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Indlæser... Open Seasonaf Archer Mayor
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstrÃ¥de pÃ¥ Snak om denne bog. (1988) First in a long series that introduces Joe Gunther, a lieutenant in the Brattleboro VT police department. A strange killing where one former juror in a murder case kills another juror in a suspected breakin of her house. This leads to a series of murders and assaults all related to the victim of the original murder. Someone is serving time for the original murder, but all of this is leading Joe to believe that the wrong man was convicted and there is vengeance being wrought. It turns out that that is the case as the father of the victim ( a former Army special ops) is on a vendetta to find the real killer. Joe seems to have met his match as the father is always one step ahead of him right to the end when the father and Joe confront the cause of the murder but Joe finally gets the father in the end in a standoff. Pretty good, and I will continue to read the series.Goodreads: Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont police force has a serious problem: in a community where a decade could pass without a single murder, the body count is suddenly mounting. Innocent citizens are being killed¥and others set-upÂ¥seemingly orchestrated by a mysterious ski-masked man. Signs suggest that a three year-old murder trial might lie at the heart of things, but it's a case that many in the department would prefer remained closed. A man of quiet integrity, Lt. Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion, wherever it leads.Open Season is the first of Archer Mayor's twenty-three Joe Gunther novels, a series of gripping police procedurals set in New England, where small-town charm, stoicism and civility sometimes conceal brutal truths. This author is another find for me this year. Open Season scores on all major points - the protagonist is interesting and likeable, the plot is gripping, and the descriptions of the winter-time Vermont are vivid. What I did not like were the few vital questions that are left unanswered, and the villain's omniscience which is inexplicable. However, I had a good time with Mayor's storytelling and hope that the future books in this long series have the said issues taken care of, as I am planning to read more of this series. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont, police force has a serious problem: in a community where a decade could pass without a single murder, the body count is suddenly mounting. Innocent citizens are being killed - and others set up - seemingly orchestrated by a mysterious ski-masked man. Signs suggest that a three-year-old murder trial might lie at the heart of things, but it's a case that many in the department would prefer remained closed. A man of quiet integrity, Lt. Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion, wherever it leads. No library descriptions found. |
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