When, in the course of a week, a young heroin addict is gunned down while trying to rob a convenience store, a narcotics dealer is found hanging from a bridge, and the granddaughter of a political bigwig dies of an overdose, Vermont detective Joe Gunther vows to stop the flow of drugs into his beloved state.
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“Dour Special Agent Joe Gunther chases a passel of wannabe drug lords as entertainingly as ever…Quiet, unassuming, yet charismatic, the ever-readable Sage of Brattleboro shines in his lucky fourteen…[A] page-turner.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“As usual, Mayor’s Vermont is not the leaf-peeping paradise the tourists pay to visit. Gatekeeper is infused with a fatalism that gives weight to an agreeably entertaining mystery.”
— Washington Post“A wrenching, no-easy-answers look at current narcotics tactics, set off by intriguing characters.”
— Booklist (starred review)“With his skill at evoking place and character, Mayor is always fun to read.”
— Publishers WeeklyBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Archer Mayor is the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series of mystery novels featuring detective Joe Gunther. He is a past winner of the New England Book Award for his body of work, the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored. He also works as a death investigator, a sheriff’s deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Vermont.
Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.