For the first time in print,
Skin and Bones
features a collection of eight gripping original short stories in the bestselling Mike Bowditch series—including one brand new, never-before-published story—from Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron.
In
THE BEAR TRAP
, legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens tries to convince young Mike of the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens.
RABID
draws Mike into the story of a gruesome case involving a bat with rabies from his Charley Steven’s past (
2019 Edgar award nominee for Best Short Story
).
When a visiting hunter goes missing in the middle of a snowstorm, a young Charley Stevens sets off to rescue him—but begins to suspect the man may not want to be found in
BACKTRACK.
THE
IMPOSTER
, Mike is confronted with a baffling case of stolen identity when he discovers a dead body whose driver’s license claims he is none other than Mike Bowditch himself.
Mike tracks down a sinister prowler who turns a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare in
THE CARETAKER
.
An investigation into the killing of a bald eagle in
SKIN AND BONES
unearths an old case of a missing young man whose physically abusive brother might have murdered him.
SNAKEBIT
, Mike must hunt down a killer who uses the unlikeliest of murder weapons: rattlesnakes.
(Brand New!)
Mike suspects there’s more to a grisly murder-suicide than meets the eye in
SHEEP’S CLOTHING.
Critically acclaimed for his brilliant crime novels, Paul Doiron proves he is also the master of short story in