The Poacher's Sonby Paul Doiron
Minotaur Books, 2010. 324 pgs. Fiction
Mike Bowditch is a game warden in Maine which doesn't sit well with his father, who makes his living poaching wildlife, or with his girlfriend who thinks he should go to law school and give up this "little boy's dream" job. But Mike loves the woods and his work, though everything he loves is imperiled when a lumber company rep and a police officer are killed and Mike's father is the prime suspect. Though Mike has only rare and uncomfortable contact with his father he believes him to be innocent and risks his career and his life trying to find out what happened, aided only by a retired ranger who thinks actual evidence might be a good idea. Tense, violent, beautifully well-written, The Poacher's Son is both plot- and character-driven and the setting is so well-wrought you can smell the pine needles. Some sex and language to go with the violence. Fans of C. J. Box's mystery novels should like this one.
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