Archer Mayor

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

A Joe Gunther Novel

Detective Willy Kunkle is pulled back to New York City to the dead body of his ex-wife, Mary and he is the only person a disinteredsted NYPD can find to vouch for her remains.

The Sniper's Wife

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

"The call to Detective Willy Kunkle came from the NYPD. Willy's ex-wife, Mary, had been found dead in her New York apartment and he was asked to provide the next-of-kin ID. Although he hadn't been in touch with Mary since their divorce, Willy knew he was the only one left to vouch for her remains." "Now, years after fleeing the city, Willy returns laden with misgivings that are deepened all the more by seeing Mary's pathetic corpse on a gurney. With a fresh puncture mark in her arm and heroin still in the syringe, the police think she overdosed. But while the evidence is compelling, Willy's instincts tell him something is missing." "Driven by his loss, his doubts, and a blossoming guilt, Willy defies the authorities in an increasingly dangerous search for answers along New York's mean streets. Pulled deeper and deeper into a past before Vermont, before the drunken abuse he inflicted on Mary, before his abandonment of his family and friends, Willy encounters his ghosts from Vietnam where he was known as "the sniper," a lethal loner who struck without mercy." "From gutted slums to the town houses of Brooklyn Heights, Willy Kunkle will plummet through the dark shadows of his past, confront his demons... and live up to his menacing nickname."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Willy Kunkle, a deputy cop, gets his own book in the largelyunder-the-radar series ofthoughtful mysteries featuring Vermont police chief Joe Gunther. Called toNew York to claim the body of his ex-wife, the apparent victim of a drugoverdose, Willy is forced to confront his troubled past while seeking evidenceto support his hunch that the Manhattan cops are overlooking what is actually ahomicide. Meanwhile, Gunther and another deputy, Willy's lover, run interferencewith the NYPD, where the cops aren't sure whether they ought to be helpingKunkle find a killer or arresting him before he becomes one. A thoughtful,powerful, psychologically acute novel that deserves to break Archer Mayor outthe midlist, The Sniper's Wife draws the reader inside the mind of aprotagonist who justly deserves the focused attention Mayor pays him.--Jane Adams

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