Great ending.

What is evident in the exposition of the mysterious disappearance the protagonist is attempting to investigate is the author’s love of two things, Maine and guns. By the latter, I am not implying a “gun rights”, but just all the ins and outs of guns. While I appreciated the former, the latter got a big tedious and took up too many words. Meanwhile, the plot turns turgid when the protagonist confronts what appeared to me completely illogical behavior on the part of a bunch of the other characters. It held my interest, but not enough to get me to read any other of the author’s books.

A very slow read. And it seems that authors have to add a liberal political message to show us mere readers just how smart and better they are.