Joe Gunther is in Vermont s Northeast Kingdom investigating a minor embezzling case.
It s a pleasant distraction, and a chance to reconnect with old friends, but when a house fire reveals itself to be arson, compounded by murder, Gunther can t help but investigate.
Suddenly, he finds himself enmeshed in a web of animosity between put-upon townspeople, the state police, angry parents and members of a reclusive sect.
Murder follows murder, yet no one seems to be telling Gunther the whole truth not even his childhood friends and truth is what he desperately needs if he s to stop the killings.
Ampress Borderlines, paperback/archer mayor
