Borderlines by Archer Mayor (First Edition)

Archer Mayor

ISBN 10: 0399135537 / ISBN 13: 9780399135538

Published by Putnam, New York, 1990

About this Item

Borderlines by Archer Mayor (First Edition) A tight copy fading on the front board and tanning to the front-end paper and flyleaf. A bright dust jacket with light wear to the edges. Not price-clipped. Jacket in clear protective cover. First printing with full number line 1- 10. The second book of the Joe Gunther Detective series. A Dilly Award-Winning Author.

Seller Inventory # HCX13392-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Borderlines by Archer Mayor (First Edition)
• Publisher: Putnam, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399135537
• ISBN 13: 9780399135538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Walter Harper(Jacket Design)
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: BOOK
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Synopsis

Temporarily assigned to the tiny hamlet of Gannett, Vermont, Lieutenant Joe Gunther investigates the fiery deaths of five members of the Order, a secretive back-to-nature cult that has been buying up the town's real estate

Reviews

In this sophisticated mystery, Lieutenant Joe Gunther, acting chief of the Brattleboro, Vt., police department, makes his second appearance; the first was in Mayor's superlative Open Season. Seeking a rest from his stressful job, Gunther procures a temporary assignment to Gannet, Vt., the site of his boyhood summer vacations. The tone of his tenure is set when a suspicious fire claims five lives. The dead are all members of the Natural Order, a mysterious back-to-nature cult that has created dissension in the economically depressed town by buying up much of its property. Gunther, who is nearly killed in the fire, becomes a member of the team investigating its cause. Then another corpse is found. The victim, stabbed to death, was searching for his daughter, a cult member. Gunther begins to question his professionalism once he realizes that the prime suspect in these killings is his best friend. The situation is further complicated by the refusal of the Order members to cooperate with the police and by the townspeople's growing distrust of Gunther. After another gory murder is committed, Gunther follows his instincts with near-fatal results. He learns that the Gannet of his boyhood happiness is gone--maybe forever. Mayor's polished sentences and adroit deductive reasoning add depth and style.
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