THE STORY BEGINS…
Literally, that is. As of June 1st, I’ve started writing Joe’s 21st adventure. It’s moving right along, and will touch on a series of seemingly unconnected murders, a trip to the Brookhaven National Lab to highlight some of their truly wonderful research equipment, all against a backdrop of a Vermont gubernatorial campaign.
Of course, that’s only if I end up writing something even close to what’s rattling around inside my head.
In the meantime, the sale of the OPEN SEASON audio books was such a hit, I’ve decided to make the price break to a mere $21.50 permanent, so for those of you who thought you’d missed out, take a breath and head for the “buy my books” page.OPEN SEASON ~ Audio Book
50% off SALE is now PERMANENT!!
Also, my daughter Scout has conjured up a new puzzler for us to enjoy and I’ve produced a new edition of the Gunther-Gram, so feel free to roam the site and see what catches your eye, but make sure to get out and enjoy the weather a bit. Here in Vermont, we like to claim that we’re exposed to 9 months of winter and 3 of damn poor sledding, so warm weather is a premium.
How’s your Joe Gunther IQ?
Test your knowledge of the Joe Gunther detective series with Joe Gunther Puzzler #3
Video clips of Archer Mayor appearances – recorded by Treasured Memories Video – Bedford, NH:
- “What’s wrong with Maine?”
- Hear about the reason behind why Joe Gunther’s next adventure takes place in Maine.
- “The Author as Hardware Store.”
- Why Archer took his inventory into his own hands.
- “We can do anything we want with this language.”
- Hear how Archer’s love of language impelled him to write.
- “This is a place I want to be a part of.”
- Why Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther call Vermont home.
- “Hi officer!”
- Would you like a doughnut?” The truth about cops and doughnuts.
- “I am not a math major.”
- Why Archer chooses the topics he writes about.
- “I wrote Open Season three times.”
- The importance of discarding your first drafts.
- “This is possibly the worst book I’ve ever read.”
- This author’s answer to working in a cubicle.
!!New Contest!!
Get-your-name-in-a-book
From now until July 1st, the names of everyone who buys at least one or more AMPress books from this web site will be considered entrants in the contest. If you win (and if you’d enjoy the privilege,) I will use your name as a character in my forthcoming book. But beware! I get to use that name in any way I please—good guy, bad guy, or dead guy. Karen Putnam won last year, and will be appearing as a major character in THE PRICE OF MALICE, due this fall.
Finally, I’d like to thank you yet again for being a fan and supporting me and Joe. If you send an email with your mailing address in it to AMpress@archermayor.com, I will send you a very nifty Vermont Bureau of Investigation oval bumper sticker. Meanwhile, I will be immersing myself in Joe’s 21st adventure, as yet untitled, and editing THE PRICE OF MALICE with the fine folks at St. Martin’s. Thanks again, keep reading, and I’ll see you via the Gunther-Gram newsletter or on the road this fall, during my book tour.
Visit my Bookstore to see the new books and to order them.
Author interviews
Listen to Archer's recent interviews with Shelagh C. Shapiro, host of Write The Book. Write The Book is a radio show for writers and curious readers that airs on WOMM-LP 105.9 FM “The Radiator,” in Burlington, Vermont.
The Joe Gunther detective series
The Joe Gunther detective series began in 1988 with Open Season, and now includes Borderlines, Scent of Evil, The Skeleton's Knee, Fruits of the Poisonous Tree, The Dark Root, The Ragman’s Memory, Bellows Falls, The Disposable Man, Occam's Razor, Marble Mask, Tucker Peak, The Sniper's Wife, Gatekeeper, The Surrogate Thief, St. Albans Fire, The Second Mouse, Chat, and The Catch. The Los Angeles Times featured Scent of Evil in its 1992 year-end list of recommend readings and proclaimed The Skeleton's Knee “one of the best ten mystery books of the year” in 1993. That book also prompted the New York Times to call Mayor “one of the most sophisticated stylists in the genre,” and in 1997, to proclaim The Ragman's Memory one of only eleven “Notable” mysteries of the year—an honor it repeated in 2002 with The Sniper's Wife.
What the critics are saying about THE CATCH
“Mayor’s fine 19th Joe Gunther novel (after 2007’s Chat) will leave fans feeling fully satisfied.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
“Archer Mayor doesn’t do quaint. He might use poetic imagery to describe the austere beauty of New England’s rugged mountains and snowbound villages, but as far as their crime content is concerned, his police procedurals are about as authentic as it gets.”
— New York Times