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2006.
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English
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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 postcards show a woman who laughed hard and lived harder, while diaries reveal a rootless life marred by depression and drink. Suicide seems a reasonable conclusion, but Gunther suspects foul play.
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2015.
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English
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During the height of a particularly brutal Vermont winter, the body of a woman is found hanging from the steel-mesh retaining nets lining the cliffs along interstate. Susan Raffnerwas brutally murdered, with the word "dyke" carved into her chest. She was also a state senator and best friend and ally of the current governor, Gail Zigman. At Zigman's personal request, Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team agree to help the Vermont...
4) Marked man
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
"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...
5) Fall guy
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2022.
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English
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"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...
6) Red herring
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English
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VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are called in to investigate a series of violent deaths that appear unrelated but 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...
7) Tag man
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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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 conflicting evidence while the burglar flees for his life.
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"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...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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...
10) Trace
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) is suddenly swamped. The Bureau has been pulled onto three cases at the same time, while unexpectedly, VBI head Joe Gunther has to take time off to care for his ailing mother."--Book jacket.
11) Bury the Lead
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
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 near a trail at a popular ski mountain, the case falls to Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI). They quickly have a suspect, Mick Durocher, and a confession, but not everyone on the team is convinced. Despite Mick's ready admission, investigators quickly...
12) St. Albans fire
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The arson death of a young farmer leads officer Joe Gunther from rural Vermont to the gritty streets of Newark, New Jersey and face-to-face with a most deadly opponent.
13) Proof positive
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the death of a Vietnam veteran whose PTSD culminated in a hoarding disorder, Joe Gunther learns that the victim's collection of combat photos contains information that a sinister adversary desperately wanted to keep hidden.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
"Joe Gunther's Vermont Bureau of Investigation team is plenty busy trying to solve the grisly murder of Wayne Castine, a suspected child predator who's got mob ties in the area. But Gunther has other pressing, more personal business to attend to: the old case of his girlfriend Lyn Silva's father and brother. Fishermen both, they were once believed to be lost at sea. Until today...With the Castine investigation in full swing, now is hardly the time...
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Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
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 activist, the death of a homeless man, and the strangling of a woman due to die anyway.
16) Bellows Falls
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Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
Description
A police officer is accused of sexual harassment by the wife of a drug dealer in a Vermont town. An internal affairs investigation is opened, headed by Detective Joe Gunther who discovers police corruption and murder.
17) The catch
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
"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. Deputy Sheriff Brian Sleuter has been shot to death during a routine traffic stop on a dark country road. From what can been seen on the cruiser?s tape recorder of the killers, it is believed that they are a couple of Boston-based drug runners who were stopped by the deputy on their...
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English
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When an old gravesite exposes a coffin filled with rocks instead of the expected remains, and a retired state politician turns up dead, Joe Gunther and his team follow the evidence to an escaped mental patient who holds the key to solving both cases.
Joe Gunther and his team the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) are usually called in on major cases by local Vermont enforcement whenever they need expertise and back up. But after the state is devastated...
19) The dark root
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Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In Brattleboro, Vermont, a home invasion against a prominent Asian family by Asian gang members puts Joe Gunther on the trail of an underground railroad operation that carries drugs, illegal aliens and other contraband from Canada to Boston, New York and other US cities.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
"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...
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