Pages

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A to Z Wednesday

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!!
To join, here's all you have to do:
Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.
Post:
1~ a photo of the book
2~ title and synopsis
3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)
4~ Come back here and leave your link in the comments
If you've already reviewed this book you can add it also.
Be sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment.
(We all love comments, don't we?)
Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.

THIS WEEKS LETTER IS: P

My "P" book is:

The Poacher's Son - Paul Doiron

Synopsis (via B&N)

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive—-his own father.

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—-and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.

Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the suspected cop killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack’s brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, Mike strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive. There they meet a beautiful woman who claims to be Jack’s mistress but who seems to be guarding a more dangerous secret. The only way for Mike to save his father now is to find the real killer—-which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.

The Poacher’s Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.

I just finished reading this through the Barnes and Noble First Look Book Club and really enjoyed it. If you like a good mystery, you should check it out.

6 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

I have to check it out!

A-Z Wednesday: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanada Ngozi Adichie

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

This sounds truly fascinating...I love family dynamics that are "less than perfect," since they strike a chord with me.

Here's mine:

http://laurel-rain-outonalimb.blogspot.com/2010/05/z-wednesday_25.html

fredamans said...

I have this one to read.

http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-z-starts-with-p.html

Michelle said...

This sounds like it could be a bit sad.

My `P` is up:

http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/power-of-praying-parent-by-stormie.html

Beth said...

This sounds like a very tense but exciting read. Here is my "P" book.

Nise' said...

Glad you enjoyed this book as I just brought it home from the library.