The Dark Root, Archer Mayor
The Dark Root, Archer Mayor
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The Dark Root

Author: Archer Mayor

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2016

Synopsis

A brutal home invasion shocks Brattleboro’s small Asian community, but no one is talking. Undeterred, Joe Gunther digs deeper and discovers a cross-border smuggling route carrying drugs, contraband, and illegal aliens into and out of Canada. Operating below the radar for years, competition between underworld rivals is bringing it into the light with deadly consequences.International jurisdiction is a complicated matter, and in the pursuit of justice, Gunther will have to collaborate with the FBI, the Border Patrol, and the Mounties.

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 Jon

The sixth in the Joe Gunther series and my favorite so far. Mayor abandons the thriller aspect of some of the earlier books and focuses on what he does best, police procedural. The first half is fascinating and only bogs down once Joe joins a task force about two-thirds of the way in. Yes, it is ove......more

Quotes

“Mayor’s Brattleboro is a fascinating place that beckons readers to return.” Booklist

“Explosive action scenes being a specialty of the author’s, you can count on a tense showdown with guns blazing on all sides. But when the noise dies, Mr. Mayor leaves us with the sobering impression that no town is small enough to escape the global reach of sophisticated criminals who are really good at their work.” New York Times

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