The Mystery of Things — Debra Murphy

Four months from his PhD, a young Shakespeare scholar with a haunted past finds unexpected love on the shores of Lake Michigan. But when a series of brutal murders begins to resemble James Ireton's recurring dragon-dreams, James realizes there may be a very real “dragon” preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if James doesn't battle his own dragon-like impulses, the woman he loves may prove the ultimate victim.