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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2010
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Mike Bowditch

1 - The Poacher's Son (May-2010)
2 - Trespasser (Jul-2011)
3 - Bad Little Falls (Aug-2012)
4 - Massacre Pond (Jul-2013)
4.5 - The Bear Trap: A Novella (May-2015)
5 - The Bone Orchard (Jul-2014)
6 - The Precipice (Jun-2015)
7 - Widowmaker (Jun-2016)
8 - Knife Creek (Jun-2017)
8.5 - Rabid: A Novella (Jun-2018)
9 - Stay Hidden (Jul-2018)
9.5 - Backtrack (Jun-2019)
10 - Almost Midnight (Jul-2019)
10.5 - The Imposter (May-2020)
11 - One Last Lie (Jul-2020)
11.5 - The Caretaker (May-2021)
12 - Dead by Dawn (Jul-2021)
12.5 - Skin and Bones (May-2022)
13 - Hatchet Island (Jul-2022)
13.5 - Snakebit (May-2023)
14 - Dead Man's Wake (Jul-2023)
15 - Pitch Dark (Jul-2024)

Book List in Order: 22 titles



  • 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 FATHER. Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machin...



  • In Paul Doiron's riveting follow-up to his Edgar Award-nominated novel, The Poacher's Son, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch's quest to find a missing woman leads him through a forest of lies in search of a killer who may have gotten away with murder o...



  • 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 half...



  • Massacre Pond is Edgar finalist Paul Doiron's superb new novel featuring Game Warden Mike Bowditch and a beautiful, enigmatic woman whose mission to save the Maine wilderness may have incited a murder On an unseasonably hot October morning, Bowdit...



  • In the aftermath of a family tragedy, Mike Bowditch has left the Maine Warden Service and is working as a fishing guide in the North Woods. But when his mentor Sgt. Kathy Frost is forced to kill a troubled war veteran in an apparent case of "suicide ...



  • “Breathless pacing, dark humor, wildlife, and vivid characters.” -- Boston GlobeIn this original short story in the Mike Bowditch mystery series, legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens tries to convince young Mike Bowditch of th...



  • In this riveting new novel from Edgar finalist Paul Doiron, Bowditch joins a desperate search for two missing hikers as Maine wildlife officials deal with a frightening rash of coyote attacks. When two female hikers disappear in the Hundred Mile W...



  • In Paul Doiron's Windowmaker, When a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is beautiful, damaged, and hiding a secret with a link to his past.. She claim...



  • When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting wild boars that are tearing up the forest and farms in his district, he makes a horrific discovery―the body of a baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more disturbing: DNA tests link the i...






  • In this original short story in the Mike Bowditch mystery series, Mike is drawn into the story of a gruesome case from his mentor Charley Steven's past. Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch accompanies his old friend and mentor, retired bush pilot Char...



  • A supposed hunting accident becomes a dangerously complicated murder investigation in STAY HIDDEN, the intricately-plotted new thriller from Paul Doiron featuring Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch. A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on ...



  • Enjoy “Backtrack” -- an original, brand new, short story from Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron, author of the bestselling Mike Bowditch series.When a visiting hunter goes missing in the middle of a snowstorm, a young Charley Stevens (later the me...



  • In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron's bestselling series, a deadly attack on one of Maine's last wild wolves leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy. While on vacation, Warden Investiga...



  • In this original short story in the bestselling Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron, Mike is confronted with a case of stolen identity.When the body of a young man is pulled from a submerged car in Roque Harbor, rookie game warden Mike Bowdit...



  • A sudden disappearance reveals a startling connection to a 15-year-old cold case in One Last Lie, the new thriller from bestselling Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron. “Never trust a man without secrets.” These are the last words retired game wa...



  • In "The Caretaker," an original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch tracks down a sinister prowler turning a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare.New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine la...



  • Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in a life-or-death chase in this next thriller in the bestselling mystery series by Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn. Mike Bowditch is fighting for his life. After being ambushed on a dark...



  • In Skin and Bones, an original short story in the Paul Doiron's bestselling Mike Bowditch series, the killing of a bald eagle unearths ties to a tragic case from mentor Charley Steven’s past.When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch discovers a bullet-r...



  • The eerie, windswept Hatchet Island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in this thriller from bestselling author Paul Doiron.A call for help from a former colleague leads Maine game warden investigator Mike ...






  • In “Snakebit," an original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch must hunt down a killer who uses the unlikeliest of murder weapons: rattlesnakes.When a teenager arrives at a Maine hospital with a rattlesn...



  • Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in Dead Man's Wake, a thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron.On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investig...



  • Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods in this nail-biter of a thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron, Pitch Dark.Legendary bush pilot Josie Jonson can’t believe her luck ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Paul Doiron has published 22 books.

The next book by Paul Doiron, Pitch Dark, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son, was published in May 2010.

Yes. Paul Doiron has 1 series.