A review by booksthrilljessica
Pitch Dark by Paul Doiron

3.0

When suspicious activity starts to arise in the secluded forest of Maine Mike Bowditch, a game warden, sets his sights on Mark Redmond. Mark is a mysterious recluse who lives in the forest with his daughter Cady. But when a strange man shows up offering large sums of money for any information leading to the whereabouts of Redmond, Mike decides it is time to pay the Redmond’s a visit.
The visit soon turns disastrous as Mike soon learns there is more to the father-daughter pair than first meets the eye. After being drugged and tied to a tree his pursuit of the enigmatic pair leads him through numerous trials and tribulations.

This book started off promising with mystery and intrigue. However, it started to verge into the territory of implausibility when most of the book was about a game warden traipsing across the wilderness in pursuit of a man he knew nothing about. I wanted more buildup to the cat and mouse chase giving the reader more character depth. I also find it hard to believe that he would not call in backup at first chance, but instead decided to go into action movie vendetta mode.
I do feel that the high intensity moments were well written and keep me wanting to finish.

*Thank you to Paul Doiron, Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.