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Three Can Keep a Secret- eBook just $2.99 during April!

St. Martin’s Press is downpricing the eBook Three Can Keep a Secret to $2.99 for the month of April. Amazon will be promoting it as one of their Kindle Monthly Deals starting April 1, 2020. Good timing for housebound folks looking for a good read!

Joe Gunther Trivia Challenge 30 Years- 30 Books

To commemorate Archer’s 30th Book, Bomber’s Moon, the thirtieth novel in 30 years, Margot Mayor compiled 30 trivia questions, taken his various novels, to create what will be become annual event, The Joe Gunther Trivia Challenge. During the month of December, 2019 a question, followed by another question and the previous answer, were posted daily on Facebook. Ten winners were randomly selected to receive a Joe Gunther Mystery Gift Bag. The Challenge proved to be very popular with sometimes over 2000 responses to each question. See how much you recall about Joe!

Here are the questions and answers:

1. What is Joe’s cat’s name?
Gilbert

2.   Which book has gingko trees as a clue?
Disposable Man

3.   What is Gail’s last name?
Zigman

4.   What did Dan Kravitz do in every home he broke into?
He leaves a Post-it Note, eats something, snoops on the computer.

5.   Joe’s brother’s name?
Leo

6.   What is a diener?
Attendant to a medical examiner who helps with autopsies, etc

7.    Where does Joe go to get medical info in Skeleton’s knee?
Chicago

8.         Which arm of Willy’s is hurt?
Left

9.          Joe’s brother’s profession?
Butcher

10.                 Name of newspaper reporter at Reformer?
Stan Katz

11.                 Why did Willy go to NYC alone?
His ex-wife died, made to look like an overdose but it isn’t.

12.                 How many children does Beverly have?
2 daughters

13.                 How did Willy’s arm get hurt?
He was shot.

14.                 How did Gilbert come into Joe’s life?
He was thrown at Joe in his doorway, as a distraction by a woman wanting to invade the house.

15.                 What is odd about gingko trees that is a clue?
The female trees stink, male trees do not.

16.                 And how is the gingko tree clue used?
The smell and residue of a female tree appears on a shoe bottom as a clue.

17.                 Joe’s Mom’s name?
No one knows! She is only referred to as Mom or Mrs. Gunther

18.                 Who is Lester married to?
Sue, a nurse.

19.                 How many children does Gail have?
Trick, none.

20.                 Name of the school in Bomber’s Moon?
Thorndike Academy

21.                 Gail’s first job in Vermont?
Realtor

22.                 Joe’s brother’s hobby?
Old Cars

23.                 At VT Yankee? How is the body discovered?
A finger was sighted in the concrete foundation that was about to be destroyed.

24.                 What other states does Joe go to, in the line of duty? Name at least 4.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Illinois, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York

25.                 What is Gail’s dog’s name?
She doesn’t have a dog.

26.                 Where does Beverly live?
Shelburne, now Windsor VT

27.                  Lester’s son David gets into trouble.  How?
Hanging out with druggies.

28.                 In Paradise City, in what city does the crime take place?
Boston, MA

29.                 What is Joe’s boss’s name?
Bill Allard

30.                 What town is Joe from?
Thetford, VT

And for good measure:

31.                 What are Joe’s favorite foods?
Spam, Velveeta, fruit cocktail, Vienna sausages

PROOF POSITIVE in Paperback

PROOF POSITIVE, Book #26, along with TRACE, Book #29 (also available in audio as of 1-14-20) are out in trade paperback and available for purchase!

The Company She Kept- Kindle Daily Deal- Jan 16, 2020- Just $2.99 for 24 hours!

Book #26, The Company She Kept, will go on special sale for just 24 hours on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Check out the Kindle Daily Deals on Amazon for this amazing offer on the kindle version of Archer Mayor’s 2015 Joe Gunther novel.

Here’s a taste of what to expect: During the height of a harsh Vermont winter, the body of a woman is found hanging from the steel-mesh retaining net lining the cliffs along the interstate. She was brutally murdered, with the word “dyke” carved into her chest. She was also a state senator and best friend and ally of the current governor, Gail Zigman. At Zigman’s personal request, Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team agree to help the Vermont State Police in their investigation.

What was she involved with, who wanted her dead, and what company was she keeping? What Gunther and his team discover during their initial investigation isn’t the stuff of a simple murder. Someone killed a prominent figure and fabricated an elaborate scene for a purpose.

Joe Gunther Trivia Challenge on Facebook: 30 Questions-30 Days. Now through Jan 1.

So You Think You Know Joe?

Announcing the Joe Gunther Trivia Challenge on Facebook.
Ready to test your memory?

Just how much do you know about Joe Gunther’s life and details, locations and stories in my series?

At book presentations I often joke that there won’t be a quiz, but Margot, my partner in crime, has come up with 30 killer questions to test your attention to detail.

You get it, 30 books- 30 questions!
Each day until January 1, we’ll pose a trivia question and post the answer the follow day.

We’ll do a random drawing from those of you who submit correct answers during the challenge and award 10 prizes from our grab-bag. 

Time to bone up on those gritty details! 

While you are at it, please follow me on Facebook (if you aren’t already). 

Deep Discounts on 28 Audio Books at Downpour.com through Dec 31!

Great deals on Joe Gunther audio books from Downpour.com. 28 titles offered from $7.98 to $10.38 each through December 31. Perfect for stocking stuffers and gifts!

Bomber’s Moon (2019), Book #30

The Plot

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.

Bomber’s Moon is Archer
Mayor’s latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet.

Two young women form the heart of this tale. One, an
investigative reporter, the other a private investigator. Uneasy allies from
completely different walks of life, they work together―around and sometimes
against Joe Gunther and his VBI cops―in an attempt to connect the murders of a
small town drug dealer, a smart, engaging, fatally flawed thief, and the
tangled, political, increasingly dark goings on at a prestigious prep school.

While Gunther and the VBI set about solving the two murders,
Sally Kravitz and Rachel Reiling combine their talents and resources to go
where the police cannot, from working undercover at Thorndike Academy, to
having clandestine meetings with criminals for their insider’s knowledge of
Vermont’s unexpectedly illicit underbelly.

But
there is a third element at work. A malevolent force, the common link in all
this death and chaos, is hard at work sowing mayhem to protect its ancient,
vicious, very dark roots.

Bomber’s Moon Media Attention

October 12, 2019: The Commons, A Regular Joe

Oct 3: Local Fox 44, WFFF:  Skype Interview: Vermont author Archer Mayor on his new book Bombers Moon

Sept 30: Vermont Public Radio Vermont Edition live  interview with Jane Lindholm

Aug 30: Old Mill Recording interview with Joshua Sherman

Aug 27: Vermont Magazine: A Vermont Voices Q&A with Archer Mayor

May 21: Stratton Magazine: A Special preview of Bomber’s Moon by Archer Mayor

VPR Interview: 30 Years of Joe Gunther Novels

Vermont Public Radio Live Interview with Jane Lindholm

Jane Lindholm interviews Newfane author Archer Mayor on “Vermont Edition” in front of a live audience in VPR’s Stetson Studio One on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019.

Over the course of 30 novels, Newfane author Archer Mayor has chronicled the detective work of Joe Gunther and the fictitious Vermont Bureau of Investigation. Mayor joined Vermont Edition and a live audience in VPR’s Stetson Studio One to discuss his writing, his 30th Joe Gunther novel titled Bomber’s Moon, his law enforcement career and how he came to make Vermont his home.

Mayor’s novels are packed with details he’s seen firsthand over decades working with the Windham County Sheriff’s Department, as a death investigator for the state and as a firefighter and EMT. He discusses that career, as well as the global travels and panoply of jobs he held before settling in Vermont, his home now for more than 30 years.

See full interview…

Three New Audio Books Coming Soon!

Bomber’s
Moon – 11/19/19

Bury the Lead – 12/24/19

Trace – 1/14/20