Storm Tide (Mike Bowditch #16) by Paul Doiron
Publication Date: June 30th 2026 by Minotaur Books & Macmillan Audio
Pages: 352
Audio Book Length: 10hrs 35min
Narrator: Henry Leyva
Source: Publishers
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
After the events of the last book, Mike Bowditch is facing a
disciplinary hearing and has been demoted back to patrolling for the Game Warden’s
office in rural Maine until a decision is made.
Meanwhile, there’s two suspicious deaths that point to a vigilante
on the loose. Mike’s tipped off by someone who knows a little too much about his
personal life, both past and present.
Also, Mike’s wife, Stacy, is weeks away from giving birth to
their first child and notices a white van has been tailing her.
Mike is unsettled to find someone personally obsessed,
especially since he has so much to lose, with a wife and baby on the way. As
usual, Mike runs headlong into danger, and there were a few times I wanted to
shake some sense into him. Especially when he landed in situations I wasn’t
sure he’d survive. Still, his determination to find the stalker before the
stalker finds him or his family made sense.
One of the things I love about this series is that Doiron brings
the rough and beautiful landscape of Maine to life without slowing the plot!
I alternately read and listened to an audio version with Henry
Leyva narrating. I love his performance! At this point, he is Mike Bowditch to
me! Doiron’s wry humor comes through loud and clear through his performance and
I enjoy his Maine accents.
Storm Tide is book sixteen in a series, but I jumped
in late (book twelve) and have enjoyed every installment since!
4 Stars
Book Description:
Game Warden Mike Bowditch investigates a series of brutal killings during a life-changing year in Storm Tide, the harrowing new thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron.
When the magnificent home of entrepreneur Brian Malloy mysteriously goes up in flames, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch tries to pull Malloy’s burning body from the fire but is too late. Malloy was suspected of murdering his young, illegitimate son. Now it looks like someone else has delivered a verdict.
Miles away, on a lonely stretch of icy railroad track, the body of Axl Deming, once accused of a brutal rape, is found literally cut in half. Though the two murders seem unrelated, a cryptic text from an unknown number draws Bowditch to the scene—and hints at a chilling connection. He suspects someone is orchestrating the executions of criminals who escaped justice, and for reasons he can’t explain, his own name is on the list, but the state police aren’t convinced. His search for the truth takes him through frozen harbors, trackless forests, and remote islands, far from rescue.
Meanwhile, Bowditch is facing a disciplinary hearing that could end his career. His wife Stacey, just weeks from giving birth, is being stalked by a stranger in a white van. And when he realizes someone has also been watching their home, the case turns increasingly personal.
To protect his family, Bowditch must work alone to uncover who’s behind the killings—and stop them before he becomes their next victim.
