On March 9, I started my count-up to 100 books by featuring one book a day on social media until June 16, when I will release Sanctuary in the Stream, the ninth book in the Parks Pat Mysteries series—book number 100 in my catalog! I hope you will follow my journey on your favourite social network
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I have just started this one today, so I can’t tell you a whole lot about it yet. Archer Mayor’s Fall Guy is a well-written police procedural suspense mystery novel that is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. The story takes place in the small town of Brattleboro, Vermont, and follows the multi-jurisdictional case of a large-scale heist. Mayor does an excellent job of providing realistic detail in how the case is handled, from the leads and clues being chased down by investigators to the intimate relationships between members of a small police department.
The characters are well-rounded and feel like real people who are not just cookie cutters or well-worn tropes. They are like family to each other and provide a “cozy” vibe in contrast to the suspenseful plot line. Mayor also does an excellent job of incorporating Vermont’s history and scenery into the novel. Definitely a series that I would read more of.
I hope you all drink coffee and that you got a good night’s sleep twenty-four hours ago, ’cause it ain’t gonna happen tonight.
Archer Mayor, Fall Guy
Summary
In Archer Mayor’s Fall Guy, a body found in the trunk of a stolen car leads Joe Gunther and his team to crucial evidence in an infamous unsolved case from years past.
A high-end stolen car is discovered in Vermont. A car filled with stolen items from a far-flung two state burglary spree. But it’s what is in the trunk that brings Joe Gunther and his team from the Vermont Bureau of Investigation. In the trunk is the body of burglar in question – one Don Kalfus. Complicating matters, while the body was found in Vermont, it appears he was probably killed in the next state over, New Hampshire.
The task force charged with finding out why Kalfus is murdered soon faces another problem. Within the pile of stolen cell phones found in the car is evidence of a notorious unsolved child abduction case from years earlier.
Now the seemingly simple case has become more complicated and deadly, leading Gunther’s team to be pulled from the New Hampshire coast to near the Canadian border as they attempt to find and capture the psychopath responsible for a tangled, historical web of misery, betrayal, and loss.
