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The Dark Root

The Joe Gunther Mysteries, Book 6

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The Dark Root

By: Archer Mayor
Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
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A brutal home invasion shocks Brattleboro's small Asian community, but no one is talking. Undeterred, Joe Gunther digs deeper and discovers a cross-border smuggling route carrying drugs, contraband, and illegal aliens into and out of Canada. Operating below the radar for years, competition between underworld rivals is bringing it into the light with deadly consequences.

International jurisdiction is a complicated matter, and in the pursuit of justice, Gunther will have to collaborate with the FBI, the Border Patrol, and the Mounties.

©2013 Archer Mayor (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Sports

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I’ve loved all his books so far but this one I found difficult to follow. There were no characters I could get involved with. And too difficult to remember which Asian character wax which. Luckily I didn’t have to buy as it was included. Struggled through five hours and then face up.

Joe Gunther on an Off Day

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While fast paced, strong characters and descriptive mis en scéne throughout, I found the book overly laborious in parts. Overall 4*.

fast paced

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I found the story to widespread and the characters not as 3D as his previous works. Still won’t halt my progress through the library

Not his best

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Main character still a disappointment. Arrogant, bad communicator. Selfish, always loses his gun,his flashlight, his radio. Always clumsy falling over, never catches his suspects no matter how many of his team are there to support him. He is morose, depressed, self absorbed.
Good stories, good plot, spoilt by him. In each book he loses witnesses and puts others in danger with his reckless attitude and thoughtless comments. Get a new hero please.

Another good story

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A very detailed and realistic story. However, for me, I feel that this is the type of book that needs to be read rather than listened to on Audible. Don't get me wrong, the narration was excellent, but the multitude of characters, many of them Asian, were very difficult to remember when not seeing them in print. This was exacerbated by the fact that many of them were known by different names, and I was very confused as to who was who. Added to that was the flitting between the USA and Canada, and, being British and lacking familiarity with the various places and organisations, I became a little lost at times. Maybe if I had made a who's who list as I went along, it may have helped, but I only realised I needed to do that part way through the book.

A good, fast-paced story

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