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Paul Doiron's The Poacher's Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.
Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive—his own fathera
New Badge. Old Blood. In the High Lonesome where secrets kill, the only thing shorter than a rookie Sheriff's term is his life expectancy.
Nick Drake has traded his wildlife ranger uniform for a Sheriff’s star—but the unforgiving territory doesn't offer election honeymoons. His tenure kicks off with a brutal double homicide meticulously staged to look like a tragic murder-suicide. It’s a convenient lie designed to keep the peace, but Nick isn’t buying it.As he digs into the rotting core of the crime, he finds himself fighting an all-out war on two fronts.
Inside his own department, he's facing a lethal learning curve with unproven deputies. Outside, a cutthroat political recall is gaining steam, engineered by powerful shadow players determined to bury him before he can uncover the truth. Outmaneuvered, isolated, and with his back against the wall, Nick must strike first and strike hard. In a land where justice is bought with blood, Nick will have to survive a baptism of fire—or become the next body buried in the high desert dust.
Delivering the trademark cinematic grit, rich Native American culture, and white-knuckle suspense that Dwight Holing fans crave, The Yellow Hair is a masterclass thriller that proves the Wild West never truly died.
What readers are saying:
***** “Smart, thrilling, beautifully written page-turners. A stunning love song to a remote land.”
***** “Prose that crackles like the unforgiving setting, building to a climax as powerful as a force of nature.”
***** “A masterful blend of high desert realism, historical tension, and deep respect for Native American culture, lore, and mysticism.”
***** “The storylines are absolutely riveting, keeping me up turning pages late into the night.”
***** “Nick Drake is wonderfully complex, gritty, and straight to the heart. A man to run the river of life with!”
Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father Jack, a hard drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: they are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.
Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the suspected cop-killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack's brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, he strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive. But the only way for Mike to save his father is to find the real killer—which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.
*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Poacher's Son includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide.