Wednesday, July 7, 2021

75. The Caretaker, a short story/novella by Paul Doiron

#11.5 Mike Bowditch
read on Kindle
2021
51pgs.
Adult mystery
Finished  7/7/2021
Goodreads rating: 4.09 - 241 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: Contemporary Maine BOONIES

First line/s: "I was seated on the porch of my old friend Charley Stevens, the two of us enjoying the quiet calm of Sixth Machias Lake and the flutter of southbound warblers in the pines overhead, when we heard a car approaching down the dirt track that led to his house deep in the Maine woods."

My comments: Definitely contemporary, not set in the past like some of the short stories about Charlie Stevens.  Interesting.  Enjoyed it.

Goodreads synopsis:   In this new original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch tracks down a sinister prowler turning a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare.
        New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves taunted, then menaced by an unknown figure. When the local authorities refuse to help, they turn to retired Maine game warden Charley Stevens and his young protege Mike Bowditch for protection. But Charley begins to suspect there is more to the mystery than the couple is letting on--and if he and Mike don’t act fast, the situation will explode into violence.

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