This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE PRECIPICE. Copyright © 2015 by Paul Doiron. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Doiron, Paul.

        The precipice: a novel / Paul Doiron. — First edition.

            pages; cm. — (Mike Bowditch mysteries; 6)

        ISBN 978-1-250-06369-4 (hardcover)

        ISBN 978-1-4668-6868-7 (e-book)

        1.  Game wardens—Fiction.   2.  Young women—Crimes against—Fiction.   3.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction.   4.  Missing persons—Investigation—Fiction.   5.  Wilderness areas—Maine—Fiction.   I.  Title.

        PS3604.O37P74 2015

        813'.6—dc23

2015013520

e-ISBN 9781466868687

First Edition: June 2015