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Reviewed by Kevin
Tipple
The thirtieth novel
in a very good series by Archer Mayor, Bomber’s Moon: A Joe Gunther Novel, opens
in the winter time in Vermont. There is a man who is very good at his job.
Unfortunately for some folks, Alex Hale’s being good at his job means their
stuff gets stolen. For a certain someone, that theft will cause the potential
of a secret going back decades to be exposed and that can’t be allowed.
Joe Gunther and his
team in the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, the VBI, are about to have their
own case in Bellow Falls. The murder case of Lyall Johnson seems pretty
straight forward on the face of it: a guy named Brandon Leggatt knifed him over
drugs and fled the scene. A fight between low life criminals who have very
long rap sheets going back many years covering a wide ranging list of petty
crimes indicates that things led to the always inevitable conclusion. Joe Gunther
has been doing this job for a lot of years and he is sure from the start that something
more is at work.
At the same time,
Sally Kravitz, private investigator, is hired for an infiltration and
surveillance job. Something is rotten at Thorndike Academy. What exactly is
wrong is vague and nothing more than a nagging suspicion that her employer has
at this point. One of those deals when you know something is off, but you just
can’t quite put your finger on it. He wants confirmation. She soon needs some
help and enlists Rachel Railing, a reporter, who is moving into the
investigation side of things.
The above explanation
not only greatly simplifies the various situations, it also barely scratches
the surface of this latest very complicated novel in the series. Things escalate
quickly on all these fronts and more in this highly entertaining mystery. Long
time readers very familiar with these characters and their evolving situations
will find much to like in this latest installment. All the usual suspects are
back and the only real question is how well they play together with their often
differing and clashing agendas.
Bomber’s Moon: A Joe
Gunther Novel is another mighty good read in a series full of them. Sure you
could start here and it would work, but what is the fun in that? Go to the
beginning and start with Open Season.
Bomber’s Moon: A Joe Gunther Novel
Archer Mayor
Minotaur Books (St. Martin’s Publishing Group)
September 2019
ISBN# 978-1-250-11330-6
Hardback (also available in audio and digital formats)
324 Pages (311 pages actual story)
Material came from
the Mountain Creek Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2019
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