Badger Lake

Murder and corruption. A small-town news team. Tropical birds. Sharp-clawed badgers. A tornado. What could possibly go wrong? Badger Lake is a fun and fun-ny mystery/adventure novel, combining the never-ending surprises of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey’s humorous writing with the easy-reading and fast-paced style of Spencer Quinn’s Dog On It series. After two strange murders in two days, small-town Badger Lake needs some heroes. A twisted, but strangely comical, storyline pits small-town television news against East Coast mob. Who are the heroes trying to find a pair of bumbling murderers? A motley crew, consisting of tropical bird-toting television reporter Walt Johnson, an intern who wants to be known as "Captain," and their TV station's peculiar management team — a cross-dressing general manager and a news director with a roughly ten-second attention span. While attempting to solve the murders, the group of news men forms an alliance with a pair of well-educated, scantily-clad college women, and a lazy, but emotional, sheriff. There are painful encounters with wild animals, strange water chases involving boats and animals, a tornado, and many other scenarios that could only take place in one place: Badger Lake, Wisconsin.

Aaron Shaffer is a television meteorologist with the cable weather channel Weather Nation. He has previously worked in Casper, WY, Sioux Falls, SD, and Cedar Rapids, IA. He grew up in Minneapolis after spending his first few years in Chicago & Illinois. Aaron launched his television career after earning a degree in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.