Tropical storm Irene is bearing down on Vermont as Three
Can Keep a Secret: A Joe Gunter Novel opens. For Joe Gunther and his
team from the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) the storm means all hands
on deck for anything and everything and that include them. It is only after the
storm is over and the residents begin to recover that the teams’ investigative
skills are put to work.
In one case a very long term patient known as “The
Governor” who was housed at a mental health facility has apparently walked away
from the place. In another a retired political bigwig who had ties “The
Governor” has suddenly died. Not entirely unexpectedly as he had health issues,
but the timing is a little strange. And then there is the uncovered coffin at a
graveyard. A coffin that, while it does not contain a body, is completely filled
with rocks.
As the residents struggle to recover despite the chaos
and destruction caused by widespread damaging floods, Joe Gunther and his team move
from lifesaving to investigating the various situations. Cases with no easy
answers and in at least one case more deaths to come.
The latest in this long running series is another
solidly good one. While billed as a “Joe Gunther Novel” as has been the
case in recent books the read is just as much about the team as Joe Gunther. While
some relationships between various long running characters are evolving, no new
real ground is unearthed here in the 24rth book of the series. The primary
focus, once one gets past the storm, is the various mysteries at work here in
the complicated and very good book.
Three
Can Keep A Secret: A Joe Gunther Novel
Archer
Mayor
Minotaur
Books
October
2013
ISBN#
978-1-250-02613-2
Hardback
336
Pages
$25.99
My supreme thanks to Lesa Holstine who provided the
ARC after I was lucky enough to win it during a recent contest.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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