Book Review: 'On the Road to Death's Door' a solid mystery in a Winnebago

I had the pleasure of reading "On the Road to Death's Door," a mystery novel with a Winnebago as the crime scene, Wisconsin's Door Peninsula as the setting and a cast of colorful characters so real you'd expect them to drop by your campsite with a grin on their face and a beverage in their hand.

The authors, sisters-in-law Peggy Williams and Mary Joy Johnson, approached me to write a review of their book, which they hope will be a successful series featuring main characters Emily and Stan Remington and their RV adventures. Their pen name is M.J. Williams and the book is available on Amazon.

I was happy to oblige.

The main characters, Emily and Stan Remington, are about to take their first trip in their new-to-them Winnebago. The reason for the trip is a reunion of Stan Remington, now retired, and three buddies from college - a corporate executive, a politican running for governor and a hippie priest. The trip takes a lethal turn when a body falls off the top of their Winnie. Emily and Stan find themselves at the center of a murder investigation where everyone's a suspect and skeletons in the closet come out to play. The rookie RVers inevitably butt heads with the local sheriff as their investigation takes them from a backwoods cabin in Wisconsin’s scenic Door County to the Bishop’s Chancery in Madison to an abandoned island in the infamous Death’s Door Straits.

I found the book to be well written and enjoyable, with the mystery plot one that cast a wide net of suspicion. A quick check of the book's Amazon page and there's no shortage of others who read the book who agree with me.

 At the risk of sounding like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, I found the book to be not too complex, yet not too simple. I look forward to reading the next adventure of the Emily and Stan Remington and their Winnie -- their modern-day RV Mystery Machine!