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The Marble Mask: A Joe Gunther Novel (Joe Gunther Mysteries, Book 11) Audio CD – 6 March 2018

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In this suspenseful novel by New York Times bestselling author Archer Mayor, Joe Gunther and his team must cross boundaries to solve a decades-old murder.

Bureau of Investigation (VBI), a joint task force charged with statewide responsibility for major crimes. In The Marble Mask, the VBI's first case takes the force north to Stowe, where a fifty-year-old corpse has turned up in a crevasse on Mt. Mansfield.

Some of the more interesting minor characters in author Archer Mayor's long-running series about the amiable elder sleuth make return appearances here as Joe's teammates -- like one-armed Willy, a former wife-beater who's now playing footsie with Sammie Martens, one of Joe's favorite colleagues. When the frozen stiff turns out to be a (formerly) big-time Canadian crime boss named Jean Deschamps, who disappeared after World War II, Joe and his gang cross the border to work with the Mounties, the Sureté, and the local cops in Sherbrooke, where Deschamps' son Marcel is involved in a turf war with the Hell's Angels and a rival gang of thugs. Old secrets and intrigues come to light while an intricate plan to frame a dying man for a half-century-old crime forms an interesting puzzle that's not fully revealed until the very end.

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Publisher : Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged AUDIO edition (6 March 2018)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 150474053X
ISBN-13 : 978-1504740531

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''Thoroughly entertaining…Imaginatively conceived and executed with the polish Mayor has honed over the life of the series.'' --Publishers Weekly

''Mayor excels at painting a picture of a time and place that's as authentic as maple syrup, and in Joe he's created a Cooperesque character who's almost as enigmatic as the mist-shrouded mountains of his beloved state.'' --Amazon.com, editorial review

''The broader turf serves only to energize what was already an outstanding series.'' --Booklist

''Warmhearted, streetwise Joe, the quintessential good cop, continues to be the strength of this estimable series.'' --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Archer Mayor is the author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series of mystery novels featuring detective Joe Gunther, of which Tag Man was a New York Times bestseller. 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. He lives in Newfane, Vermont.

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E D Floyd

Archer Mayor wins again!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2015

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I like the author and main character. the Vermont setting feels authentic. The supporting characters ring true. The author clearly has immense life experience as evidenced by the story as it unfolds. Organizational aspects very well drawn. Different and distinctive series. Unusual plot in a number of aspects. One door opens to two doors and so on. Strangely; the title is rather loosely connected to the plot and is only revealed at the end.

finney16

Another good book in Gunther series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2014

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I have now read all the previous books and they get better with each book and I am now very fond of the characters in the books well recommended

linda

good crime book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2013

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good book,no boring bits,keeps you wanting to read more, a very good series by archer mayor, he keeps the same characters and in each book you learn a bit more of there personal lives

claire

very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2013

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I have enjoyed all the Joe Gunther books.I had never heard of this series, but enjoyed the book so much that I will be looking for others in the series.

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Joe Gunther in Stowe Vemont and Sherbrooke Quebec

Reviewed in the United States on 3 November 2014

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The author, Archer Mayor, has moved the central character, Joe Gunther, out of the Brattleboro Vermont police department to the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI). The VBI (does not exist in reality) was formed through recent legislation as a result of political shenanigans, described in the prior book. The VBI is new, poorly staffed, not understood by residents in Vermont and held in overt or covert contempt by many in law enforcement. Gunther has been able to bring only Sammy and Willy with him from Brattleboro. Gunther's girl friend, Gail, now a lobbyist, spends a fair amount of time in Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, but not much time with Gunther. The author takes pains trying to describe the growing pains of the VBI. The detail was somewhat frustrating to work through. I found myself wondering if the author was writing the book as he was trying to figure out how best to incorporate this new agency into the storyline.

The story focuses on what may have been a murder more than 50 years ago. The law enforcement drama takes the reader to Sherbrooke, Quebec (located a good distance east of Montreal - you will read a lot of its development), and Stowe Vermont (east of Burlington and north of Montpelier). In Canada, we find Sherbrooke with rival gangs very much prone to violence, a possibly corrupt police department, and the role Canada played in World War II. In Stowe, we need to work through (needs some patience), historical events taking place in 1946 and 1947.

There are many law enforcement characters we are not used to, both from Vermont and Quebec. In addition, the list of possible bad guys is long, mostly from Canada. It was easy to get lost with all of these new characters.

There was lots of action towards the end. However, if you are like me, I could not sort out one character from another and what the point of all the complexity was. I was also disappointed with Gunther's naivete - how many times is he going to put himself voluntarily in harm's way?

I have read the prior ten Joe Gunther books and this one ranks towards the bottom. However, I have found it helpful to read these in order. I will keep reading the Joe Gunther series. I am hopeful for a less tedious and more coherent book #12.

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