Red Herring

A Joe Gunther Novel

Archer Mayor

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VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are called in to investigate a series of violent deaths that appear unrelated until telltale clues reveal a linkage between them and that all of the deaths are, in fact, murders. However, apart from a single drop of unexplained blood left at each crime scene, there are no obvious connections between the victims or the cases. The police are faced with more questions than answers including what do the mysterious deposits of blood mean, coming as they do from three additional unknown people. In their search for the elusive truth, the VBI must plumb the depths of every suspect’s past, every victim’s most intimate details, and examine each piece of evidence down to the smallest detail—an examination which includes a trip to the Brookhaven National Lab on Long Island and an exploration of cutting edge forensic technology.

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CHAPTER ONE
Doreen Ferenc slipped her nightgown over her head and let it fall the length of her body and gently settle onto her shoulders. This was the reward of every day, this threshold moment, when, as though dropping a heavy burden, she exchanged her regular clothing, complete with belts, buttons, zippers, and elastic, for the sensual, almost weightless comfort of a simple shift of light cotton.
Not that the day had been more onerous than usual. Her mom had been in good spirits, minimally judgmental of the nursing-home staff.

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ARCHER MAYOR is a death investigator, a sheriff’s deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in addition to being a novelist. He lives in Newfane, Vermont.

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Red Herring
A Joe Gunther Novel
Archer Mayor

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
August 2011
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ISBN: 9780312609290
ISBN10: 0312609299
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 304 pages
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September 2010
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ISBN: 9780312381936
ISBN10: 031238193X
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