Big Lake Quarterback

Big Lake Quarterback

Big Lake High School’s star quarterback seems to have it all. Handsome, popular with the girls, adored by the fans, and with a talent that his coach is convinced will take him to the big time in professional football. So when Gary Gunkel goes missing a week before the homecoming game, some people in town believe he's just a typical young man sowing his wild oats.But when the missing boy's mother shows Sheriff Weber a series of gruesome threatening letters he has received the sheriff agrees that there might be something more sinister happening. Even more startling, his investigation soon discovers another side to Gary Gunkel, a side that makes Weber question how much he really knows about the young people in his small mountain town.As evidence comes in and clues are revealed, suspects in the disappearance of the boy are beginning to pile up. Who is behind the disappearance of Gary Gunkel and why? Could it be in an over-protective father? A jealous teammate? Someone from Round Valley High, Big Lake’s bitter rivals? Possibly the mysterious stranger seen lurking, or possibly stalking, an important member of the sheriff’s administrative staff? Or is it another man? A man Sheriff Weber considers a good friend who has reason to seek revenge? The story comes to a shocking end that will leave readers’ sitting up in their chairs.One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks." It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Quarterback, the seventeenth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!