Character Guide

Having trouble keeping track of the heroes and zeroes Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch meets in his investigations? Here is a guide (recently updated with characters from the latest book, HATCHET ISLAND) to help you remember who's who, how the characters know each other, and where they fit into Mike Bowditch's world.

Mike Bowditch — warden, Division B (later Division C & A), (later warden investigator, Division B)

Jack Bowditch — Mike's father, a guide at Rum Pond Sporting Camps (and poacher)

Marie (née Cormier, later Bowditch) Turner — Mike's mother

Neil Turner — Mike's stepfather, a tax attorney

“Shadow” — a wolf hybrid

MAINE WARDEN SERVICE / IF&W

Jeremy Bard — warden, Division C

Christopher Bayley — warden, Division C

Normand Bilodeau — warden investigator, Division C

Bill Boone — warden sergeant, chief of dive team

Deborah Davies — warden chaplain

Bill Day, Jr. — warden, Division C

John "Jock" DeFord — warden lieutenant (later captain), Division E

Cody Devoe — warden specialist, Division C

David DiPetro — warden, Division A

Patrick Flynn — warden, Division A

Kathy Frost — (neé Katerina Eklund) warden sergeant, Division B

Bill Gordon — warden, Division D

Duane Harkavy — warden colonel

Jan Hunniwell — head, wildlife division

Stanley Kellam — warden lieutenant (Ret.), Division G

Chasse Lamontaine — warden, Division G

Ronette Landry — warden, Division D

Rick LaJoy — warden lieutenant, Division C

Mark Libby — warden, Division B

Mack McQuarrie — warden sergeant, Division C

Timothy Malcomb — warden lieutenant (later major, later colonel), District B

Cameron Ouelette — warden sergeant, Division A

Wesley Pinkham — warden investigator, Division E

Gary Pulsifer — warden, Division D

Marc Rivard — warden sergeant (later lieutenant), Division C

Pat Shorey — warden major

Stacey Stevens — wildlife biologist (daughter of Charley & Ora Stevens)

Kevin Sullivan — warden, Division D

Danielle "Dani" Tate — warden, Division B (later state trooper, Troop B)

John Taylor — warden, Division A

Garland Tibbetts — warden, Division E

Tommy Volk — warden, Division A

Jeff White — warden, Division D

STATE OF MAINE

“The Penguin” — governor, State of Maine

Todd Belanger — trooper, Maine State Police

Jeffrey Carter — major, Maine State Police, tactical team

Darius Chapman — inmate, Maine State Prison

Jon Crossman — guard, Maine State Prison

Aaron Cyr — trooper, Maine State Police

Angelo Donato — deputy warden, Maine State Prison (formerly sergeant, Maine Army National Guard)

Leah Doumit — state medical examiner

Allison Finch — Roger’s wife

Roger Finch — detective, Maine State Police

Brian Fitzpatrick — detective sergeant, Maine State Police

Henry “Hal” Hildreth III — state attorney general, gubernatorial candidate

Gus Hoyt — sergeant, Maine State Prison

Curt Hutchins — trooper, Maine State Police

Walter Kitteridge — state medical examiner

Kim Klesko — Steve’s wife

Steven Klesko — detective (later sergeant), Maine State Police

Danica Marshall — assistant attorney general

Kent Mears, Jr. — guard, Maine State Prison

Antonio Menario — detective sergeant (later lieutenant), Maine State Police

Magda Mueller — licensed social worker, Maine Department of Health & Human Service

Gavin O'Keefe — sergeant, Maine State Police

Paul Panagore — forensic technician, Maine State Police Crime Laboratory

Tyler Pegg — guard, Maine State Prison

Ellen Pomerlau — detective (later sergeant), Maine State Police

Novak Rancic — guard, Maine State Prison

Dawn Ritchie — sergeant, Maine State Prison

Wayne Soctomah — detective lieutenant, Maine State Police

Rick Spinney — Marine Patrol officer

Steve Zanadakis — detective lieutenant, Maine State Police

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY

Felice Bazinet — dance teacher/server, Raphael’s, Lewiston

Levi Bazinet — son of Felice

Noah Bazinet — son of Felice

Vic Bazinet — proprietor, EZ-Go, solid and liquid waste collection

Arlo Burch — bartender, the Brass Monkey, Auburn

Bibi Chamberlain — graphic novelist, grand-daughter of Eben Chamberlain

Eben Chamberlain — dean of Bollingbrook College (deceased)

Mariëtte Chamberlain — daughter-in-law of Eben Chamberlain

Tanner Dillon — resident, town of Stratford

Tiff Dillon — home health aide

Tina Dillon — resident, town of Stratford

Todd Dillon — resident, town of Stratford

Tori Dillon — home health aide

Treasure Dillon — daughter of Tina

Bruce Jewett — US Navy (retired)

Lynda Lynch — resident, town of Stratford

Jamal Marquess — resident, town of Stratford (deceased)

Reynolds Pedersen — employee, Carpet-Clean, Lewiston

AROOSTOOK COUNTY

Emmeline Bouchard — proprietor, Valley View Motel (deceased)

Evangeline “Angie” Bouchard — student, University of Maine at Presque Isle

Alvin Cyr — sheriff, Aroostook County

Jacques Decoster — farmer (deceased)

Jason Decoster — farmer

Trisha Decoster — Jason's wife

Edouard Delhomme — Haitian national

Vaneese Delhomme — PhD candidate, Florida State University

Dorothy Egan — Jon’s wife

Jon Egan — canoe rental agent and former poacher

Alice Eklund — Kathy Frost's mother

Erik Eklund — Kathy Frost's father

Kurt Eklund — Kathy Frost's brother

Darren Frost — Kathy Frost's husband (deceased)

Marta Jepson — resident, town of Lyndon

Chasse Lamontaine, Jr. — security guard, Fraser Papers

Bret McLoon — officer, Fort Kent Police Department

Pierre Michaud — black smith and poacher (deceased)

Roland Michaud — poacher

Zacharie Michaud — poacher (deceased)

Delbert Plourde — chief, Fort Kent Police Department

Ethan "Monster" Smith — E4, Maine Army National Guard

John Smith — antiques and collectibles dealer

BAKER ISLAND (Lincoln County)

Kendra Ballard — project manager, Maine Seabird Initiative

Hillary Fitzgerald — project intern

Evan Levandowski — project intern

Maeve McLeary — founder and project director, Maine Seabird Initiative

Garrett Meadows — project intern

CUMBERLAND COUNTY (Portland area)

Casey Donaldson — UNH student, Westbrook

Tom Donaldson — Casey Donaldson's stepfather, Westbrook

Gail Evans — fiber artist, Pondicherry

Jon Hogarth — director, Coracle School, Portland

Abigail "Abbie" Hogarth — Jon Hogarth's teenage daughter

Carrie Michaud — resident, town of Pondicherry

Bob Moody — deputy sheriff, Cumberland County

Christopher Nason — attorney, Portland; Deanna Nason's son

Joanie Swette — animal control officer, Cumberland County

James “Spike” Talbot — resident, town of Pondicherry

FRANKLIN COUNTY (Farmington - Rangeley area)

Roy "Elderoy" Berry — lift maintenance manager, Widowmaker ski resort

John Cabot — president, Cabot Lumber

Jim Clegg — sheriff's detective, Franklin County

Denis Cormier — owner, Fairbanks Firearms

Alexa Davidson — former student, Alpine Sports Academy

Josh Davidson — Alexa's brother, graduate of Alpine Sports Academy

Logan Dyer — maintenance worker, Widowmaker ski resort

Scott Dyer — Logan's father; former lift maintenance manager, Widowmaker ski resort (deceased)

Tomer Elmut — cook, the Bear’s Den, Bigelow

Sam Erskine — gas station owner, Bigelow

Don Foss — logging company owner, Kennebago Township

“Alcohol” Mary Gowdie — entrepreneur

Ed Grindle — employee, Maine Department of Transportation

Tim Grindle — poacher (17 years old)

Steve Haines — police officer, Rangeley

Shaylene Hawken — probation officer, Farmington

Elizabeth Holman — veterinarian

A.J. Langstrom — former proprietor of Langstrom’s Gas & Go, Bigelow

Adam Langstrom — Amber's son (21 years old)

Amber Langstrom — waitress at the Sluiceway, Widowmaker ski resort

Luc Levasseur — proprietor, Bear’s Den, Bigelow

Indigo Mazur — farmer

Kent Mears, Sr. — papermaker (retired)

Nathan "Mink" Minkowski — resident, Kennebago Township

Johnny Partridge — semi-retired journalist

Gorman Peaslee — businessman

Patty-Ann Petty — housekeeper, The Bear’s Den, Bigelow

Lauren Pulsifer — warden Gary Pulsifer's wife

Rob Russo — security officer, Widowmaker ski resort; sheriff's deputy, Franklin County

Anna Stoll — farmer

Isaac Stoll — farmer

Samuel Stoll — eleven years old

Walter Stoll — farmer

Nicole Tate — aesthetician, Dani’s mom

Lane Torgerson — lieutenant commander (ret.), US Navy

Warren Whittaker — director, Dead River Nature Center, Bigelow

Zane Wilson — farmer

AYERS ISLAND (Lincoln County)

Dorothea Ayers — resident, wife of Skip

Skip Ayers — lobsterman

Chris Beckwith — sternman

Finn — grounds worker for the Markhams

Bear Goodale — lobsterman, son of Jonathan and Lisa

Echo Goodale — daughter of Jonathan and Lisa

Falcon Goodale — son of Jonathan and Lisa

Jonathan Goodale — boat captain for the Markhams

Juniper Goodale — daughter of Jonathan and Lisa

Lisa Goodale — artist

Alyce Markham — owner of Ayers and Hatchet islands, Clay’s wife

Clay Markham — photographer, owner of Ayers and Hatchet islands, Alyce’s Husband

Derrick Ridge — estate manager for the Markhams

Brenna Speer — wife of Justin

Justin Speer — photographer, studio assisant to Clay Markham

KENNEBEC COUNTY

Julie “Jubilee” Batchelder — Neil Turner’s second wife, cottage owner

John McAllister — cottage owner

Kyle McAllister — Colby College student

David Kwan — Colby College student

Shawna Miskin — cottage renter

Gina Randazza — stylist

Joey Randazza — auto body shop owner, member of the Direwolves MC

Robyn Soto — Realtor

Rob Soto — Realtor

“Sweet Tooth” — legendary hermit of Belgrade Lakes

Galen Webb — Belgrade Lakes constable (Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department

Grace Webb — Galen’s wife

KNOX COUNTY (Midcoast)

Dudley Baker — sheriff, Knox County

Arthur Banks — lobsterman, owner of the Glory B (deceased)

Calvin Barter — a sex offender

Travis Barter — Calvin's son

Wanda Barter — Calvin's wife

Lou Bates — Jefferts's aunt, member of the J-Team

Ozzie Bell — retired journalist, member of the J-Team

Dave Drisko — a resident

Donnie Drisko — Dave's son

Dane Guffey — former deputy sheriff, Knox County

Sarah Harris — Mike's girlfriend from Colby College

Mrs. Hersom — a resident 

Ashley Kim — Westergaard's teaching assistant

Destiny Kravitz — waitress, Square Deal Diner

Anthony DeSalle — a recreational boater from Revere, Massachusetts

Nikki Donnatelli — waitress at the Harpoon Bar, student at Brown College (deceased)

Nick Donnatelli — Nikki's father

MaryBeth Fickett — town clerk, Seal Cove

Mark Folsom — owner of the Harpoon Bar

James Gammon, Sr. — Jimmy Gammon's father

Jimmy Gammon — E4, Maine Army National Guard

Lyla Gammon — Jimmy's mother

“Gus” — a raven

Erland Jefferts — former lobsterman, now inmate, Maine State Prison

Dot Libby — proprietor, Square Deal Diner

Ruth Libby — Dot's daughter

Lawrence Littlefield — Kathy's neighbor

Skip Morrison — deputy sheriff (later chief deputy), Knox County

Stump Murphy — driver, Midcoast Towing

Frank Nappi — a recreational boater from Saugus, Massachusetts

Eino Pulkinnen — plumber

Stanley Snow — lobsterman, Hans Westergaard's caretaker

Bud Thompson — a farmer

Hank Varnum — owner of the Sennebec Market

Hans Westergaard — a summer resident, professor at Harvard Business School

Jill Westergaard — Hans's wife

Joe Winchenback — detective, Knox County (deceased)

MAQUOIT ISLAND (Hancock County)

Kenneth Crowley — lobsterman

Ariel Evans — investigative journalist

Sam Graffam — store owner

Joy Juno — owner, Maquoit Trucking

Blake Markman — hermit

Beryl McCloud — schoolteacher

Jenny Pillsbury — manager, Island Accommodations

Nat Pillsbury — lobsterman

Andrew Radcliff — constable, boatbuilder

Harmon Reed — harbormaster; lobsterman

Hiram Reed — lobsterman, Harmon and Martha's son

Martha Reed — Harmon's wife

Eli Washburn — lobsterman, Rud's twin

Rudyard "Rud" Washburn — lobsterman, Eli's twin

LINCOLN COUNTY (Midcoast)

Pat Santum — sheriff

OXFORD COUNTY (Fryeburg area)

Frank and Rebecca Cobb — tenants of Deanna Nason

Ricky Elwell — butcher

Eddie and Connie Fales — owners, Fales Variety Store

"Hodge" and Sue Hodgkins — owners, Hodge's Campground & Canoe

Deanna Nason — local landlord

Steven Nason — Deanna's son

Jeff Nisbet — reserve officer, Fryeburg Police Department

Dakota Rowe — employee, Hodge's Campground

Jackson and Prudence Smith — homeless campers originally from Pennsylvania

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY (Monson/Greenville)

Benton Avery — clerk, Monson General Store

Samantha Boggs — (trail name: "Naomi Walks") AT thru-hiker

Jasper Bowman — proprietor, Monson Automotive

Rick Chalmers — (trail name: "The Hare") AT thru-hiker

Connie Chalmers — (trail name: “The Turtle") AT thru-hiker

Pearlene Daggett — proprietor, Monson General Store

Tara Dow — Tempest Dow’s daughter; Toby Dow’s mother

Tempest Dow — Dow family matriarch

Terrence Dow — Trent Dow’s son

Trent Dow — Tempest's brother

Trevor Dow — Tempest’s son

Tobias "Toby" Dow — "Mayor of Monson"

Todd Dow — Trent’s son

Troy Dow — Tempest’s son

Duke Dupree — warden (deceased)

Brother John — pastor, Lake of the Woods Ministry

Chad McDonough — (trail name: “McDonut") AT section hiker

Caleb Maxwell — manager, Hudson's Lodge

Missy Montgomery — (trail name: "Baby Ruth") AT thru-hiker

Rev. Cecil Mott — Minister

Bob Nissen — (trail name: "Non-stop") legendary AT thru-hiker; proprietor, AT Bees

Errol Ross — proprietor, Ross's Rooming House, Monson

Steffi Ross — proprietor, Ross's Rooming House, Monson

SOMERSET COUNTY (Flagstaff/Dead River)

Wallace Bickford — Jack Bowditch's friend

Bill Brodeur — deputy sheriff, Somerset County, Maine

Brenda Dean — Jack Bowditch's girlfriend

Truman Dellis — Jack Bowditch's (estranged) friend, a guide at Rum Pond Sporting Camps (and poacher)

Joe Hatch — sheriff, Somerset County, Maine

Russell Pelletier — Owner of Rum Pond Sporting Camps

Sally Reynolds — owner of Dead River Inn

Jonathan Shipman — director of environmental affairs, Wendigo Timberlands, LLC

Charley Stevens — Maine Warden Service Chief Pilot (Ret.)

Ora Stevens — Charley's wife

Vernon Tripp — owner of Natanis Trading Post, Dead River

Ricki Tripp — waitress, Dead River Inn (Vernon’s daughter)

Pete Twombley — deputy sheriff, Somerset County

WASHINGTON COUNTY (Machias area)

Dexter Albee — executive director, Thoreau Network

Tiffany Bard — cousin of warden Jeremy Bard; girlfriend of Lewis Beam and Todd Pelkey

Barney Beal — student (age sixteen), Whitney High School

Lewis Beam — forklift operator, Skillen Lumber

Carol Boyce — adjunct professor (Ret.), University of Maine at Machias

Joe Brogan — owner, Call of the Wild Guide Service & Game Ranch

Randall Scott Cates — Jamie's ex-boyfriend, a drug dealer

Dr. Chatterjee — physician, Down East Community Medical Center

Brian Corbett — chief deputy sheriff, Washington County

Aimee Cronk — Billy Cronk's wife, mother of four

Billy Cronk — Registered Maine Guide, Call of the Wild Guide Service & Game Ranch

Emma Cronk — daughter of Aimee and Billy

Logan Cronk — son of Aimee and Billy

Bill Day — proprietor, Day's General Store

Bart Dunbar — deputy sheriff, Washington County

Molly Francis — Nick’s granddaughter

Nick Francis — former police chief and governor, Passamaquoddy Nation

Mason Guthrie — client, Weatherby's Resort

Jeff Jordan — sporting camp owner, Registered Maine Guide

Kevin Kendrick — professor, University of Maine at Machias; owner, Primitive Ways Survival School

Karl Keith Khristian (aka KKK, formerly Wilbur Williams) — sovereign citizen

James "Doc" Larrabee — large animal veterinarian

Maddie Lawson — client, Weatherby's Resort

Chubby LeClair — convicted sex offender

Tomas Luna — Guatamalan national (age ten)

Michael Mandelbaum — vice principal, Whitney High School

Briar Morse — daughter of Elizabeth Morse

Elizabeth Morse — founder of EarthMother, Inc., environmental activist, philanthropist

Mitch Munro — Jamie's ex-husband, Lucas's father; instructor Shogun Karate Studio

Marky Parker — member of the Passamaquoddy Nation (age fifteen)

Todd Pelkey — debarker operator, Skillen Lumber

Trinity Raye — student, University of Maine at Machias (deceased)

Roberta Rhine — sheriff, Washington County

Jamie Sewall — shift leader, McDonald's Cafe

Lucas Sewall — her son (age twelve)

John "Prester" Sewall — Jamie's brother, a drug dealer

Tammi Sewall — Jamie's sister

Matt Skillen — vice president, Skillen Lumber (engaged to Stacey Stevens)

Merritt Skillen — president and CEO, Skillen Lumber

Jack Spense — security consultant

Ben Sprague — owner, Wash-O-Mat, Machias

Doris Sprague — Ben's wife

Leaf Woodwind — personal assistant to Elizabeth Morse

Liam Young — sheriff’s deputy, Washington County

MASSACHUSETTS

“Cinder” — a cat

Eric “Rick” Dannenhauer — chief, Town of Medway Police Department

Claire Fenton — Coleman Fenton Sr.’s wife (deceased)

Coleman Fenton, Jr. — assistant director of security, Ḳosṭanṭīnīye Bankasi

Coleman Fenton, Sr. — judge, Massachusetts Superior Court (deceased)

Dianne Fenton-Whitcomb — Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, retired

Kipling “Kip” Whitcomb — president and CEO, Whitco Capital, Inc.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dale Probert — director, Fenris Unchained Wolf Refuge

FLORIDA

Tom Wheelwright — Captain (USAF, Ret.), applicant to become MWS chief warden pilot

Joe Fixico — Captain (USAF, Ret.), airboat operator

Buster Lee — Resource Manager, National Park Service, head of python eradication