When Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Guntherâs companion of many years, is raped, Gunther finds himself caught between the media, local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victimsâ rights advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow a trail of evidence. Every lead points to a single, obvious suspect, but is the evidence too perfect?
Risking his friendship with Gail, the respect of his peers, and his own life, Lieutenant Gunther keeps digging, hoping to find out if the man they have in jail is rightly there, or if the evidence against him is taintedâwhat police call âfruits of the poisonous tree.â
Archer Mayor is the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series of mystery novels featuring detective Joe Gunther. He is a past winner of the New England Book Award for his body of work, the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored. He also works as a death investigator, a sheriffâs deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Vermont.
Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Awardâwinning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.