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Borderlines (Joe Gunther Series, Book #2) by Archer Mayor Set entirely in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, an isolated, thinly populated part of the state, Borderlines tells of Joe Gunther's temporary assignment to the local State's Attorney's office, which he has taken on, in part, to get away from Brattleboro, and from his girlfriend, Gail Zigman, with whom he's had a… Read more about this item

Scent of Evil (Joe Gunther Series, Book #3) by Archer Mayor A hand is found sticking out of the dirt at a construction site, and Joe Gunther's detective squad begins research into who the victim was, how he was killed, who might have done it, and why. But before they know it, several more people are dead, including one of the… Read more about this item

The Skeleton's Knee (Joe Gunther Series, Book #4) by Archer Mayor A hermit dies in the hospital of a bullet he received twenty years earlier. At his mountaintop home, a skeleton with a bullet hole and a metal knee is found buried in the yard. On the way to the medical examiner's office, the hearse comes under machine gun fire. A… Read more about this item

Bomber's Moon (Joe Gunther Series, Book #30) by Archer Mayor A bright and clear bomber's moon is ideal for finding one's target. But beware: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Two young women. One, Rachel Reiling, an investigative reporter, the other, Sally Kravitz, a private investigator. Uneasy allies from very different walks of… Read more about this item

Bury the Lead (Joe Gunther Series, Book #29) by Archer Mayor Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case -- both potentially related to a small but lethal outbreak of Ebola at a local hospital. When the body of a young woman is found near a trail at a popular ski mountain, the case falls… Read more about this item

Open Season (Joe Gunther Series, Book #1) by Archer Mayor In an explosive moment that shakes the town of Brattleboro, Vermont to its roots, Jamie Phillips creeps up to Thelma Reitz's door in the middle of the night, only to have that frightened old lady blow his head off with a shotgun. Obviously a setup, thinks Joe Gunther, but the crime… Read more about this item

Fruits of the Poisonous Tree (Joe Gunther Series, Book #5) by Archer Mayor Joe Gunther's girlfriend, Gail Zigman, is raped, causing consternation and great pain, not just to the two of them, and a media frenzy due to her political prominence, his involvement win the case, and her refusal to hide behind a shroud of anonymity. Instead, while Joe and his… Read more about this item

The Dark Root (Joe Gunther Series, Book #6) by Archer Mayor A brutal home invasion by Asian gang members against a prominent Brattleboro Asian family sets Joe Gunther on the trail of an underground railroad running through Vermont from Canad to Boston, New York, and other U.S. urban centers, carrying drugs, illegal aliens, and other contraband. But why the sudden outbreak… Read more about this item

The Surrogate Thief (Joe Gunther Series, Book #15) by Archer Mayor Compelling plots and a vivid New England canvas are the mainstays of Archer Mayor's acclaimed mysteries. In this novel that won the New England Book Award for Fiction, Mayor's popular Vermont sleuth, Joe Gunther, returns to pursue his most elusive nemesis to date. Brattleboro is your typical scenic Vermont town. Homes… Read more about this item

Gatekeeper (Joe Gunther Series, Book #14) by Archer Mayor A known drug dealer is found hanging from a railroad trestle in Rutland, the daughter of a political bigwig is dead of an overdose in the man's apartment, and a young woman (Gail Zigman's niece) is shot while trying to rob a convenience store for drug money. Heroin is hitting Vermont in… Read more about this item

The Sniper's Wife (Joe Gunther Series, Book #13) by Archer Mayor A phone call from New York City pulls Detective Willy Kunkle away from the relative refuge of Vermont -- back to his rarely acknowledged past in the city, his prior life of turmoil and conflict, and to the dead body of his ex-wife, Mary. She's been found, alone and abandoned… Read more about this item

Tucker Peak (Joe Gunther Series, Book #12) by Archer Mayor Joe Gunther's brand new Vermont Bureau of Investigation team is invited by a local sheriff to look into a seemingly mundane series of burglaries at the Tucker Peak ski resort. The sheriff has his hands full, since the resort management is undergoing a massive facelift and environmental protesters are picketing the… Read more about this item

The Marble Mask (Joe Gunther Series, Book #11) by Archer Mayor The Marble Mask marks the first full-fledged case for the new Vermont Bureau of Investigation, of which Joe Gunther is second-in-command. The story begins with the discovery of a frozen body on the top of Mount Mansfield near Stowe. This is no big news until it is found that the… Read more about this item

Occam's Razor (Joe Gunther Series, Book #10) by Archer Mayor A watershed book full of changes in the making, Occam's Razor sets the stage for a radical shift in the Joe Gunther series. Beginning with the discovery of an apparently homeless man's body draped across the railroad tracks in downtown Brattleboro, the story follows Joe and his squad as they investigate… Read more about this item

The Disposable Man (Joe Gunther Series, Book #9) by Archer Mayor An unidentified man is found face down in an abandoned quarry, strangled with a piano wire. The labels have been cut from his clothes, his facial features are Slavic in appearance, and his toes are tattooed with Russian letters. When no one reports any missing persons, and no police agency… Read more about this item

Bellows Falls (Joe Gunther Series, Book #8) by Archer Mayor A routine call asking Joe Gunther to investigate a seemingly minor complaint against a young officer of the Bellows Falls police department leads to the uncovering of a cauldron of spousal abuse, debauchery, teen crime, drug running, and cold-blooded murder. Joe must travel the length of Vermont, from the beleaguered town… Read more about this item

The Ragman's Memory (Joe Gunther Series, Book #7) by Archer Mayor A small girl brings Joe Gunther a bird's nest -- made partially of human hair. In his search to put a body, and identity, to the hair's owner, Joe comes upon an unexplained death, a grisly murder, a sudden disappearance, and travels the social strata of his hometown from the… Read more about this item