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Paul Doiron

An Excerpt from “The Imposter”

By Paul Doiron

May 1, 2020

Priced at just $1.99, this original short story in the bestselling Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron finds Mike confronted with a case of stolen identity. When the body of a young man is pulled from a submerged car in Roque Harbor, rookie game warden Mike Bowditch is shocked when the man’s driver’s license…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke (Best Novel; 1990)

By Paul Doiron

September 13, 2019

Published in 1989, James Lee Burke’s Black Cherry Blues was the first of his two books to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel (his other came in 1998 for Cimarron Rose). It is the third in Burke’s signature series starring Detective Dave Robicheaux, a recovering alcoholic and Vietnam War veteran from New Iberia, Louisiana.…

Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron

Almost Midnight: New Excerpt

By Paul Doiron

In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron’s bestselling series, a deadly attack on one of Maine’s last wild wolves leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy.

Backtrack by Paul Doiron Short Story

“Backtrack” by Paul Doiron: An Exclusive Short Story

By Paul Doiron

Enjoy “Backtrack”—an original, brand new, Criminal Element-exclusive short story from Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron, author of the bestselling Mike Bowditch series. When a visiting hunter goes missing in the middle of a snowstorm, a young Charley Stevens (later the mentor to game warden Mike Bowditch) sets off to rescue him—but begins to suspect the…

Exclusive: “The Bear Trap,” A Mike Bowditch Short Story

By Paul Doiron

“The Bear Trap” by Paul Doiron is an original short story in the Mike Bowditch mystery series, where legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens tries to convince young Mike Bowditch of the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens. “The Bear Trap” The wind moved across the surface of the lake like breath upon a…

Stay Hidden: New Excerpt

By Paul Doiron

Stay Hidden by Paul Doiron is the intricately plotted ninth thriller featuring Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch, where a supposed hunting accident becomes a dangerously complicated murder investigation. Take a visual tour through Stay Hidden with GIFnotes! A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly…

“Rabid”: New Excerpt

By Paul Doiron

In this original short story in the Mike Bowditch mystery series, Mike is drawn into the story of a gruesome case from his mentor Charley Steven’s past. Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch accompanies his old friend and mentor, retired bush pilot Charley Stevens, as he pays a visit to a mysterious woman, the widow of…

Paul Doiron on His Mike Bowditch Mysteries Series

By Paul Doiron

July 27, 2017

When I started writing the first words of what would become The Poacher’s Son, I had no idea I was beginning a novel, let alone the first in a long series of novels. At the time I was working as a magazine journalist, always on the look out for good stories, and one had recently…

Knife Creek: New Excerpt

By Paul Doiron

June 5, 2017

Knife Creek by Paul Doiron is the 8th book in the Mike Bowditch Mystery series (available June 6, 2017). When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting invasive feral hogs that are tearing up the forest in his district, he makes a horrific discovery—a dead baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more…

Widowmaker: Audio Excerpt

By Paul Doiron

June 23, 2016

Widowmaker by Paul Doiron is book #7 in the Mike Bowditch series (Available June 14, 2016). When a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is beautiful, damaged, and hiding a secret with a link to his past.. She…

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