Overview
Game Warden Mike Bowditch’s engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.
On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. When they arrive at the scene, their spotlight reveals a gruesome sight: a severed arm floating just beneath the surface. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses: a dismembered man and the married woman with whom he was having an affair. Mike begins to suspect the swimmers’ deaths were not a senseless accident but a coldly calculated murder.
Meanwhile, the hunt is on for the mysterious boater. Suspects abound on the lake, nicknamed “Golden Pond,” including the violent biker husband of the murdered woman who may have taken vengeance on his wife and her paramour; a strange woman who claims to have witnessed the crash, but then changes her story; a very aggressive realtor and his wife who were determined to catch trespassers; and the lake’s earnest young constable whose eagerness to help may hide darker motives.
Alone among his fellow officers, Mike starts to sense the involvement of a trained marksman, smarter and more dangerous than any enemy he has ever faced before. As Mike and Stacey get closer to identifying the killer, their own lives are suddenly on the line as they confront a lethal killer who plans to silence them forever. The finale is a tour de force of drama and suspense.
Review
Mike and Stacey are at their own engagement party when they hear what sounds like a speedboat crash. What they discover is a severed arm. Later the dive team find two dead bodies at the bottom of the lake. As Mike and Stacey get closer to uncovering the killer, they realize they are the ones being hunted!
This is book 14…geez…I have read none of these. This is my first one. I did not feel lost or anything, but I needed more history. So, this is a good series to add to my tumbling TBR.
I absolutely loved the setting of Maine. This has been on my bucket list for years. I also enjoyed the characters, Mike and Stacey, especially Stacey. She definitely has Mike’s number and can make him stand around!
Now, on to the important stuff…this story is a super good whodunit and why! It is intense and a bit creepy in places. But, I so loved the hunt for the killer!
Need a good, intense mystery….THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
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