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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780446618144
ISBN number: 0446618144
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: October 01, 2007
Publishing house: Grand Central Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 72418
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Intriguing plots, complex characters, and a landscape come to life are mainstays of Archer Mayor's New England thrillers. With a gift for vivid writing, he has made 'an honorable art form of the regional mystery,' according to the New York Times Book Review. Now in a suspenseful new novel, Mayor's popular sleuth Joe Gunther faces one of the most baffling cases of his career.
A legend among Vermont cops, Joe Gunther has solved more local whodunits than a whole squad of detectives. But his latest case takes him and his team off their Brattleboro home turf, forty-two miles west, to chip-on-its-shoulder, blue-collar Bennington.
On the edge of town, Gunther encounters the lifeless body of Michelle Fisher. Her corpse, pale and seemingly at peace, offers him no clues about who she was or how she died. There are no signs of violence, no disorder. Snapshots and postcards show a woman who laughed hard and lived harder. Yet diaries reveal a rootless life marred by depression and drink. Suicide seems a reasonable conclusion, but Gunther suspects foul play. The house is for sale, after all, and Michelle was its only tenant-one who resisted all efforts to have her evicted. The unsavory landlord is a prime suspect, but is safely equipped with an impressively air-tight alibi.
Now to uncover the truth about the fate of this discarded, all but forgotten woman, Gunther must follow a confusing trail of half leads and mounting crimes. He draws near to a violent and careless trio of criminals, whose leader is hell-bent on making the career move of a lifetime-and willing to step on anyone who might get in his way.
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Mr. Mayor has done very well here. He gives the reader a good solid mystery with very believable characters. It revolves around a human story in which most everyone can identify. Moreover, he basically gives us two stories between the covers. All this is done without useless page-filling fluff. He also does well in giving us a mystery that touches upon, but is not filled, with blood, guts, & gore. Oh, read the short explanation of a second mouse on one of the very first pages. You'll find the title fits the novel perfectly.
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Archer Mayor's observations about human nature and the inner life of his characters are remarkably fresh and sharp, and more than a cut above the writing for this genre. Highly recommended !
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Second Mouse is a good solid mystery and an enjoyable read. It doesn't have dark hard boiled violence, but has enough danger to create suspense. The characters are well drawn, the story is excellent, and the writing is crisp.
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This is a standard offering by the author and further shows the outgrowth of a statewide police force in a small town state.
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