The Precipice

A Novel

By: Paul Doiron

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

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 Mike Bowditch joins the desperate search to find them.

Hope turns to despair after two unidentified corpses are discovered-their bones picked clean by coyotes. Do the bodies belong to the missing hikers? And were they killed by the increasingly aggressive wild dogs?

Soon, all of Maine is gripped with the fear of killer coyotes. But Bowditch has his doubts. His new girlfriend, wildlife biologist Stacey Stevens, insists the scavengers are being wrongly blamed. She believes a murderer may be hiding in the offbeat community of hikers, hippies, and woodsmen at the edge of the Hundred Mile Wilderness. When Stacey herself disappears along the Appalachian Trail, the hunt for answers becomes personal.

Can Mike Bowditch find the woman he loves before the most dangerous animal in the North Woods strikes again?

Critic reviews

“Bad Little Falls is a jewel of a book. Doiron has gotten it all magnificently right: a hell of a good mystery, beautifully drawn landscape and characters so evocatively written they follow you off the page. Buy this. The guy can write.” —Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of Rope

“Doiron's third Bowditch entry is riveting and honest, with full-depth characters and a landscape that isn't cutting any slack. Readers of Nevada Barr and C. J. Box will enjoy this similar tale, with the added surprise of a refreshing hero whose youth and inexperience Doiron skillfully twists into an asset.” —Booklist

“A high-stakes, high-tension yarn in which you keep wishing everything would turn out fine for the deeply flawed, deeply sympathetic hero.” —Kirkus

“Excellent . . . a murder case with some truly wicked twists. Dorion matches strong characters with effective prose and subtle characterizations. Fans of Steve Hamilton's Alex McKnight series, likewise set in a remote region close to Canada, will find a lot to like.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The story is great, really enjoyed it.

I live in the state that these stories take place. The reader needs to do some research before reading. It distracts from the story when the reader constantly mispronounces a number of different names and places.

Great!

I am truly enjoying this series. Mike Bowditch as a Maine game warden is a great story line and the narration is fantastic. I’m listening to it on Audible and I can’t wait to download the next in the series. I love them!!!

very entertaining

Love the characters, good action and great story line. Learned alot about the Appalachian Trail.

good read

My only issue is with pronunciation. It always will be. Living in central Maine, I crinkle my nose when I hear people from away say PiscataKISS, BANG OR, OGUSTA, PASSAMAQUO DEE. I would like better diction on that. Intonations and delivery were very good. I guess if you're not from Maine you wouldn't know.

Good story

Enjoyed the action and the Maine references. Some place names not pronounced correctly (eg Augusta)