Bury the Lead

A Joe Gunther Mystery

By: Archer Mayor

Narrated by: Tom Taylorson

Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case - both potentially related to an outbreak of Ebola.

When the body of a young woman is found near a trail at a popular ski mountain, the case falls to Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI). They quickly have a suspect, Mick Durocher, and a confession, but not everyone on the team is convinced. Despite Mick’s ready admission, investigators quickly sense there might be more going on than is immediately apparent.

At the same time, a large local business is being targeted with escalating acts of vandalism - a warehouse fire, a vandalized truck, a massive cooling system destroyed - resulting in loss of life. And either by coincidence or not, Mick Durocher, the self-confessed murderer, was once employed by this very company.

These two puzzling cases - now possibly connected - are further complicated by the sidelining of a key member of VBI, Willy Kunkle, who undergoes surgery at a hospital that appears to be having an unlikely - and suspiciously timed - outbreak of Ebola.

Joe and his team pursue these cases, uncovering motives that might link them, while proving that trust betrayed can be a toxic virus, turning love into murderous loathing. Indeed, behind the mayhem and murder, Joe must uncover a tragic history before another victim dies.

©2018 Archer Mayor (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing

Ever Expanding Cast…

I like how the cast is constantly evolving yet stays the same. Willie is still my favorite.

Two characters

Many thanks to Archer and Tom for their really great performances! Looking forward to more adventures!

Tom

I love Tom and of course the series!!!You always make me want more. Thank you for your writings.

Very Good, enjoyed listening. Good, good, good!!!!

Loved the book, great story, loved the narrator!! Enjoyed listening. Good, good, good, good, good, good!!!

Silly word pronunciation choices

Bury the “Lead” — for the narrator’s pronunciation, should have been spelled “Lede”. This title’s spelling means it should have been pronounced Lead, as in a bullet. And annoying (because I live in Vermont) that no research was done on how to pronounce “Bromley” mountain. They said Brome-ly, it’s Bromm-ly. Dumb