Booklist Starred Review
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:04PM My novel is now four for four with ★ starred reviews among the early journals, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and now Booklist:
Doiron’s debut crime novel is set ...in the North Woods of Maine, the home of rookie game warden Mike Bowditch. As tensions rise across the state with the impending sale of huge tracts of paper- company forest land to an out-of-state developer, Mike receives a strange message from his father, left on the same night the paper company rep and a state trooper are shot and killed after a heated town meeting. Doiron, editor-in-chief of Down East magazine, is well acquainted with the current political and cultural tensions that crisscross Maine, and his local knowledge drives this fast-paced and twisty narrative. With realistically flawed characters and a strong sense of place...the novel avoids tourist stereotyping, of Maine itself and its citizens. One hopes this fine novel is the first in a series starring Warden Bowditch, who could quickly become the East Coast version of C. J. Box’s game-warden hero Joe Pickett, who patrols the range in Wyoming.
—Booklist, ★ Starred Review
Yes, it's mind-blowing.
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Reader Comments (2)
I can't wait to read it! I'll be a part of the B&N First Look discussion in March. "See" you there!
Hi Jennifer:
I'm scheduled to start participating in the BN discussion on March 8 through March 26. You'll also have a chance to ask questions of my editor at Minotaur. I hope you enjoy the book in the meantime!