The Catch

A Vermont cop's hunt for a cop killer leads him to a deadly drug smuggling operation in this gripping mystery thriller.
Joe Gunther, head of the VBI (Vermont Bureau of Investigation), gets the call every law enforcement officer dreads – a cop has been shot and killed. A deputy sheriff was gunned down during a routine traffic stop on a dark country road. From the cruiser's tape recorder, it appears the killers were Boston-based drug runners stopped on their way from Canada down to Boston.
Gunther and his team dive into the investigation, determined to shut down the major drug smuggling operation. Their focus turns to Alan Budney, the disaffected son of a lobsterman turned drug kingpin, who exploits his extended family and the clannish lobster fishing community to move drugs along the New England coast.
In this gripping installment of the Joe Gunther series, Archer Mayor, a Vermont author and winner of the 2004 New England Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction, crafts a suspenseful police procedural full of twists and turns. Catch is a thrilling whodunit that will keep you guessing until the very end.