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Joe Gunther Series

Fall Guy by Archer Mayor: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 9, 2022

CHAPTER ONE Joe Gunther crested the hill overlooking a small cluster of flashing, multihued vehicles below. They made him think of a swarm of fireflies, settled untidily by the side of the road, but in fact were a group of cruisers and unmarked cars much like his own. They appeared randomly scattered, as if abruptly…

The Underwater Underside of Vermont

By Archer Mayor

October 18, 2021

From the start, I wanted to make “place” as much a participant in my now 32-volume Joe Gunther series as the humans driving the plots. The books are set in Vermont, so the famously touted beauty and natural drama of that state supplied an easy starting point. But in addition, I wanted to ferret out…

Marked Man by Archer Mayor: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 23, 2021

CHAPTER 1  Warren Kitzmiller looked around the large, almost empty morgue, tugging at the sleeve of his starched white lab coat and painfully aware he should be presenting a more detached demeanor. He was standing alone beside a flayed, cold, gray corpse, spread out in a grotesque parody of a post-Thanksgiving feast. It was supine…

“We Love Dogs” by Archer Mayor, author of The Orphan’s Guilt

By Crime HQ

September 28, 2020

Tom Hanks made a charming (and drooly) movie with a dog. Stephen King wrote a big book (followed by a movie) about a dog (if maybe a slightly less endearing one). One of the funniest, most gruesome scenes in A Fish Called Wanda featured dogs. Small ones and one LARGE one. And Lassie. Rin Tin Tin. I…

The Orphan’s Guilt by Archer Mayor: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

September 9, 2020

CHAPTER FOUR Searching the Weeds “Brattleboro Reformer. Rachel Reiling speaking.” “Hi, Rachel. It’s Anne Proctor, from Proctor and Harris? Remember me?” “Sure.” Rachel pulled up her contacts on the screen and rediscovered that Proctor and Harris was a funeral home in Westminster, and thus the source of some biographical tidbits in the past—not that she’d…

Book Series Binge: Q&A with Archer Mayor on the Joe Gunther Series

By Crime HQ

May 19, 2020

Describe the first time you pictured Joe Gunther in your head. Joe came to me first as a voice, more than as a physical type. What I wanted was a go-to spiritual model that every other character (and the readers) could consult in moments of confusion and stress. At various times, I have played the…

Vermont Mystery Authors Archer Mayor and Sarah Stewart Taylor In Conversation 

By Crime HQ

April 21, 2020

Meet Archer Mayor: New York Times-bestselling Vermont crime writer Archer Mayor has written thirty-one books in his Joe Gunther series, about a Vermont police detective who solves crimes in all corners of his native state. He is a past winner of the New England Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction and the latest book…

Mystery Book Clubs: Hands-on, Gloves Off

By Margot Mayor

September 27, 2019

Margot Mayor is New York Times bestselling author Archer Mayor‘s partner-in-crime and the Director of Marketing, New Projects and Publicity at archermayor.com. Join her for a discussion about how she tapped into a mystery book club and set up a think tank to get useful feedback regarding the trajectory of the Joe Gunther novels. Bonus: Comment on…

Living/Writing in a World of Crime, an essay by Archer Mayor

By Crime HQ

August 13, 2019

Join Archer Mayor, New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Gunther police procedural series, as he shares how writing has provided a healthy outlet to explore his experiences as an emergency responder. And sign-in/comment on the post below for a chance to win one of three advance reader copies of Bomber’s Moon, Book #30…

“Crosscut”: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

July 23, 2019

“Crosscut” is the very first short story from Archer Mayor’s much-loved Joe Gunther series. Going into the previously unexplored history of VBI Detective Sammie Martens, Archer Mayor reveals the story of how Sammie first met Joe Gunther and Willie Kunkel. Sammie Martens, raised by a single mother in a chaotic household, returns home after leaving…

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