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Archer Mayor
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The Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) has been pulled onto three cases at the same time; meanwhile, VBI head Joe Gunther has to take time off to care for his…
Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case–both potentially related to an outbreak of ebola.
When the body of a young woman is found…
An overworked sheriff and a string of condo burglaries at a luxurious ski resort have Lt. Joe Gunther and the newly-minted Vermont Bureau of Investigation digging deep for clues. But…
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On the edge of town Joe Gunther encounters the lifeless body of Michelle Fisher. Her corpse offers him no clues about who she was or how she died. Snapshots and…
When a nuisance burglar who breaks into the heavily secured homes of wealthy Vermont citizens discovers evidence of a string of murders in one of the homes, Joe Gunther untangles…
The only identifying marks on a body left in a backwoods quarry are dental work and faded tattoos. Investigating police detective Joe Gunther enters the paranoid world of the CIA…
Tracing the growth of Buchanan’s ventures from the first acre of virgin pine to the charged atmosphere of the corporate boardroom, Mayor paints a compelling family portrait set against the…
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In the latest gripping police procedural from award-winning author Archer Mayor, Joe Gunther and his team investigate a disturbing case of homicide and Internet child predators.
VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are called in to investigate a series of violent deaths that appear unrelated until telltale clues reveal a linkage…
A forty-year-old skeleton is found encased in a concrete slab at a recently decommissioned nuclear energy site. It becomes a case for the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) and its…
When a body is found on Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield, most assume it is a hiker who lost his way. But the body is identified as an old-time smuggler from Quebec…
In Archer Mayor’s intriguing new Vermont-based mystery, The Orphan’s Guilt, a straightforward traffic stop snowballs into a homicide investigation after Joe Gunther and his fellow investigators peel back layer upon…
Ben Kendall was a troubled man. a Vietnam vet with scars no one else could see, he hid away from the world, filling his house with an ever-increasing amount of…
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…
In Archer Mayor’s Marked Man, the death of a local millionaire becomes suspicious when Joe Gunther learns that he was not who he claimed.
A year ago, local philanthropist and…
In Archer Mayor’s Fall Guy, a body found in the trunk of a stolen car leads Joe Gunther and his team to crucial evidence in an infamous unsolved case from…
When the murder of an elderly woman in Boston is tied to a string of unrelated burglaries across the state of Vermont, Joe Gunther tries to discover who is purchasing…
Archer Mayor’s New York Times bestselling Joe Gunther series returns with a complex case involving two corpses, one escaped mental patient, and a long-held secret that binds them together
Three…
Joe Gunther, head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, is torn between an official murder investigation and his girlfriend’s quest to find out the truth behind her disappearance of both…
Over 26 years and 25 books, Joe Gunther has… grown in stature, and so has the series. –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The second novel in the Joe Gunther re-release promotion finds Gunther in Gannet, Vermont. The quiet town is rocked by violence and murder when five members of a back-to-nature cult…
In Brattleboro, Vermont, Lieutenant Joe Gunther juggles several cases, all of which turn out to be connected. There is the murder of a girl runaway, the disappearance of a local…
The latest installment in Mayor’s classic Joe Gunther series finds the intrepid detective and his team in scorching pursuit of a serial arsonist.
Detective Willy Kunkle is pulled back to New York City to the dead body of his ex-wife, Mary and he is the only person a disinteredsted NYPD can find to…
Torn between righting the past and confronting his demons, the veteran cop [Joe Gunther] faces the most personal and dangerous case of his career. For somewhere on the idyllic Brattleboro…
Joe Gunther gets the call that every law enforcement person hates and every friend and family member of a policeman fears–a cop has been murdered in the line of duty…
To tie into the December release of Archer Mayor’s Joe Gunther hardcover Fruits of the Poisonous Tree, here is a reissue of the debut novel that first introduced Joe Gunther…
The third outing for Vermont cop Joe Gunther. A murdered stockbroker sets a sticky case into motion for Lt. Gunther. Three bodies later, Gunther must unravel a sinister puzzle involving…
The fourth in this crime series featuring Vermont policeman Joe Gunther, who here, investigating the murder of a hermit, discovers the skeleton of a long-dead man in his garden. From…
Police Lieutenant Joe Gunther got the call at four in the morning–Gail Zigman, his longtime friend and lover, has been savagely raped in the bed he had left only hours…
A brutal home invasion shocks Brattleboro’s small Asian community, but no one’s talking. Undeterred, Joe Gunther digs deeper and discovers a cross-border smuggling route carrying drugs, contraband, and illegal aliens…
Vermont homicide detective Joe Gunther takes on a disturbing case of spousal abuse, police corruption and murder in his latest outing. Asked to conduct a minor Internal Affairs investigation in…
When Gunther finds a dead man on some railroad tracks, he smells foul play. His suspicions are confirmed when an anonymous tip links the killing to another grisly murder. As…
Vermont detective Joe Gunther vows to stop the flow of drugs into his beloved state when in the course of a week a young heroin addict is gunned down while…
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…
Torrey provides practical guidance for studying the Bible effectively, drawing on a wealth of historical and theological resources. This book is an indispensable tool for pastors, scholars and anyone seeking…
The role of government, particularly at the state and local levels, has evolved dramatically. In this bipartisan collection, some of the nation’s governors and mayors describe how they aim to…