Synopses & Reviews
“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
Review
“Superior…will leave fans feeling fully satisfied.”—Publishers Weekly
“Mayors skills are equal to the vigor of his imagination, and we take his word for every twist, every turn, every thunderbolt.”—New Yorker
“Elegant, even lyrical prose...a new Joe Gunther is always good news.”—Booklist
“Suspenseful...Mayors New England eye mercilessly details what he sees without the ‘calendar nostalgia that usually clings to such villages and backwaters...The clever plot expands like a dark whirlpool and reveals the underbelly of Vermont and Maine.”—Providence Journal-Bulletin
“As with all Mayors novels, the plot remains fresh and timely. Through his in-depth knowledge of police work, forensics and the medical field, combined with his ability to evoke the Vermont landscape, Mayor deftly brings the reader deep inside the story, taking us along the trail of meticulous detective work needed to bring out the truth.”—Brattleboro Reformer
Synopsis
Joe Gunther, a Vermont cop for most of his adult life and now the head of the VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) gets the call that every law enforcement person hates and every friend and family member of a policeman fears -- a cop has been shot and killed. A deputy sheriff was 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 were a couple of Boston-based drug runners who had been stopped by the deputy on their way from Canada down to Boston. 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.
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 killersand track them down up and down the northeast shoreline. Meanwhile, Alan Budney, the disaffected son of a Maine lobsterman, is a man with big ambitionsto 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
Synopsis
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.
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…
About the Author
Archer 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.