Bad Little Falls - Paul Doiron

Anthony- and Edgar-Award nominated author Doiron delivers another masterpiece of high-octane narrative (Booklist) with his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of a major snowstorm in Maine. \n \nAnthony- and Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron delivers another masterpiece of high-octane narrative (Booklist) with Bad Little Falls, his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of a major snowstorm \n \nMaine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile, \ntransferred by his superiors to a remote outpost on the Canadian \nborder. When a blizzard descends on the coast, Bowditch is \ncalled to the rustic cabin of a terrified couple. A raving and halffrozen \nman has appeared at their door, claiming his friend is lost \nin the storm. But what starts as a rescue mission in the wilderness \nsoon becomes a baffling murder investigation. The dead man is a \nnotorious drug dealer, and state police detectives suspect it was \nhis own friend who killed him. Bowditch isn't so sure, but his \nvow not to interfere in the case is tested when he finds himself \npowerfully attracted to a beautiful woman with a dark past and \na troubled young son. The boy seems to know something about \nwhat really happened in the blizzard, but he is keeping his secrets \nlocked in a cryptic notebook, and Mike fears for the safety of the \nstrange child. Meanwhile, an anonymous tormentor has decided \nto make the new warden's life a living hell. Alone and outgunned, \nBowditch turns for assistance to his old friend, the legendary \nbush pilot Charley Stevens. But in this snowbound landscape-- \nwhere smugglers wage blood feuds by night--help seems very \nfar away indeed. If Bowditch is going to catch a killer, he must \nsurvive on his own wits and discover strength he never knew he \npossessed.\n