Book Review: A severed arm found in a lake leads to a twist-filled murder case by Paul Doiron

“Dead Man’s Wake,” by Paul Doiron Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch’s on-again, off-again romance with Stacey Stevens is definitely on again, the pair celebrating their engagement at a relative’s lake house when the night is interrupted by the roar of watercraft racing at illegally high speeds. So begins “Dead Man’s Wake,” the 13th novel in Paul Doiron’s fine series of mysteries featuring Bowditch. Inevitably, the two investigations overlap, but Bowditch, a hothead with a disinclination to follow orders when he was first introduced in “The Poacher’s Son” in 2010, has gradually matured as the series progressed. ___ Bruce DeSilva, winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award, is the author of the Mulligan crime novels including “The Dread Line.”