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Minotaur Books
Language
English
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"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 leader, Joe Gunther, since they have the resources and the ability to investigate an old, very cold, missing persons case that has now been reclassified as murder. The victim was Hank Mitchell, and Gunther must chase down old rumors and speculations who benefited from...
Author
Series
Joe Gunther volume 26
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
"During the height of a particularly brutal Vermont winter, one morning a woman's body is found hanging high above the interstate. The woman, found with the word "dyke" carved on her chest is quickly determined to be the victim of a brutal murder. Thatalone is enough to bring in Joe Gunther and his VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) team. But when the victim is identified not only as a state senator, bus as an intimate friend of the governor's,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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 layer of history and personal heartbreak to learn a decades-old hidden truth. John Rust is arrested for drunk driving by a Vermont state trooper. Looking to find mitigating circumstances, John's lawyer hires private eye Sally Kravitz to...
Author
Series
Joe Gunther volume 30
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The murder of a small-time drug dealer snowballs into the most complex case ever faced by Joe Gunther and his VBI team. It is said a bright and clear bomber's moon is the best asset to finding one's target. But beware what you wish for: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Bomber's Moon is Archer Mayor's latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet. Two young women form the heart of this...
5) Red Herring
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
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 between them and that all of the deaths are, in fact, murders. However, apart from a single drop of unexplained blood left at each crime scene, there are no obvious connections between the victims or the cases. In the search for the elusive truth, the VBI must plumb...
6) Marked man (
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English
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"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 millionaire Nathan Lyon died a natural death in his sprawling mansion, a 150,000 square foot converted mill, surrounded by his loving, attentive family. Or so it seemed at the time. Now Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team has discovered that almost nothing...
7) Trace
Author
Series
Joe Gunther volume Book 28
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 325 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Joe Gunther takes time off to care for his mother, the FBI investigates three cases involving a roommate's murder by contract, the cold-case double murder of a state trooper and a motorist, and an act of sabotage on military equipment.
Author
Series
Joe Gunther volume 33
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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 years past. A high-end stolen car is discovered in Vermont. A car filled with stolen items from a far-flung two stage burglary spree. But it's what is in the trunk that brings Joe Gunther and his team from the Vermont Bureau of Investigation. In the trunk is the body of burglar in question - one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wayne Castine was found brutally murdered and the murderer remains at large. A suspected child predator, he was killed in Brattleboro where he was involved with a tangled network of an extended family living in a local trailer park. Any member of the clan would have had the opportunity to kill him and, as he was involved with both the mother and her twelve-year-old daughter, reason to commit the murder. At the same time, Joe Gunther has learned that...
11) Paradise city
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across Vermont. Someone, in addition to flats creens, computers, and stereos, has also been stealing antiques and jewelry. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman surprises some thieves in her Beacon Hill home and is viciously murdered. The Boston police find that not only is the loot similar to what's being stolen in Vermont, but it may...