Widowmaker

A Novel

By: Paul Doiron

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

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 to his past. She claims her son Adam is a wrongfully convicted sex offender who has vanished from a brutal work camp in the high timber around the Widowmaker Ski Resort. She also claims that Adam is the illegitimate son of Jack Bowditch, Mike’s dead and diabolical father—and the half-brother Mike never knew he had.

After trying so hard to put his troubled past behind him, Mike is reluctant to revisit the wild country of his childhood and again confront his father’s history of violence. But Amber’s desperation and his own need to know the truth leads Mike on a desperate search for answers—one that takes him through a mountainous wilderness where the military guards a top-secret interrogation base, sexual predators live together in a backwoods colony, and self-styled vigilantes are willing to murder anyone they consider their enemies. Can Mike finally exorcise the demons of the past—or will the real-life demons of the present kill him first?

This program features an exclusive interview between Paul Doiron & Nevada Barr.

so enjoyable

I have read each book in this series, and each one gets better. The narration is perfect in my opinion. I look forward to each new release.

Tidy Maine mystery

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It's a good Maine setting and description, good character development, threads well carried out and followed up. Fun summer reading. Well narrated.

Any additional comments?

Two possible fact checks that bear merit:
You don't split wood really, with an AX and wedge, you use a splitting mall and wedge.
And the "wolf" being described most likely would weigh 130 lbs or more.

Keeps you interested.

The ups and downs with human reactions done well by the narration keep it exciting and real.
Good listening.

More great Maine characters

Can't wait for next installment. Mike continues to grow as person. He continues to find interesting people to interact with. And the story continues to be fast paced exciting and unpredictable like a good mystery should.

Like this author and the characters -

I like this series, and am always happy to see the next book published. The narrator is only C grade, but he is better than when he started. Well worth a read.