Bad Little Falls

Anthony- and Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron delivers another masterpiece of high-octane narrative (Booklist) with Bad Little Falls, his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of a major snowstorm Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile,

transferred by his superiors to a remote outpost on the Canadian

border. When a blizzard descends on the coast, Bowditch is

called to the rustic cabin of a terrified couple. A raving and halffrozen

man has appeared at their door, claiming his friend is lost

in the storm. But what starts as a rescue mission in the wilderness

soon becomes a baffling murder investigation. The dead man is a

notorious drug dealer, and state police detectives suspect it was

his own friend who killed him. Bowditch isn't so sure, but his

vow not to interfere in the case is tested when he finds himself

powerfully attracted to a beautiful woman with a dark past and

a troubled young son. The boy seems to know something about

what really happened in the blizzard, but he is keeping his secrets

locked in a cryptic notebook, and Mike fears for the safety of the

strange child. Meanwhile, an anonymous tormentor has decided

to make the new warden's life a living hell. Alone and outgunned,

Bowditch turns for assistance to his old friend, the legendary

bush pilot Charley Stevens. But in this snowbound landscape--

where smugglers wage blood feuds by night--help seems very

far away indeed. If Bowditch is going to catch a killer, he must

survive on his own wits and discover strength he never knew he

possessed.