Bibliograph

The orphan's guilt, a Joe Gunther novel, Archer Mayor

Type

Label

The orphan's guilt, a Joe Gunther novel, Archer Mayor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The orphan's guilt

Oclc number

1196374066

Responsibility statement

Archer Mayor

Series statement

Joe Gunther series, 31

Sub title

a Joe Gunther novel

Summary

"In Archer Mayor's intriguing new Vermont-based mystery, The Orphan's Guilt, a straightforward traffic stop snowballs into a homicide investigation after Joe Gunther and his fellow investigators peel back layer upon layer of history and personal heartbreak to learn a decades-old hidden truth. John Rust is arrested for drunk driving by a Vermont state trooper. Looking to find mitigating circumstances, John's lawyer hires private eye Sally Kravitz to look into the recent death of John's younger brother, purportedly from a childhood brain injury years earlier. But what was the nature of that injury, and might its mechanism point more to murder than to natural causes? That debate brings in Joe Gunther and his team. Gunther's efforts quickly uncover an ancient tale of avarice, betrayal, and vengeance that swirled around the Rust boys growing up. Their parents and the people they consorted with-forgotten, relentless, but now jolted to action by this simple set of circumstances-emerge with a destructive passion. All while the presumably innocent John Rust mysteriously vanishes with no explanation"--, Provided by publisher

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