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…
Stay Hidden begins with what looks like a straightforward case for newly promoted Maine warden investigator Mike Bowditch: a woman has apparently been shot and killed by a deer hunter on a remote island off the coast of Maine. But…
Rabid is a Mike Bowditch short story rather than a full-length series novel, and like several of Paul Doiron’s shorter works, it uses Mike as the listener to a darker story rooted in mentor Charley Stevens’s past. The official setup…
Knife Creek begins with Maine game warden Mike Bowditch on what should be a difficult but straightforward assignment: culling invasive feral hogs that are damaging the forest in his district. Instead, he uncovers something far worse, the shallow grave of…
Widowmaker begins when a troubled woman named Amber Langstrom appears outside Maine game warden Mike Bowditch’s home with a claim that hits close to his past. She says her missing son Adam, a convicted sex offender who has vanished from…
The Precipice sends Maine game warden Mike Bowditch into the Hundred-Mile Wilderness after two young women vanish while hiking the most remote stretch of the Appalachian Trail. What begins as a search-and-rescue effort grows much darker when bodies are found…
The Bear Trap is a short Mike Bowditch story rather than a full-length series novel, and its premise shifts attention away from Mike’s own investigation toward one of the series’ most memorable supporting figures. The story centers on legendary Maine…