<DIV><DIV><P>Anthony- and Edgar-award nominated author Paul Doiron delivers another “masterpiece of high-octane narrative” (<I>Booklist</I>) with <I>Bad Little Falls</I>, his newest harrowing thriller about the hunt for a murderer at the height of a major snowstorm</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile,<BR>transferred by his superiors to a remote outpost on the Canadian<BR>border. When a blizzard descends on the coast, Bowditch is<BR>called to the rustic cabin of a terrified couple. A raving and halffrozen<BR>man has appeared at their door, claiming his friend is lost<BR>in the storm. But what starts as a rescue mission in the wilderness<BR>soon becomes a baffling murder investigation. The dead man is a<BR>notorious drug dealer, and state police detectives suspect it was<BR>his own friend who killed him. Bowditch isn’t so sure, but his<BR>vow not to interfere in the case is tested when he finds himself<BR>powerfully attracted to a beautiful woman with a dark past and<BR>a troubled young son. The boy seems to know something about<BR>what really happened in the blizzard, but he is keeping his secrets<BR>locked in a cryptic notebook, and Mike fears for the safety of the<BR>strange child. Meanwhile, an anonymous tormentor has decided<BR>to make the new warden’s life a living hell. Alone and outgunned,<BR>Bowditch turns for assistance to his old friend, the legendary<BR>bush pilot Charley Stevens. But in this snowbound landscape—<BR>where smugglers wage blood feuds by night—help seems very<BR>far away indeed. If Bowditch is going to catch a killer, he must<BR>survive on his own wits and discover strength he never knew he<BR>possessed.</DIV></DIV>