The Sheriff of Oakman County, Nevada, is on the scene when a death occurs at his old friend, ex-senator Adam Oakman's gathering of family and friends at a deserted resort on the shore of Memaloose Lake. Trouble continues when the body disappears, and the Sheriff and his young friend Brigid find themselves trying to stay out of a killer's path while figuring out whodunnit. When private detective Lynn MacDonald is finally called in, can she unravel the skein of clues? The Desert Lake Mystery was published in 1936.