Ben
Kendall was a troubled man. Coming back from Vietnam with PTSD and scars
that no one else could see, he hid away from the world, filling his
house with an ever-increasing amount of stuff, until finally, the piles
collapsed and he was found dead, crushed beneath his own belongings. But
what at first glance looks to be a tragic accidental death of a
hoarder, may be something much more—and much deadlier. Ben’s cousin,
medical examiner Beverly Hillstrom, unsettled by the circumstances of
his death, alerts Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation
team.
Ben, it seems, brought back
something else from Vietnam than personal demons—he also brought back
combat photos and negatives that someone else wants desperately to keep
from the public eye. When Beverly’s daughter Rachel made her cousin
Ben—and his photos—the subject of her college art project, some of those
photos appeared on the walls of a local art gallery. This in turn
resulted in the appearance of a two man hit squad, searching for some
other missing negatives. With Joe Gunther and his squad trailing behind
the grisly research results of the hit team, and the deadly killers
closing in on Rachel, Gunther has little time to find and protect Rachel
before she ends up in the same grisly state as her cousin before her.
Archer Mayor's Proof Positive is another enthralling installment in the Joe Gunther Series.