Genre: Novel
Grade: A
Notable People: Archer Mayor
Title: Trace
Review: the 26th or 27th in Mayor’s long running Joe Gunther series- and one of the best yet. Archer has taken a dramatic turn in style, with three coinciding and gripping mysteries- each involving one of Joe s fictional VBI squad. The book alternates between the chapters on the three of them, which I found quite different and captivating. In the meantime our fearless leader, Joe, is off in the West tending to his elderly and ill mother for much of the book (though providing his usual soulful guidance and tidbits of wisdom)…..which may be Archers foreshadowing of less Joe and more of the others (more Willie, yes!) in the future installments. this makes some sense, as by our calculations, Joe, who is a Korean war veteran , must be approaching ninety at this point. An awfully good read- these books never disappoint….and Archer seems to be getting better in his advancing age.