The setting is Puffin Island off the Maine coast and I enjoyed reading about the area and the bird colonies. Mike Bowditch is a game warden and investigator but off duty, taking a kayak vacation with his girlfriend Stacy.
Stacy did an internship on the island and is very careful about docking where the endangered species are nesting. A friend who works on the island asked Stacy to come see her as the founder of the project is missing. The tension between the volunteers and head of the research project is tangible. Stacy hopes to connect with the founder and mentor who is currently missing.
Camping off another island one night they hear a gunshot and that's when the action begins. Three researchers are found murdered and posed in odd positions. (This is not a spoiler but in the description). Bowditch starts working with a few former coworkers in Marine Patrol, Coast Guard and Environmental Protection and some of those men have secrets.
I liked the slow reveal on many mysteries and plan to read more in this series. I did not know this was #13 in the Mike Bowditch series so I have catching up to do. Publication date is June 28, 2022 by St. Martin's Press. Genre: Mystery and Thrillers.
Thank you to Netgalley for the advanced reader's copy of this book. I was not compensated for the review, all opinions are mine.
The environmental angle sounds interesting, thanks for sharing your thoughts
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