Open Season

Name: Open Season
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Archer Mayor
ISBN: 9781470860103

Author: Archer Mayor

Series: Joe Gunther Mysteries #1

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 11/14/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime

Synopsis

Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont, police force has a serious problem: in a community where a decade could pass without a single murder, the body count is suddenly mounting. Innocent citizens are being killed―and others set up―seemingly orchestrated by a mysterious ski-masked man.Signs suggest that a three-year-old murder trial might lie at the heart of things, but it’s a case that many in the department would prefer remained closed. A man of quiet integrity, Lt. Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion, wherever it leads.

About Archer Mayor

Archer Mayor is the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series of mystery novels featuring detective Joe Gunther. He is a past winner of the New England Book Award for his body of work, the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored. He also works as a death investigator, a sheriff’s deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Vermont.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

This is the novel that introduced Vermont detective Joe Gunther, the lead character in a series by Archer Mayor that has now reached twenty-nine books and counting. When we first meet Gunther, he's a detective on the Brattleboro, Vermont P.D. He has bigger things ahead of him, but for now he's assig......more

Quotes

“A fine first thriller.” Wall Street Journal

“Well crafted and engrossing.” New York Times

“It is our good fortune that Mr. Mayor’s skills are equal to the vigor of his imagination.” New Yorker

“Set in the dead of Vermont winter, this atmospheric procedural has some fascinating sections on forensic medicine. Its chilling climax in a snow storm is followed by a satisfying wrap-up.” Publishers Weekly