The Company She Kept, Archer Mayor
The Company She Kept, Archer Mayor
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The Company She Kept
A Joe Gunther Novel

Author: Archer Mayor

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2015


Synopsis

During the height of a particularly brutal Vermont winter, a woman’s body is found one morning 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. That alone is enough to bring in Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team. But when the victim is identified not only as a state senator but as an intimate friend of the governor’s, it unleashes a publicity maelstrom that makes a difficult investigation even more challenging. While the anti-lesbian message is an obvious feint meant to mislead investigators, it does reveal that the governor is gay, and forces her to publicly acknowledge that fact.In the meantime, while the publicity rages on to even greater heights, the police begin to focus intensely on the dead senator’s life. One thing they uncover is that she had a fondness for recreational marijuana. In Vermont, however, neither lesbianism nor marijuana use justify murder. It’s up to Gunther and his team to find out not just who, but why?

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

A pair of tourists gets a horrific surprise when they get out of their car to photograph a scenic Vermont mountainside and find a woman's body hanging from one of the mountain cliffs. The woman has been brutally murdered; her clothes have been ripped open, and the word "dyke"has been carved into her......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

Good entry in the Joe Gunther series that is only marred by the fact that the solution is resolved too easily at the end and had little or nothing to do with the rest of the book. Still it is nice getting to visit Vermont and getting to know Joe and his team. Recommended to fans of Joe Gunther.......more

Goodreads review by Larry

A series with 26 books (so far) is bound to have its ups and downs, but Mayor has a very small amount of wobble in his writing. This book works as a police procedural (the investigation of the murder of a prominent Vermont senator with a lot of sharp edges who is very close to Joe's former lover, th......more

Goodreads review by sonya

Nice plot twist at the end. Kept me guessing......more


Quotes

“After the governor’s best friend in murdered in a brutal attack that appears to be a hate crime, Joe Gunther must investigate before a whirlwind of publicity blurs the case.” Entertainment Weekly

“Joe Gunther shows no sign of slowing down in Mayor’s accomplished twenty-sixth novel featuring the field force commander of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation…Mayor does a good job dramatizing the political and cultural conflicts, but it’s the special push-the-envelope talents of Gunther and his team that make this series so enjoyable.” Publishers Weekly

“Another fine entry in a series that has been engaging crime devotees for more than a quarter century.” Booklist

“Archer Mayor’s Vermont police procedurals are the best thing going.” New York Times Book Review, praise for the series


Awards

  • Entertainment Weekly “Must Read”