{"product_id":"borderlines-paperback","title":"Borderlines - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArcher Mayor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLt. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArcher Mayor is the author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series featuring detective Joe Gunther, which the \u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e describes as \"the best police procedurals being written in America.\" He is a past winner of the New England Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction--the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored. In 2011, Mayor's 22nd Joe Gunther novel, TAG MAN, earned a place on \u003ci\u003e The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for hardback fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Before turning his hand to fiction, Mayor wrote history books, the most notable of which, \u003ci\u003e Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan, \u003c\/i\u003e concerned the lumber and oil business in Louisiana from the 1870s to the 1970s. This book was published in 1988 and very well received; it was republished as a trade paperback in 2009. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Archer Mayor is a death investigator for Vermont's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a detective for the Windham County Sheriff's Office, the publisher of his own backlist, a travel writer for AAA, and he travels the Northeast giving speeches and conducting workshops. He has 25 years of experience as a volunteer firefighter\/EMT. Mayor was brought up in the US, Canada and France and had been employed as a scholarly editor, a researcher for TIME-LIFE Books, a political advance-man, a theater photographer, a newspaper writer\/editor, a lab technician for \u003ci\u003e Paris-Match Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e in Paris, France, and a medical illustrator. In addition to writing novels and occasional articles, Mayor gives talks and workshops all around the country, including the Bread Loaf Young Writers conference in Middlebury, Vermont, and the Colby College seminar on forensic sciences in Waterville, Maine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mayor's critically-acclaimed series of police novels feature Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont, police department. The books, which have been appearing about once a year since 1988, have been published in five languages (if you count British), and routinely gather high praise from such sources as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and others, often appearing on their \"ten best\" yearly lists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Whereas many writers base their books only on interviews and scholarly research, Mayor's novels are based on actual experience in the field. The result adds a depth, detail and veracity to his characters and their tribulations that has led \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to call him \"the boss man on procedures\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693809930303,"sku":"9780979812217","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ac31ed478da64fb6e2c2daae58dcdf93.webp?v=1765000044","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/borderlines-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}