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Mike Bowditch Series

Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

February 17, 2021

Chapter 1   The hill is steep here, and there is no guardrail above the river. I think I am being careful, keeping a light touch on the wheel, feathering the brakes. But then I come around the curve and see the spiked objects scattered across the asphalt in my headlights. They look like barbaric…

Book Review: One Last Lie by Paul Doiron

By Janet Webb

June 30, 2020

Mike is off his game from the get-go in One Last Lie, thanks to Charley Stevens. Before I left for Florida, my old friend and mentor Charley Stevens gave me a puzzling piece of advice. “Never trust a man without secrets.”   I thought he’d misspoken. “Don’t you mean a man with secrets?”   But…

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…

Book Series Binge: Q&A with Paul Doiron and Introduction to the Mike Bowditch Series

By Crime HQ

March 27, 2020

Describe the first time you pictured Mike Bowditch in your head? Paul Doiron: This might sound unbelievable, but I don’t have a clear idea what Mike Bowditch looks like. I can tell you he has blue eyes, dark hair, is 6’2”, with a physique that’s closer to a cornerback than a linebacker, that he has…

Marooned and in Peril: Five Crime Novels Set on Islands

By Edwin Hill

August 22, 2019

There’s something inherently interesting about a mystery set on an island. There are those that are set on small islands: ones that are remote, wind-swept, and hopefully facing a devastating storm. The threat of isolation without the possibility of outside assistance makes for great storytelling. Then there are the ones that explore those tiny close-knit…

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…

Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron

COVER REVEAL: Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron

By Crime HQ

In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron’s bestselling series, the death of Maine’s last wild wolf leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy. Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch already has a troubling mystery on his hands: finding the archer who mortally wounded Maine’s only wild wolf. Then he learns…

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…

5 New Books to Read this Week: July 3, 2018

By Crime HQ

July 4, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Paul Doiron’s ninth Mike Bowditch Mystery combines with the latest thriller from Riley Sager to highlight an explosive week of books!…

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