Published by Macmillan audio, Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, Audiobook, eBook
Paul Doiron has done it again!!!! Another gripping, tense, and hard to put down book in the Mike Bowditch series. This is by far one of my favorite series. Who knew I would grow to love books centered around a Maine game warden and those in his life! This is a riveting and brilliant series and if you have not read it, what are you waiting for????? Yes, this is book #14 in the series, but I feel it would work well as a stand-alone. But I highly recommend going back and reading this series from the beginning to get the character development and events leading up to this book.
Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens are celebrating their engagement with a party thrown by his stepfather in the beginning of this book. Fans of the series will know their relationship history and appreciate that they have finally decided to get married. But nothing is ever easy for Mike, and at his engagement party he and Stacy witness a hit-and-run boat crash on the lake. When they go out to investigate, they make the grisly discovery of a severed arm. When the warden dive team goes down the next morning, they find two naked bodies under the lake’s surface.
Thus begins the investigation that leads Mike, Charlie, Stacy, and others down a dark and dangerous path in hopes of finding a killer. They are up against a highly intelligent killer who will stop at nothing to get away with murder. Woohoo!
I enjoy all the characters and their relationships with others. I especially love the scenes with Mike and Charlie. Mike has had great mentors and Charlie steals every scene he is in!
With the other books in the series, this one has a captivating mystery, and I did my best super sleuthing while reading this and did not come up with whodunit. As always, I was drawn in not only by the mystery in this book but by the descriptions of the lake and surrounding area. This book was well written, atmospheric, tense and well thought out.
I had both the both and the audiobook which made for a completely enjoyable reading and listening experience!
Gripping well thought out, atmospheric and full of tension! I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!!!!
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Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.