Storm Tide by Paul Doiron

Storm Tide by Paul Doiron

Mike Bowditch, a Maine Game Warden, has been demoted from investigator to field warden.  As a first responder to a house fire, he risks his life trying to save someone.  That is the trigger factor in this Bowditch plot.

Mike is short-tempered all too often, and it has resulted in a reputation, note not a good reputation.  He becomes embroiled with a wealth of folks who apparently want to harm him.   His wife, a leavening factor, as for many of us, keeps him focused on his job.   Working, despite being suspended, means that his backup system is Stacy, his wife, Billy, his scary friend, Charley, his father-in-law, and Shadow, his wolf-dog.  Law enforcement back-up doesn't exist for Mike.

The plot gets intricate and leads to historic introspection to discover the motive for all the Bowditch animosity.   There is plenty of action. Mike is a terrific, flawed, and believable character.

 As mentioned in my last review of Pitch Black, the last Bowditch book I read,  I had hoped the wolf-dog Shadow would have a larger role. 

I highly recommend the book and hope to read more of the sixteen current books.

This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.