Marked Man

A Joe Gunther Novel (The Joe Gunther Mysteries, Book 32)

By: Archer Mayor

Narrated by: Tom Taylorson

The death of a local millionaire becomes suspicious when Joe Gunther learns that he was not who he claimed.

A year ago, local philanthropist and millionaire Nathan Lyon died a natural death in his sprawling mansion, a 150,000-square-foot converted mill, surrounded by his loving, attentive family. Or so it seemed at the time. Now Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team has discovered that almost nothing about that story was true. Nathan Lyon was actually Nick Bianchi from Providence, Rhode Island. His money came from Mafia-tainted sources. And his family now seems to be dying themselves, and their deaths are now revealed to be murders.

As Gunther’s team desperately works to uncover what is going on at the Mill, who is responsible, and what they are trying to accomplish, Joe himself travels to Rhode Island to look into the original source of the money. While the police are doing their jobs, private investigator Sally Kravitz teams up with reporter Rachel Reiling to expose the truth behind this tangled and expanding web of duplicity, greed, and obsession. Having betrayed many, it’s no surprise that Nathan Lyon was a marked man. But now Gunther has to figure out who, among the many, killed him, and stop them before their killing spree claims another.

©2021 Archer Mayor (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Gunther never fails

I can’t get enough of Joe and his team! This was yet another great book by Archer Mayor and narrated by Tom Taylorson, I don’t know what a Gunther novel without Taylorson would be like! It certainly wouldn’t be the same!! Nice that Joe and the Doctor are still together and Gail is gone!! Hopefully more Gunther books will come out soon, it drives me batty having to wait

The whole series 32 great mysteries

After buying the first book of this series, I found to my wonderment, that most of the rest of the series is free with the audible membership. Great character development, no two books alike, I felt like I dropped into Christmas. This gift could not have happened at a better time.

For me real life has become a mess of lies, fake news, greed and an apparent total lack of any kind of moral code or ethics even those who have taken a public pledge to be faithful to democracy. As the air we breath becomes more polluted by a virus we can't see, humans core of selfishness has grown faster than the bug. Citizens total lack of knowledge of even basic principles of civics and science seems unconscionable to me.

In the books only the “bad guys” are the liars, cheats, and I don't give a D--- about the rest of the country, I hope our society can be better than this.

I just hope in real life this doesn't just happen in Vermont.

get some graph paper out

you'll need to plot the genealogy to follow this one! Start from the first person that is not on the normal team.

Really good , twisty mystery!

I hate when the Joe Gunther stories end! I like them so much. The stories are great and I’m in love with all the regular characters. Archer Mayor is an amazing author. He keeps his characters very real and believable. And always Tim Taylorson is the best reader! Thank you again , gentlemen!

Excellent

A fantastic trip back to Vermont! Never get enough of Joe and the gang.

I want to cry!

I have read and absolutely loved every one of these books! They are intriguing, straightforward, and easy to listen to. Good police procedurals with a great cast of characters. Willy is almost human. Joe is Joe. And everyone else is still inquisitive and intelligent. The two young girls, Sally and Rachel, are almost too clever for their own good but definite assets to the story and the outcome.

As usual, the "bad" guys are not necessarily the baddies, and some of the "good" guys are...well you have to read it. It is a Family Tree that has more gnarls and offshoots than you can imagine, finally Lester collects samples to create a true bloodline - who is really related to whom?

If Archer Mayor ever decides to write another book in the series, I will be his first reader.

I did not see that coming…

Again, the VBI and a Rhoadie (Rhode Island cop) had them cold (with a little help from an almost step daughter and daughter of a C. I….) Mr. Mayor spins a fine tale that is always entertaining. One more book to go before I will be jonesing for another. I might have to find Snow Blind (2012) and Crosscut (2019) to fill the gap. Audible, can you get those on your service? I would love to hear them.
Tom Taylorson is one my top 3 narrators.

I love the whole series -

Joe Gunther and his team have developed into real solid characters and the story line is super interesting

One of the better books in the series, but...

This story has way too many confusing characters. I enjoyed the storyline, but literally had to put pen to paper and write down all the players and how they related to each other. Narration was great, as usual.

An awesome story

The latest and long awaited for novel in the Joe Gunther series,and definitely worth the wait. As always, the story was riveting. And Tom Taylorson gave another excellent performance.
A definite must read.