Hurricane Irene has devastated Vermont. Police forces there are working 24/7. Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are involved in a series of cases, seemingly unrelated. But are they unrelated?
First: In the wake of the storm of the century an exposed coffin was found at a seventeen year old graveside. The coffin was filled with rocks instead of a corpse. What happened to the body?
Next: Gordon Marshall, retired Senator, one of the founders and now resident of the very upscale senior facility, The Woods, fails to show up for breakfast with his usual cronies.. They gain entry to his apartment and find him dead. Is it from natural causes or could it be murder?
. Also: Bonnie Swift, RN at the Vermont State Hospital, responsible for the care of the mentally ill, is trying to avoid chaos. She is assisting her patients from the rapidly flooding basement.to a dryer floor,above. One of her favorites, a forty year resident of VSH with a perpetually fogged brain, known as "governor", is in a group just ahead. When the door locks malfunction, Carolyn Barber is separated from Bonnie. Carolyn, keeps running, and eventually blunders into the hospital's famed tunnels. Following them she finds herself outside.. What would the "governor" do now that she has finally found freedom?
Police Officer Joe Gunther, is "the every man" protagonist. He is true, solid, caring, thoughtful and a team player. He had me along with him immediately, rooting for him and his dedicated, loyal team to find the answers to these questions. A little romance with the Medical Examiner, Beverly, was an enjoyable add-on. The events took many twists and turns in an exciting chase to discover the secrets behind so many questions. Joe Gunther, our hero, persevered and won.
Archer Mayor is a master story teller. A cop and medical examiner during the appearance of Hurricane Irene in Vermont, Mayor had a front row seat witnessing the disaster. A powerful story that I thoroughly enjoyed with a finish that is sensational. A favorite new author for me to enjoy and investigate further.
Archer Mayor's New York Times bestselling Joe Gunther
series returns with a complex case involving two corpses,
one escaped mental patient, and a long-held secret that
binds them together
βThree can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.β βBen
Franklin
Joe Gunther and his teamβthe Vermont Bureau of
Investigation (VBI)βare usually called in on major cases
by local Vermont enforcement whenever they need expertise
and back-up. But after the state is devastated by
Hurricane Irene, the police from one end of the state are
taxed to their limits, leaving Joe Gunther involved in an
odd, seemingly unrelated series of cases. In the wake of
the hurricane, a seventeen year old gravesite is exposed,
revealing a coffin that had been filled with rocks instead
of the expected remains.
At the same time, an old, retired state politician turns
up dead at his high-end nursing home, in circumstances
that leave investigators unsure that he wasnβt murdered.
And a patient who calls herself The Governor has walked
away from a state mental facility during the post-
hurricane flood. It turns out that she was indeed once
βGovernor for a Day,β over forty years ago, but that she
might have also been falsely committed and drugged to keep
her from revealing something that she saw all those years
ago. Amidst the turmoil and the disaster relief, itβs up
to Joe Gunther and his team to learn what really happened
with the two corpsesβone missingβand what secret βThe
Governorβ might have still locked in her brain that links
them all.
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