from BobVTReader

Better story than his last story "Tag Man", but not as good as his earlier books. There is very little about Vermont in the book other than the fictional VBI. Vermont is a small rural state with a population of less than 700,000. The crime rate is low and is usually related to drugs and alcohol. ...

from Twink

Archer Mayor has long been a favourite of this reader. Paradise City is the twenty third entry in Mayor's Joe Gunther series. Joe is a Lieutenant with the Vermont Bureau of Investigation. Paradise City's opening scene lands us smack dab in the middle of a a robbery. A set of thieves who have targ...

from mikedraper

Police are after a number of jewel thieves. Some of these people are breaking into homes and stealing the jewels and other valuables. Three men break into the home of the wealthy "Billie" Wilhelma Hawthorne in Boston. When she confronts the men, one of them strike her and leave her for dead. Her ...

from sleahey

Another page-turner featuring Joe Gunther and his crew, this time chasing down large scale jewelry thieves who also commit murder, and are based in western Massachusetts, just down the road from Brattleboro, VT. Plenty of action on both the crime front and personallives to hold our interest.

from librarian1204

My first book in this series. I can sense there is a lot of character development in the series. This book dragged for the first 2/3 s but had a fast action packed conclusion. Think I'll try another.