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This title in other editionseBook editionsOther titles in the Joe Gunther Mysteries series:The Catch (Joe Gunther Mysteries)by Archer Mayor
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Which is what brings Gunther and his team to the investigation - an attempt to shut down the major drug running operation. Specially that of one Alan Budney, disaffected son of a lobsterman, now a drug kingpin, who uses the closed, clannish lobster fishing community and his extended family in particular, to move drugs along the New England coast. The most recent book - and last from Grand Central - Chat, has spent four week on the extended Booksense bestseller list and, as always, has been on the NEBA bestseller list since publication. He is the winner of the 2004 New England Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction. Review:"At the start of Mayor's fine 19th Joe Gunther novel (after 2007's Chat), Vermont deputy sheriff Brian Sleuter gets shot in the temple while making a routine traffic stop near the Canadian border. The video camera on Sleuter's cruiser taped the murder, so it appears to be a simple case, but Mayor never makes things simple. Since the pair that Sleuter stopped have a drug history, Joe Gunther, head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, coordinates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Boston. In a smash-bang arrest attempt, one suspect is killed, the other escapes. Joe follows him to Maine, where a drug distributor was recently murdered, drawing Joe and his staff into a fight for control of the New England drug trade and a vengeful family feud. The plot meanders and relies on coincidence more than usual in this superior regional series, but a surprise resolution to the cop killing and an unexpected final 'catch,' one of many in the story, will leave fans feeling fully satisfied. 30-city author tour. (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Joe Gunther, head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, and his team are brought in to not only find and bring down the killers of a fellow officer, but also to infiltrate and shut down the major drug running operation going through Vermont.
Synopsis:“THE CATCH IS as authentic as it gets.”—The New York Times Book Review Joe Gunther, a policeman for most of his adult life, gets the call that every cop hates: A fellow officer has been killed in the line of duty. During what appears to have been a routine traffic stop on a dark country Vermont road, a deputy sheriff was shot to death. From what can be seen on the cruisers video recorder, the killers appear to be a couple of Boston-based drug runners. “SUPERIOR…WILL LEAVE FANS FEELING FULLY SATISFIED.”—Publishers Weekly Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation are brought in to identify the killers—and track them down up and down the northeast shoreline. Meanwhile, Alan Budney, the disaffected son of a Maine lobsterman, is a man with big ambitions—to usurp and replace the states primary drug kingpin, a plan that will inevitably place him on a dangerous collision course with Gunthers investigation… “Mayors skills are equal to the vigor of his imagination, and we take his word for every twist, every turn, every thunderbolt.” —New Yorker About the AuthorArcher Mayor, in addition to being a novelist, is also a death investigator for Vermonts Chief Medical Examiner, a deputy for the Windham County Sheriffs Department, and has served twenty-five years experience as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. The winner of the NEIBA award for Best Fiction, he lives in Newfane, Vermont. Visit him on the Web at www.archermayor.com. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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