listened on Audible, borrowed from TPPL
read by Henry Leyva
Unabridged audio (9:45)
2017, Minotaur Books
352 pgs.
Adult murder mystery
Finished 7/7/2019
Goodreads rating: 4.20 - 1763 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Int the woods near and around Fryburg and the Saco River in Maine, contemporary
First line/s: "The pigs were coming. I could hear the sows and the piglets squealing as they moved toward us in the underbrush."
My comments: Every one of these Mike Bowditch mysteries are just as good as the last. The very best part, for me, is to be out and about in the state of Maine, looking at wildlife and nature through the eyes of someone who loves it. Mike Bowditch is an incredibly likable, smart guy. I do not understand his taste in women, though, and I am looking forward to the ending's possibilities to come. As far as the plot goes, there are a lot of bad people in this one -- you just have to remember that there are loads more good people than bad!
Goodreads synopsis: When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting wild boars that are tearing up the forest and farms in his district, he makes a horrific discovery—the body of a baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more disturbing: DNA tests link the infant to a young woman who has been missing and presumed dead after she disappeared from a group rafting trip four years earlier.
As he assists the reopened investigation, Bowditch begins to suspect that some of his neighbors aren’t who they seem to be. When violence strikes close to home, he realizes that his unknown enemies will stop at nothing to keep their terrible secrets. Mike Bowditch has bucked the odds his whole career, but this time the intrepid warden may have finally followed his hunches one step too far
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