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.

Caterer Faith Fairchild has a bad feeling about her father-in-law's decision to celebrate his seventieth birthday with a family reunion ski week at the Pine Slopes resort in Vermont — the Fairchilds' favorite getaway since Faith's husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, was a toddler. At first her unease seems unfounded — until Faith comes across a corpse on one of the cross-country trails, the apparent victim of a heart attack.

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Joe Gunther, newly appointed head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, becomes caught up in a blizzard of intrigue when he sets out to discover the truth about the death of wartime tycoon Jean Deschamps whose mummified corpse is found after fifty years frozen into a block of ice on Mt. Mansfield.

Returning to her home town in Vermont to care for her Alzheimer's patient mother, nurse Kate finds herself drawn into the murder investigation of a young girl, a case that reminds her of the death of a childhood friend years earlier.

"A seventeen-year-old grave site is exposed by the hurricane, revealing that the coffin had been filled with rocks instead of remains. At the same time, a retired state politician turns up dead at a high-end nursing home, in circumstances that leave investigators unsure that his death was due to natural causes. And a patient who calls herself "The Governor" has walked away from a state mental facility during the chaos of the post-hurricane flood."--inside...

When a deputy sheriff is shot during a traffic stop, Joe Gunther, head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, is called in. His inquiries lead to Alan Budney, a lobsterman-turned-drug kinpin, who uses the closed fishing community to move drugs along the New England Coast. Gunther finds himself facing ruthless men in the most dangerous game he's ever had to play.

"Across Brattleboro, Vermont, rich people (some with dark secrets) are waking up in their high security, alarm-equipped homes to find a Post-it note stuck to their bedside tables reading, "You're it." There is little sign of disturbance anywhere, nothing stolen (that anyone admits,) and only a bit of expensive food eaten as a signature. The Press loves the story and dubs the burglar the Tag Man. But who is he? And what's he actually doing? In fact,...

"The murder of a small-time drug dealer snowballs into the most complex case ever faced by Joe Gunther and his VBI team. It is said a bright and clear bomber's moon is the best asset to finding one's target. But beware what you wish for: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Two young women form the heart of this tale. One, an investigative reporter, the other a private investigator. Uneasy allies from completely...

"When a wintertime car accident leaves his mother and brother seriously injured, Joe Gunther takes a leave of absence to attend to them and investigate the cause of the crash"--Provided by publisher.

"Introduces a retired MP and her bomb-sniffing dog, who become embroiled in an investigation involving an abandoned baby, a missing mother and a cold-case murder"--