BOOK REVIEW: ‘Dead Catch’ is a good vacation read

“Dead Catch” by Cary J. Griffith was the perfect book to read on a beach vacation.
I had the time to read it, and it gave me plenty of twists and turns.
“Dead Catch" is the fourth book in the Sam Rivers mystery series.

The synopsis of the book asked how a murdered conservation officer and a multi-million-dollar poaching business are connected to Sam Rivers’ childhood friend?
Holden Riggins is an expert outdoorsman and a known poacher. He’s made a small fortune by exploiting nature’s bounty. It’s no surprise when two conservation officers from the Department of Natural Resources come upon Holden’s fishing boat, anchored beside an illegal walleye net.
What is a surprise, however, is Holden’s condition: nearly frozen to death on the bottom of his boat. That’s not the COs’ most shocking discovery. Twisted and tangled within the twines of another nearby net is the dead body of their missing colleague.
After the COs save Holden from the icy grip of hypothermia, the suspected murderer refuses to answer questions. The only person he’ll speak with is Sam Rivers, a man he last saw when they were 12 years old. Since then, Holden has become a known scofflaw and ex-con, using the wilderness and everything in it for his ill-gotten gains. Sam has become a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, hunting, capturing and incarcerating criminals – like his childhood friend.
Throughout the state’s finest walleye lakes, the population of Minnesota’s most prized game fish has been unaccountably dropping. Holden’s net might explain why. Has he resurrected his illegal netting ring, cashing in on the state’s $25-million walleye industry? Did he commit murder to evade the law? One thing is certain: Sam will follow the facts wherever they lead — but is he the one reeling in suspects, or is he just the bait?
I received an advance copy of the book from Adventure Publications, and the book was released on June 11. 

I loved this book and was hooked on the first sentence: Holden Riggins lay at the bottom of his boat, still a stone-cold corpse.
“Dead Catch” has excellent detective work and lots of action. Again, this is the best book to read while on vacation. I learned much about Minnesota’s most prized game fish and how it was worth killing.
The other three books in the Sam Rivers series are “Wolf Kill,” “Cougar Claw,” and “Killing Monarchs.”