Dead By Dawn, Doiron - B+

           This is a fascinating, fast-paced thriller set in the north woods of Maine and featuring Mike Bowditch, a state game warden and investigator. Mike's in his early thirties, and a graduate of Colby College. He is asked to look into a death by misadventure four years earlier of a 77 year-old who fell off a boat and drowned. Accident or murder? Once Mike reopens this inquiry, he attracts some unwanted animosity and attention that sees his vehicle sabotaged, and him plummeting into the Androscoggin river in the middle of winter. There is a lot of intriguing information about the wilds of Maine, and the folks who live there. Apparently, this novel is part of a long-running series, suggesting a look at the earlier ones is in line.