BAD LITTLE FALLS, the third installment in Paul Doiron’s acclaimed Mike Bowditch series, hits stores today! Praise, tour dates, and a link to an exclusive excerpt from the book after the jump!
In a starred, boxed review, Publishers Weekly praises this “excellent” novel with “some truly wicked twists,” saying “Dorion matches strong characters with effective prose and subtle characterizations.”
The Associated Press says:
The plot is riveting, but as always in a Paul Doiron novel, the greatest attraction is the stark beauty of the language and the vivid portrayal of his native Maine. He describes drug-riddled, poverty-stricken Down East — a region of fast-moving streams, frozen lakes, ice-fishing shacks and forbidding bogs — so precisely that you’ll feel the below-freezing temperatures in your bones.
Kirkus Reviews calls the book “a high-stakes, high-tension yarn in which you keep wishing everything would turn out fine for the deeply flawed, deeply sympathetic hero even though you know it won’t.”
RT Book Reviews selects it as one of their Top Picks, saying:
Doiron once again makes excellent use of Maine’s unforgiving weather to set the stage for a compelling mystery, while underscoring his complicated hero’s troubled character. Elegant prose perfectly captures the feel of the location, and the diverse, realistic cast of characters enriches the narrative. Readers will shiver — both from the cold and in anticipation of the rather shocking conclusion.
The Maine Sporstman says, “I liked his first novel, The Poacher’s Son. I really liked his second novel, Trespasser. And I loved his third about-to-be-published by Minotaur Bad Little Falls.” It predicts, “After reading Chapter One of Bad Little Falls, readers will not be able to set this one aside.”
We think you’ll agree, which is why we’re excited to share this link to the
Maine Crime Writers website where you can get an exclusive sneak peek at the first two chapters!
Once you’re hooked on this first free taste, we’re sure you’ll want to see Paul in person, so his tour dates are below!
Wednesday, August 8 at 6:30pm
Kennebooks
149 Port Road
Kennebunk, ME
Thursday, August 9 at 7pm
Book launch party!
Longfellow Books
1 Monument Square
Portland, ME
Friday, August 10 at 7pm
Jabberwocky Books
50 Water Street
Newburyport, MA
Saturday, August 11 at 1pm
Tatnuck Bookseller
18 Lyman Street
Westborough, MA
Tuesday, August 14 at 7pm
Devaney Doak & Garrett
193 Broadway
Farmington, ME
Thursday, August 16 at 6:30pm
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonet Street
Houston, TX
Thursday, August 30 at 6:30pm
Camden Public Library
55 Main Street
Camden, ME
Sunday, September 9 at 1pm
Graves Memorial Library
18 Maine Street
Kennebunkport, ME
Tuesday, September 18 at 7pm
Curtis Memorial Library
23 Pleasant Street
Brunswick, ME
Wednesday, October 24 at 7pm
Freeport Community Library
10 Library Drive
Freeport, ME
Thursday, October 25 at 6:30pm
Lithgow Library
45 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME
Wednesday, December 12 at 12pm
Brown Bag Lunch Talk
Portland Public Library
5 Monument Square
Portland, ME
Monday, December 17 at 10am
Skidompha Public Library
184 Main Street
Damariscotta, ME
Be sure to check out the author’s
website for more dates and like him on
Facebook!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 at 10:30 am and is filed under author appearances, reviews, thrillers and suspense.