superior Death



Play the Great Marquette Treasure Hunt

Congratulations to lady sleuths Cathy Calderwood and Patty Martin of the Between the Sheets Book Club for solving the Marquette mystery. Want to try a treasure hunt? For a $10 gift certificate to Third St. Bagel Shop: Go to the place where Aristotles Thanatos would work if he lived in Marquette. South of where the owl and eagle meet, find a man whose last name is the same as the victim in Superior Deception. Go six paces north, go six paces east, look for the next clue in the tree. Before you leave find William Mahaffey and learn everything you can about him. First person to find all the clues and email me the answer wins!

Small-town sleuth Vince Marshall returns in Superior Deception, this time with a plan to be a better dad. But when his toddler daughter discovers a dead judge and his friend becomes murder suspect, Vince must unravel a 150-year-old mystery to save them all.



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Signed copies of Superior Deception are available in most U.P. bookstores and online at Snowbound Bookstore or below. Copies are also available from online retailers such as Amazon.com, BN.com and Target.com.

Superior Deception by Matthew Williams, hard cover, signed edition, $20
Superior Death by Matthew Williams, hard cover, signed edition, $15
Superior Death by Matthew Williams, hard cover, signed edition Superior Deception by Matthew Williams, hard cover, signed edition





Signed copies of books by Matthew Williams are available at:
  • Snowbound Books
  • Grandpa's Barn (Copper Harbor)
  • Brockway Mountain Gift Shop
  • Bookworld (Marquette, Escanaba, Houghton, Iron Mountain & Sault)
  • Marquette Arts and Culture Gallery Gift Shop
  • Country Village Book Store and Coffee House
  • Canterbury Book Store (Escanaba)
  • Northwind Books (Hancock)
  • Laughing Loon/Patchwork Books (Copper Harbor)