Skin and Bones and other Mike Bowditch Short Stories

(Hardback, Large Print Edition)

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For the first time in print, Skin and Bones features a collection of eight gripping original short stories in the bestselling Mike Bowditch seriesincluding one brand new, never-before-published story. In the first three entries, legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens draws Mike into some of the strangest cases of his storied career: extolling on the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens, a gruesome case involving a bat with rabies, and a visiting hunter who goes missing in the middle of a snowstormand may not want to be found.

Then Mike is confronted with his own baffling cases: he discovers a dead body whose drivers license claims he is none other than Mike Bowditch himself. He tracks down a sinister prowler who turns a couples dream vacation home into a nightmare. An investigation into the killing of a bald eagle unearths an old case of a missing young man whose physically abusive brother might have murdered him. And then Mike must hunt down a killer who uses the unlikeliest of murder weapons: rattlesnakes. And in the final, brand-new short story, Sheeps Clothing, Mike suspects theres more to a grisly murder-suicide than meets the eye.

Critically acclaimed for his brilliant crime novels, Paul Doiron proves he is also the master of short story in Skin and Bones.

Reviews

"Riveting... All the stories are clever, smooth, and even, and rich with the raw beauty of backwoods Maine and its magnificent wildlife. A few of the stories, especially the opener, 'Beartrap,' would make for entertaining campfire tales." Booklist, starred review

"Top shelf!... Evocative prose... and clever plotting... will delight existing Bowditch fans and newcomers alike. Publishers Weekly

"Welcome to Maine. Make sure youre locked and loaded." Kirkus Reviews