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Behind the Scenes

Setting research for Dead Too Soon -- available now!

5/12/2016

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The Val Ryker thrillers are set in Lake Loyal, Wisconsin, a fictitious town located among the Baraboo Bluffs. But many real locations make it into the stories, too. Here are photos of some of the settings I used in Dead Too Soon. In the interest of avoiding spoilers, I'm not going to explain the below scenes. But once you've read the book, I suspect you'll recognize them all.
It took Lund only seventeen minutes to drive from the Dells to the old Baraboo train depot, even without lights and sirens. And yet, by the time they stopped on the hill overlooking the red brick building, Val had a horrible feeling they were too late.
She eyed the hulk of a building along the tracks below and rubbed her numb hand and arm. Three stories of red brick and arched windows, the depot had been around since the 1800s. No doubt it had been bustling back then, when the most efficient mode of travel was by train and Baraboo had been home to the Ringling Brothers Circus. Now cinderblock filled spaces that were once windows, some painted red, some unadorned gray. The structure's west end held two graffiti-scarred garage doors, a small steel door tucked beside one. To the east, a single small door was the only way out.
She and Lund joined the county emergency response team at the edge of a scraggly clump of barren trees.
"We've been seeing far too much of each other lately, Val," Bobby Vaughan, the county's ERT commander, said. "Helluva bad day."

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  • Books
    • Val Ryker Thrillers
    • Small Town Secrets: Sins
    • Small Town Secrets: Scandals
    • Codename: Chandler Thrillers
    • Rocky Mountain Thrillers
    • Paranormal Romantic Suspense
  • About Ann
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Reading Order
  • FREE Kindle E-Book