This is always such an itchy time for me, before a book comes out. The novel is done. There is nothing for me to do on my end except to help my excellent publicity and marketing teams plan the tour and promotional campaign. And, of course, to wait for the pre-publication reviews to begin coming in. Here's an excellent one from "Booklist."
““Without the sense of smell and troubling appetite of Maine game-warden Mike Bowditch’s latest assigned scourge—invasive feral pigs newly spotted near Knife Creek—the barely buried corpse of an infant might never have been noticed. When it is, and state police begin a homicide investigation, Bowditch gets involved, like readers know he will. Under the guise of tracking the problematic pigs, he stumbles upon a hidden home near the crime scene and meets its unsettling residents: two women wearing matching cherry- red wigs. Bowditch soon believes one of them to be Casey Donaldson, a long-missing young woman presumed dead, but others are reluctant to endorse another one of his notorious hunches—especially when Casey’s alleged killer is about to be brought to justice. Meanwhile, Bowditch and his girlfriend, Stacey, tread rough relationship waters while they wait to hear if he’ll get the promotion he’s applied for. This solid eighth entry in the Mike Bowditch series, following WIDOWMAKER (2016), is full of strong characters, great dialogue, and Doiron’s signature command of the rugged and natural Maine setting.” ”
Thank you, Annie Bostrom, for the wonderful notice.