Dead Man’s Wake opens on what should be one of the happiest nights in Mike Bowditch’s life: his engagement party with Stacey Stevens. Instead, the celebration is shattered when they witness what seems to be a speedboat hit-and-run on a…
Snakebit is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and its central hook is one of the strangest in the series: Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has to track a killer using rattlesnakes as a murder weapon.…
Hatchet Island begins when Maine warden investigator Mike Bowditch travels with his girlfriend, Stacey Stevens, to a seabird sanctuary off the coast of Maine to check on a researcher who has gone missing. What starts as a welfare visit quickly…
Skin and Bones is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and its premise begins with the killing of a bald eagle, a crime that immediately carries unusual weight in the Maine woods. What first appears to…
Dead by Dawn throws Maine warden investigator Mike Bowditch straight into a survival nightmare. After being ambushed on a dark winter road, Mike crashes his Jeep into a frozen river and barely escapes alive. Stranded in brutal conditions, cut off…
The Caretaker is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and its premise begins with a classic intrusion setup. The new owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves first taunted and then…
One Last Lie begins with the sudden disappearance of Mike Bowditch’s friend and mentor, retired game warden Charley Stevens. Before vanishing into the vast forest along the Canadian border, Charley leaves Mike with a warning about secrets, and Mike soon…
The Imposter is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and its premise starts with one of the most unsettling hooks in the series’ shorter fiction. When the body of a young man is recovered from a…
Almost Midnight begins with Maine warden investigator Mike Bowditch being pulled in two directions at once. One thread starts when his old friend Billy Cronk, a convicted murderer, asks for help investigating a new prison guard with a suspicious past.…
Backtrack is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length novel, and like several of Paul Doiron’s shorter series pieces, it shifts the spotlight away from Mike and toward his mentor, Charley Stevens. The premise follows a young Charley…