Widowmaker

A Novel

By: Paul Doiron

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

In Paul Doiron's Widowmaker, 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 Langstrom is the illegitimate son of Jack Bowditch, Mike's dead and diabolical father. He is 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 make it hard for him to refuse her pleas for help.

In search of answers, Bowditch travels through a mountainous wilderness to a place hidden from the rest of the world, 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.

Mike Bowditch must exorcise the demons of the past before the real-life demons of the present kill him.

©2016 Paul Doiron (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

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.

Another great addition to the series

Paul Doiron has crafted yet another great addition to his Mike Bowditch series. He keeps the story moving with many twists and turns. Henry Leyva as always does an excellent job of narrating, he is the voice of Paul. I highly recommend this book.

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.

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.

Took place in Maine!

I wish the narrator had done more research on pronunciation. There were several names he did not pronounce like the locals do. Michaud, Cowett, and Augusta stood out the most. Otherwise, he’s a good narrator.