xThe Bone Orchard is both a rich exploration of character and a satisfying mysteryx --Bruce DeSilva Associated PressxExcellent Thoughtful plotting and strong characters raise this above the crime novel packx --Publishers weeklyIn 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 xsuicide by copx he begins having second thoughts about his decision Now Kathy finds herself the target of a government inquiry and outrage from the dead soldiers platoon mates Soon she finds herself in the sights of a sniper as well When the sergeant is shot outside her farmhouse Mike joins the hunt to find the mysterious man responsible To do so the ex-warden must plunge into his friends secret past--even as a beautiful woman from Mikes own past returns throwing into jeopardy his tentative romance with wildlife biologist Stacey Stevens As Kathy Frost lies on the brink of death and a dangerous shooter stalks the blueberry barrens of central Maine Bowditch is forced to confront the choices he has made and determine once and for all the kind of man he truly is in The Bone Orchard by Paul Doiron.
