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The Wolves Are Watching
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9798892424271
  • Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

The Wolves Are Watching

A Lew Ferris Mystery

  • Victoria Houston
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24 Feb 2026
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24 Mar 2026
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24 Mar 2026
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Sheriff Lew Ferris has a new partner in crime in the fourth installment in Victoria Houston’s atmospheric mystery series, perfect for fans of Marc Cameron and Nevada Barr.

It’s early September when a competitor in a high school fishing tournament is approached by a stranger who threatens him and his family in an attempt to blackmail him into throwing the first round of the tournament. The boy flees into the woods, where at night he sleeps with wolves watching him from the shadows. 

When the boy’s father asks Lew’s deputy, Ray Pradt, for help finding his son as well as the man who threatened him, they’re thrown into a world of illegal betting that’s more dangerous than either could have imagined. Meanwhile, Lew Ferris learns that a couple who went on a wolf-watching trip has disappeared without a trace, right near an old log cabin that Ray remembers from his childhood.

Sheriff Lew Ferris finds herself challenged more than ever before: arms dealing, sports betting, blackmail, and wolves. Is she under threat from predators too?
  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9798892424271
  • Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for The Wolves Are Watching

Praise for Victoria Houston:
“Victoria Houston’s love for her Wisconsin setting – and her wonderful characters – is evident on every page.”
—Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author

“I look forward to more and more.”
—T. Jefferson Parker, bestselling author

“Houston is one smart writer.”
—Jim Fusilli, award-winning author

“Highly recommended.”
—Mary Logue, author of the Claire Watkins mysteries and The Streel

Praise for Victoria Houston:
“Victoria Houston’s love for her Wisconsin setting – and her wonderful characters – is evident on every page.”
—Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author

“I look forward to more and more.”
—T. Jefferson Parker, bestselling author

“Houston is one smart writer.”
—Jim Fusilli, award-winning author

“Highly recommended.”
—Mary Logue, author of the Claire Watkins mysteries and The Streel