The Bone Orchard; Paul Doiron
Minotaur/McMillian Audio - 2014
In this crime mystery thriller former game warden, Mike Bowditch, now works as a fishing guide in Down East Maine after a few incidents and personal tragedy shook things up in his life. Just a few
months after his job change he learns that his old supervisor Kathy
Frost is under investigation after shooting and killing a suicidal war
veteran. Feeling for his former mentor he decides to visit her and offer
his support, but has no idea what he is in for.
Kathy is shot, possibly and her sniper at-large. Mike,
despite the fact he is no longer holds an official position in law
enforcement, decides to pursue his own investigation to track down the shooter. As he dig deeper and deeper, he uncovers some new revelations about his friend Kathy. As the list of suspects grow,
things escalate and quickly get a bit out of control.
I liked this crime mystery well enough, but I realized well into the story that this is the 5th
book of a series which begins with, The Poacher's Son.....darn. So for
me, there were some characters and some back history that would have
made this a more enjoyable experience if I had read the other books
first. I loved the backwoods Maine setting, which played out so well in
this story. I also liked the way the suspense grew gradually, but
I thought the ending was a bit abrupt. Not sure whether I'll go back to
read the first (4) books in the series at this point, but I still
enjoyed the audiobook experience -- great narrator as well -- Henry Levya.
3.5/5 stars
(library audio book)
This is a series that has been on my "try it" list for a long time. One day maybe. On audio, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting but I have come in halfway into a mystery series before and it's not always a good decision. Sometimes it doesn't matter but sometimes I need to have started earlier just to have a better connection. This sounds like the latter. I'll have to look for this series as I love the setting and the sound of this one!
ReplyDeleteI read the first book in this series and liked it. I enjoyed the backwoods setting too. I didn't realize there were now five books.
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