The Caretaker: A
Short Story
by Paul Doiron begins with Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch sitting on the porch
with retired Game Warden and good friend, Charley Stevens. The quiet calm of
Sixth Machias Lake is broken by Violet and Josiah Baker driving a brand new and
now very dusty, Tesla. Sent by the local authorities, the high power couple need
their help.
Recently, Violet
and Josiah Baker bought an old cabin at nearby Quillpig Pond and started
massive renovations. Things were going as expected until approximately two
weeks strange things started happening in and around the cabin. What seemly
started as a weird joke has now escalated into what appears to be a violent
threat of some type. Then couple, especially Violet, are frustrated and want it
stopped.
Violet is sure
their caretaker, Kevin Moran, is responsible. Charley and Mike are not so sure.
While he is known to the Game Wardens as a loner and with a strange sense of
humor, he isn't known for what Violet is reporting.
Still, the Game
Wardens are interested and start trying to figure out what is going on. Things
escalate quickly in the Caretaker: A Short Story by Paul Doiron.
A fast and fun
read, the short story is a small taste of the very enjoyable series. Packaged
with the short story is an excerpt from the next novel in the series, Dead
by Dawn, which is coming out late this month.
The Caretaker: A
Short Story
Paul Doiron
Minotaur Books
(Macmillan Books)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250824547
ASIN: B08WL1S1HK
eBook
51 Pages
I purchased my reading copy using funds in my Amazon Associate account last month.
Kevin R. Tipple
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4 comments:
51 Pages is more of a novella, I think. Sounds delightful.
That page count includes the excerpt for the upcoming book as well as the front matter. Take all that out it is more like 35 or so pages.
I very much enjoyed it.
Sounds good to me, Kevin, and I haven't read anything by Paul Doiron. I hopped over to Amazon from the link here and purchased the story.
Cool. Hope you enjoy the read.
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