An eerie, windswept island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in this new thriller in Paul Doiron's bestselling Mike Bowditch series.On a sea kayaking trip, Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch and his girlfriend Stacey Stevens visit a remote archipelago that has been turned into a research center and sanctuary for endangered seabirds. The researchers on the island have been plagued by misfortune, including the suicide of an intern, and the mood is uneasy. A lone lobsterman has been silently spying on the three female biologists, and they suspect he might even be sneaking ashore to prowl among their tents.Camped on a nearby islet for the night, Mike and Stacey hear a single gunshot. When they return at dawn, their fears are confirmed: two of the researchers have been brutally murdered and the third is missing, along with the island skiff. Mike’s search for the missing woman and the official murder investigation reveals a host of suspe
