{"title":"Paul Doiron","description":"A native of Maine, bestselling author PAUL DOIRON attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English. The Poacher's Son, the first book in the Mike Bowditch series, won the Barry award, the Strand award for best first novel, and has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards in the same category. He is a Registered Maine Guide specializing in fly fishing and lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist.","products":[{"product_id":"pitch-dark-paperback","title":"Pitch Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGame Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods in this nail-biter of a thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron, \u003ci\u003e Pitch Dark.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegendary bush pilot Josie Jonson can't believe her luck when a skilled builder just happens to show up after she purchases land near Prentiss Pond. All Mark Redmond asks in return for building Josie's dream cabin is that he be left alone to homeschool his 12-year-old daughter, Cady. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch, the intensity of Redmond's secretiveness is troubling, especially in light of suspicious criminal activity being reported around the area―including rumors of an armed man offering large sums of money in exchange for the location of Redmond and Cady. Josie, though hesitant to violate the trust of her prized builder, eventually agrees to fly Mike and his father-in-law Charley Stevens to the secluded pond in an attempt to protect Redmond and Cady. But hours after landing, the trip takes a dark turn when they witness a horrific murder and are taken captive themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreeing himself, Mike is forced to set off through the impenetrable Maine forest towards Canada, alone and unarmed in pursuit of a mysterious fugitive. As he navigates a windblown landscape choked with deadfalls and blocked by swollen streams, he marvels at his enemy's bush craft. The killer possesses skills surpassing his own, and Bowditch can't tell if he is the cat or the mouse in this dangerous game. Can Mike Bowditch stop his adversary in time to save the life of a young girl, or will he be forced to watch another innocent soul die?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101145108703,"sku":"9781250864444","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/jtwrsYDatp9781250864444.webp?v=1781068346"},{"product_id":"skin-and-bones-and-other-mike-bowditch-short-stories-hardcover","title":"Skin and Bones: And Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in print, \u003ci\u003eSkin and Bones \u003c\/i\u003efeatures a collection of eight gripping original short stories in the bestselling Mike Bowditch series--including one brand new, never-before-published story--from Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eTHE BEAR TRAP\u003c\/b\u003e, legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens tries to convince young Mike of the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRABID \u003c\/b\u003edraws Mike into the story of a gruesome case involving a bat with rabies from his Charley Steven's past (\u003ci\u003e2019 Edgar award nominee for Best Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a visiting hunter goes missing in the middle of a snowstorm, a young Charley Stevens sets off to rescue him--but begins to suspect the man may not want to be found in \u003cb\u003eBACKTRACK.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eTHE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIMPOSTER\u003c\/b\u003e, Mike is confronted with a baffling case of stolen identity when he discovers a dead body whose driver's license claims he is none other than Mike Bowditch himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mike tracks down a sinister prowler who turns a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare in \u003cb\u003eTHE CARETAKER\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An investigation into the killing of a bald eagle in \u003cb\u003eSKIN AND BONES\u003c\/b\u003e unearths an old case of a missing young man whose physically abusive brother might have murdered him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cb\u003eSNAKEBIT\u003c\/b\u003e, Mike must hunt down a killer who uses the unlikeliest of murder weapons: rattlesnakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e(Brand New!)\u003c\/i\u003e Mike suspects there's more to a grisly murder-suicide than meets the eye in \u003cb\u003eSHEEP'S CLOTHING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Critically acclaimed for his brilliant crime novels, Paul Doiron proves he is also the master of short story in \u003ci\u003eSkin and Bones\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101149761759,"sku":"9781250382139","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/GgYo6kSo_59781250382139.webp?v=1781068356"},{"product_id":"the-poachers-son-the-first-mike-bowditch-mystery-paperback","title":"The Poacher's Son: The First Mike Bowditch Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Doiron's\u003ci\u003e The Poacher's Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a sterling debut of literary suspense. 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