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 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, Mike 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. There they meet a beautiful woman who claims to be Jack's mistress but who seems to be guarding a more dangerous secret. The only way for Mike to save his father now is to find the real killer - which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire. The Poacher's Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series by Paul Doiron featuring Mike Bowditch.

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9 hours and 22 minutes
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Paul Doiron
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Henry Leyva
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December 30, 2014
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English
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Macmillan Audio
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B00RM36UAM
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	9 hours and 22 minutes
Author	Paul Doiron
Narrator	Henry Leyva
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	December 30, 2014
Publisher	Macmillan Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00RM36UAM
Best Sellers Rank	#11,527 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #90 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) #365 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #517 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Books)

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Was fighting over who got to read first

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019

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I recently finished a series by Christine Carbo and really enjoyed it. While reading the reviews someone mentioned the Mike Bowditch series so I looked it up. I bought this book and intended to read it while my boyfriend was out of town for work. I received the book on a Friday and set it on my kitchen counter. Well my boyfriend picked it up and before I knew it he was half way through it. I told him to be sure he finished it before he left town because I wanted to read it while he was gone. He finished it in less than 2 days and loved it. I took nearly a week to read it but also found it hard to put down. I'm already reading the 2nd one and am enjoying it. I love the subject matter.

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A Teachable Lesson

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020

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The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron was intriguing for a city girl like me. I enjoyed reading about the backwoods lifestyle, though I had to research several terms I was unfamiliar with. But the experience was worth the effort.

Mike’s relationship with his father was the glue holding the story together. Despite evidence to the contrary, I understood Mike’s blind faith in his father’s innocence and I sympathized with his need to support his father. Unfortunately, his father didn’t feel the same and let his son down many times on many levels. This relationship took the reader beyond the book into life’s lessons.

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C. Cronk

what a first book in the series

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2022

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I now can’t wait to read the rest of the series. Mike Bowditch is a fantastic character. Full of strength and flaws and a heart that lets him be the best at his ejob as Game Warden. The whole conflict with his father was so well done and so heart wrenching, Doiron really gives you an incredible character set — the father, Jack, and Mike, his mother, his boss Kathy, and Charley. Can’t wait to read the next (okay the rest) of the series.

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Mountain woman

The first book in a wonderful series. A must read.

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022

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I love Paul Doiron’s writing! He pulls me in and hooks me from the first words. I’ve read almost all of his other books but somehow missed this one. I’m so glad I found it. It’s a perfect beginning to this series. I seriously recommend starting with this one if you haven’t done what I did. It’s so good to learn how Mike Bowditch got started. All of his characters are perfect, but in this series, Mike is the most important one and this is the start of him.

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Diana G.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022

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The Poacher's Son was the first book written by Mike Bowditch, who is a new author to me. What an excellent book...a first rate story, and characters. Everything about it held my interest and kept me reading. The descriptions of Maine scenery made me feel as if I were in the midst of it. I enjoyed every bit of it and can hardly wait to read another by Bowditch. What a find.

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Sky

I wasn't sure if Doiron'sfirst book was truly good, or merely another book by a Maine writer

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014

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After having followed Paul Doiron in Downeast magazine, I was curious about his novels. In Maine, anyone with Maine roots who writes something that gets printed gets some publicity. I wasn't sure if Doiron'sfirst book was truly good, or merely another book by a Maine writer. So - I waited. Finally, upon getting a new kindle that was ripe for good summer reading, I purchased the first of Doiron's Mike Bowditch books. I was immediately drawn into the character ands the plot. I also found myself learning a lot about the Maine Warden service of which I was totally ignorant. After finishing his first book, I quickly downloaded the second, and am now happily chugging my way through the third in the series. I highly recommend it! Mike Bowditch is a flawed guy - totally believable - who finds himself time and again in trouble because his choices blend his conscience as well as his upbringing. The two are often in conflict. Doiron was right to give up his editor's job at Downeast. He's has a real talent for writing engaging backwoods stories.

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John Remsen

A great surprise novel that I truly enjoyed!

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022

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This mystery novel has so many pluses, including the detailed description of the job of a game warden as well as depicting the wilds of northern Maine. Most importantly it weaves an incredible storyline about a man and his father. I consider this a must read for anyone looking for entertainment and enlightenment.

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Toby Neal

realistic and taut

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020

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Absolutely loved this first in series by Paul Doiron. I read Knife Creek first, and knew I wanted more of the gritty but tenderhearted Mike Bowditch, the Maine game warden that does like my heroines do...persists with a case when lesser souls would follow procedure. In this first book, his mettle is tested when his "bar brawler" of a father is implicated in a cop killer case with implications, and a manhunt through their home woods keeps tension high.

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RHP

Great writing set in the New England area

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2021

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I chose this book almost be accident but was glad when I did. The story, the first of five in this series, is set in the state of Maine in New England and cover the early years of Mike Bowditch's life as a Forest Ranger, a sort of police service of the forest. The plot is good and the ending unexpected.

Philtrum

Competent but not thrilling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2012

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Mike Bowditch is a 24-year-old game warden in rural Maine who learns that his estranged, womanising, hard-drinking father is on the run for killing two people.

As the mystery is solved we learn about Mike's childhood, why he became a warden, and a lot about rural Maine.

Competent is the word that springs to mind. Mike is only young, and not very interesting, so we don't care that much about him. Maine is well described but some of the sections feel more like a newspaper article. Much of the book just seemed a little too much by-the-numbers.

It was a quick, easy read. I did not grasp until after I'd finished it (thanks to Amazon) that this is the first of a planned series.

I'm not tempted to read any more in any such series. Perhaps things will improve.

5/10

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peter brux

The Poachers Son

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2012

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm now looking for more by the same author. A very good story, that moved at a good pace, with excellent descriptions of Maine and it's history. The characters were easy to follow and their roles in the unfolding story were clear. My only complaint, and I noticed several other reviewers have mentioned it, is the awaful editing! Why are words broken up: org an i sed being just one of dozens of words! More than once I had to stop and think about the word(s) I was looking at. Surely this can be easily corrected and it would add enjoyment to an otherwise excellent book! I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone wanting an easy to read thriller. I'm giving it 5 stars, despite the poor editing.

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S. Ivory

Give it time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2015

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Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Joe Pickett from CJ Box I was thinking that this would be a copy type of book. It is, in a way. Young, hotheaded game warden sticks his nose in where he shouldn't. And in a way I am right, but this lad is new and not sure and is off at all angles trying to defend a dad who he did not really know. It flits from now to back when he was a child so you have the knowledge of where he comes from, and the twist at the end is really good as I was convinced I knew 'who done it'!
I will give the next one in the series a go and see how he develops, but I still love Joe Pickett!

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Doc

Really good yarn and interesting characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2020

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This book is different to other crime stories. The story line itself is very good and the characters are very well developed. The setting is mesmerizingly different, enchanting and credible. I have enjoyed reading a very different type of crime novel and ordered more books from the series.

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