Dead by Dawn
A Novel
Mike Bowditch Mysteries: Book #12
- By: Paul Doiron
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length:
Description
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in a life-or-death chase in this new thriller from the bestselling mystery series by Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron …
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books
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Mike Bowditch Mysteries Series

The Poacher's Son
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »

Trespasser
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
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 once before.
While on patrol one foggy March evening, Bowditch receives a call for help. A... Read more »
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Bad Little Falls
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Anthony- and Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron delivers another "masterpiece of high-octane narrative" (Booklist) with Bad Little Falls, his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of a major snowstorm.
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile, transferred by his superiors to a remote outpost... Read more »
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Massacre Pond
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
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, Bowditch is called to the scene of a bizarre crime: the corpses of seven moose have been found senselessly... Read more »

The Bone Orchard
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
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 by cop," he begins having second thoughts about his decision.
Now Kathy finds herself the target... Read more »
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The Precipice
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
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 Wilderness-the most remote stretch along the entire Appalachian Trail-Maine game warden... Read more »
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Widowmaker
By: Paul Doiron & Henry Leyva
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
In Paul Doiron's riveting novel Widowmaker, Game Warden Mike Bowditch is on the trail of a ruthless vigilante amid the snow-covered mountains of Maine
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... Read more »
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Knife Creek
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting invasive feral hogs that are tearing up the forest in his district, he makes a horrific discovery — a dead baby buried in a shallow grave.
Even more disturbing: evidence suggests the infant was the child of a young woman who was presumed to have died four years earlier after she... Read more »
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Stay Hidden
By: Paul Doiron
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Henry Leyva keeps listeners on the edge of their seats with his delivery of a story with more murder suspects than Maine has pine trees." — AudioFile Magazine on The Precipice
In Paul Doiron's Stay Hidden, a supposed hunting accident becomes a dangerously complicated murder investigation in this intricately-plotted new audiobook... Read more »

Almost Midnight
By: Paul Doiron
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Henry Leyva keeps listeners on the edge of their seats with his delivery of a story with more murder suspects than Maine has pine trees...This is an excellent, chilling story and performance." — AudioFile Magazine on The Precipice
"[Henry Leyva's] understated performance makes even minor characters' motives and personalities... Read more »

One Last Lie
By: Paul Doiron
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The disappearance of Mike Bowditch’s beloved mentor reveals an ominous 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 warden Charley Stevens speaks to his surrogate son, Warden Investigator Mike... Read more »

Dead by Dawn
By: Paul Doiron
Length:
Abridged: No
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in a life-or-death chase in this new thriller from the bestselling mystery series by Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron …
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books Read more »

The Bear Trap
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
“Breathless pacing, dark humor, wildlife, and vivid characters.” —Boston Globe
In 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 the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens.
INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED EXCERPT FROM PAUL DOIRON'S KNIFE... Read more »
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The Imposter
By: Paul Doiron
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Abridged: No
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 Bowditch is shocked when the man’s driver’s license identifies him as none other than…Mike Bowditch.... Read more »

Rabid
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Abridged: No
In this original short story in the Mike Bowditch mystery series from bestselling author Paul Doiron, 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 Charley Stevens, as he pays a visit to a mysterious woman, the... Read more »
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