I wish that I had not read this book so quickly, but it was impossible to stop turning the pages! Mike Bowditch is a Maine Warden. The Wardens have particular responsibilities for crimes involving the wild life of Maine, but they are also full-fledged law enforcement officers. We have followed Mike for eleven books now, and will continue to pre-order them. They are just that good. These are literary mysteries that are extraordinarily well written. I appreciate that the author does not devote pages to rehashing background information from the previous books. That strategy is great for those of us who have read the entire series, but that means that it is a series that should be read in order so that you can appreciate the richness of the setting and the characters. For example, a quick reference to his dog sitter is enough to make a writer familiar with the characters smile.) You will be so immersed in the setting that you will feel and see every bug (millions of them), be soaked by every rain drop, slip in all of the mud, be dazzled by the beauty, and sometimes crushed by the wilderness. In an unusual twist, this story begins with Mike in Florida. Mike’s Maine is not the Maine of postcards and neither is Mike’s Florida. Just as his Florida adventure is winding up, Mike gets a call that his friend and mentor, Charley is missing back in Maine. Mike’s investigation and the rest of the book are focused on finding Charley and resolving a cold case. Like all of these books, the plot is complex enough to hold your interest. There are twists and turns. Mike doesn’t know who to trust, and neither does the reader. Charley’s actions at times seemed to clash at times with how we know him, but as he says, never trust a man without secrets. There are a few series that we think are just so much better than average that we follow them closely and eagerly anticipate a new release. Paul Dorion’s Mike Bowditch books are in that category. If you like a literary mystery with excellent writing and a strong sense of place, you might also like the series by Jean-Luc Bannalec (Commissaire Dupin set in Brittany), Cay Rademacher (Roger Blanc set in Provence), Mark Pryor (Hugo Marston set in Paris), Cara Black (Aimee LeDuc set in Paris), , Louise Penny (Armand Gamache set in Canada), Ellie Griffiths (Ruth Galloway set in Britain), Ann Cleeves (the Jimmy Perez books set in the Shetland Islands, the Vera Stanhope books set in Northumberland and the Matthew Venn Two River series set in Devon), Jane Harper (set in Australia), Peter Livesey (Peter Diamond set in Bath), and Andrea Carter (Ben O’Keefe set in Inshowen Ireland). Even at full price, this book provided sufficient entertainment to be a good buy. Counting the days until the next one takes us further into Mike’s life.
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Review: One Last Lie: A Novel by Paul Doiron
Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch is in Florida due to a background check on a new hire and a little more when he gets a phone call from Ora Stevens. She is very concerned as her husband, Charles Stevens, has not been in contact with her for over 41 hours. The legendary Game Warden is not answering his phone and he had left her a rather odd note while she was sleeping. Something has him stirred up and she thinks she knows when it happened though what happened is a huge question. During a recent trip, while they were separated, she thinks something happened as when he was back with her his mood had changed drastically. She thinks that he might have bought something from one of the dealers though she did not see him do it. By the next morning he had left, and she has no idea where he went or what he is off doing. Ora is very worried and reached out to Mike as he is family and she is alone and worried about her husband. Charley is the father Mike Bowditch never had so there is no question he is dropping everything to come back and hunt for his mentor. That hunt for Charley is what moves the plot and the action in One Last Lie: A Novel. Like the changing beauty of the Maine wilderness, the past is a constant theme in this series and it certainly is here. Whether it be the past in the form of his father, an old girlfriend, a cold case, or his history with Charley, among other things, looking back is a strong theme throughout the work. All those hooks into the past can make the present a bit shaky even before somebody tries to kill you. Unlike many authors who has several books and then seen to have some reads that are not as satisfying, Paul Doiron continues to create intense and deeply moving installments in this series. One Last Lie: A Novel is no exception as it proves in more than one-way Charley Stevens is dead on right. He often is. I received an ARC from the author with no expectation of a review. Kevin R. Tipple ©2020
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Amazing descriptions of Maine and the different creatures which inhabit it including humans!
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