Joe Gunther Mysteries: Open Season (Paperback)

from Carol420

Lt. Joe Gunther is a Korean War Vet and 18 year veteran of the Brattleboro police department. Joe's wife (of eight years) died twelve years ago and he lives quietly by himself. Brattleboro is a quiet New England town where not much happens from year to year and murders less frequently than that. ...

from bezoar44

This is the first Joe Gunther mystery, start to a now very long series, but the characteristic features are here: Gunther himself, of course, as a likable, understated, but really smart detective; but also, quirky secondary characters; an extraordinarily tangled plot, in which Gunther is on the w...

from jamespurcell

Great start for a very good series. Interesting characters, complex but feasible plot sustains interest until the end. Which ending requires a second coda to wrap things up.

from Olivermagnus

This is the first in a series featuring Joe Gunther, a police lieutenant in Brattleboro, Vermont. The storyline in Open Season is interesting and well written. The details kept the flow of the book going and built up the plot right to the end. The book begins when someone wearing a ski mask is se...

from jnwelch

Open Season by Archer Mayor, the first in a mystery series, is set in Brattleboro, Vermont and features police Lieutenant Joe Gunther. An elderly woman apparently has shot dead a man accosting her at home. He had been harassing her and had threatened to attack her that night. But it quickly becom...