Darkness First by James Hayman, the debut thriller featuring Detectives McCabe and Savage, shows the deadly effects the OxyContin trade has on a small northeastern town (available October 1, 2013). In the course of one year, the small coastal towns of Maine have been swamped with an influx of Canadian OxyContin. Dr. Emily Kaplan is…
Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie Meier is the twentieth in the cozy mystery series featuring Lucy Stone of Tinker’s Cove, Maine (available September 24, 2013). I love Christmas and I love murder mysteries, so this book really hit the spot. It had it all: a small town, murder of a mean old man, lots of…
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross is the debut of a new cozy mystery series set in coastal Maine, featuring struggling family-businessowner Julie Snowden, a killer at a wedding party, and traditional seafood and clambake recipes (available September 3, 2013). Clammed Up by Barbara Ross has a lot going for it. It’s a brilliantly set up…
Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron is the 4th novel featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch, who investigates the senseless slaughter of ten moose, shot and left to die on the private property of a wealthy animal rights activist (available July 16, 2013). Massacre Pond is a damn good mystery – full of twists, turns, and…
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Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron is the third book in a series featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch (available August 7, 2012). Due to “administrative trouble,” Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been reassigned. The truth of the matter is that he’s been exiled, to the northern edge of Maine, so far north that…
An excerpt of Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron, the third book in the series featuring game warden Mike Bowditch (available August 7, 2012). 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…
When I finally have an hour to sit down and I want to watch a well-crafted mystery, I often turn to that excellent series with the mystery writer/amateur sleuth who gets involved in all kinds of hijinks. I check my DVR list to see what she’s been up to lately. Are you startled by the…
