About the Book: When a flood threatens vulnerable collections at Villa Louis State Historic Site, Chloe travels to southwest Wisconsin to help site staff haul endangered artifacts to higher ground. The elegant Villa Louis is not in danger, but a nearby museum dedicated to the region’s fur trade history will certainly be submerged.

Before the work can begin, the discovery of a body in the Fur Trade Museum jeopardizes the artifact rescue plan. Chloe’s worried husband, police sergeant Roelke McKenna, soon arrives to assist. As the floodwaters creep ever higher, he and Chloe realize that inexplicably, they have become targets themselves. Working together, they struggle to identify a killer...and stay alive.

"Flood Waters Rising pits irreplaceable history against the mighty Mississippi...and it pits museum curator Chloe Ellefson against a killer. ...Mystery fans who crave an intelligent story fed by deeply researched history and embellished by a touch of the mystical will love Flood Water Rising." - Mary Anna Evans, Benjamin Franklin Award-winning author of The Dark Library and the Faye Longchamp Archaeological Mysteries

Katheen Ernst, bestselling author and social historian, writes award-winning mysteries, historical fiction, and non-fiction for adults and young readers. To date readers have purchased 1.75 million print, audio, and ebook copies of her forty-one published books. Her latest book is The Solace of Stars: A Hanneke Bauer Mystery (July, 2023). Visit kathleenernst.com for more information.

Kathleen Ernst