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Dead Man's Wake
Dead Man's Wake: A Novel | Paul Doiron
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Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron. On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. When they arrive at the scene, their spotlight reveals a gruesome sight: a severed arm floating just beneath the surface. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses: a dismembered man and the married woman with whom he was having an affair. Mike begins to suspect the swimmers' deaths were not a senseless accident but a coldly calculated murder. Meanwhile, the hunt is on for the mysterious boater. Suspects abound on the lake, nicknamed "Golden Pond, including the violent biker husband of the murdered woman who may have taken vengeance on his wife and her paramour; a strange woman who claims to have witnessed the crash, but then changes her story; a very aggressive realtor and his wife who were determined to catch trespassers; and the lakes earnest young constable whose eagerness to help may hide darker motives. Alone among his fellow officers, Mike starts to sense the involvement of a trained marksman, smarter and more dangerous than any enemy he has ever faced before. As Mike and Stacey get closer to identifying the killer, their own lives are suddenly on the line as they confront a lethal killer who plans to silence them forever. The finale is a tour de force of drama and suspense.
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CaitlinR
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There is something so comforting about meeting familiar characters in a new book. I love Doiron‘s Mike Bowdich mysteries. This isn‘t one of his best but it almost doesn‘t matter. Mike and Stacy Stevens are looking forward to their upcoming marriage. They‘re literally “on Golden Pond” for a celebration with family, including Charley and Ora, when Mike is called out to investigate what seems a fatal boat crash. Mayhem ensues!

CaitlinR Photo of the author from www.pauldoiron.com 7mo
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Monica5
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Another good one in the Mike Bowditch Series!

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Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 10mo
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readswellwithothers
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Mehso-so

I‘ll remember this one mostly as the book I fell asleep reading as I lay on the hardwood floor outside my bathroom, where my firework-terrified dog sought refuge from the booms. I‘ll also remember it as the series installment that frustrated and disappointed me. I felt patronized by the over-explaining of every single procedure, often poorly disguised as conversation amongst the characters. I‘ll stay with the series but I expect better. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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DGRachel
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I tend to feel a little guilty bailing on ARCs, but I gave this 320 page novel about 70 pages and I‘d rather pop my eyeballs out than read any more. The tone is patronizing and the author over-explains/mansplains nearly everything. It‘s tedious and a little insulting.