by Archer Mayor
Part of Joe Gunther, book 3
First published 2013
A young stockbroker turns up dead in a shallow grave, and suspicion immediately targets a betrayed police officer. Lt. Joe Gunther takes the case but discovers the investigation's strange details don't add up. The killer strikes again before Gunther can close in. Someone appears to be feeding information to the murderer, keeping them several moves ahead of the police. August heat bears down on the town as local officials pressure Gunther for answers. The detective must navigate both the complex forensic evidence and the possibility that someone within his own department is working against him. Gunther races to solve the case before the killer can eliminate more victims, but every lead seems to arrive too late. The investigation becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse where the rules keep changing.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
360 pages · Kindle Edition · MarchMedia LLC