Open Season

Lt. Joe Gunther Of The Brattleboro, Vermont Police Force Has A Serious Problem: In A Community Where A Decade Could Pass Without A Single Murder, The Body Count Is Suddenly Mounting. Innocent Citizens Are Being Killedand Others Set-upseemingly Orchestrated By A Mysterious Ski-masked Man. Signs Suggest That A Three Year-old Murder Trial Might Lie At The Heart Of Things, But It's A Case That Many In The Department Would Prefer Remained Closed. A Man Of Quiet Integrity, Lt. Gunther Knows That He Must Pursue The Case To Its Conclusion, Wherever It Leads.open Season Is The First Of Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther Novels, A Series Of Gripping Police Procedurals Set In New England, Where Small-town Charm, Stoicism And Civility Sometimes Conceal Brutal Truths.