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The Ice House on Bald Eagle Lake

Name: The Ice House on Bald Eagle Lake
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Rating: 4.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Winnie Lark

by Winnie Lark · published via Smithbook

An ice fishing house left on the lake after the thaw deadline. Inside, a library book and a man who should not be there.

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cozy mysteryice fishingMinnesota lakeswinter

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Every fish house has to be off Bald Eagle Lake by the first Monday in March. One little green shack is still out there on Tuesday, and when the county deputy finally opens the door, he finds a space heater, a card table, a Lake Street library book and a retired banker who everyone thought was in Arizona. Dot Engquist knows that book. She recommended it to him herself. The third Lake Street Library mystery.

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The rule on Bald Eagle Lake was simple. All fish houses off the ice by the first Monday in March, or the county pulls them off and sends you the bill. By Tuesday afternoon there was one house left, a green plywood shack with a stovepipe and a hand-painted sign that said Gone Fishin, Back Never. Deputy Larry Ostby walked out to it on the soft ice with a rope around his waist. The door was frozen shut. When he finally got it open, the heater was cold, the fishing line was still down the hole, and

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Title: The Ice House on Bald Eagle Lake
Author: Winnie Lark
Format: Digital · browser reader
Language: English
Category: Mystery & Investigation
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★★★★★ · jan•••@readers.staging.smithbook.test9/30/2026

My dad ice fishes

I read him the chapter about the card game and he said she got it exactly right.

★★★★☆ · hec•••@readers.staging.smithbook.test9/30/2026

Fun puzzle

The detail about the hole auger was so clever. Dot is sharp as ever.

★★★★★ · yvo•••@readers.staging.smithbook.test9/29/2026

Best setting yet

The ice creaking under the fish house gave me real chills. Great winter read.

About the author

Winnie Lark

I spent thirty-eight years behind the reference desk of a branch library in St. Paul, and I can tell you that people will confess things to a librarian they would never tell a priest. They want a book on divorce, or poisons, or how long a body stays frozen in a lake, and they always say it is for a friend. My sleuth, Dot Engquist, is a retired reference librarian who still cannot walk past a misfiled book. I write on the couch by the front window, with a cup of coffee going cold and my husband Arne asking what is for supper. The answer is usually hotdish.

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