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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

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Another well paced story . Following the career of Joe Gunther. The narrator is one of the best I’ve listened to and keeps me listening to the next book as the last one finishes . Reading inbox order .

Brilliant

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Weakest of the series so far. Dull story but narration excellent as usual. Struggled to finish the listen.

Weakest of the series

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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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I have enjoyed all the Joe Gunther books and I am listening in order as they were written. This appears very drawn out with little to keep the momentum of the action. I think you could take two hrs out and not miss anything important.

Not the best

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these stories always have a touch of realism about them, this one probably the most so far in the series, great stuff.

Good story

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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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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 love these characters Jo and Gail, the townsfolk and selectmen... this book is minutely researched as they all are but this story line although deeply important to society just did not catch my attention. Nonetheless I listened to the end and there were some beautiful scenes and observations of people.

not as engaging as others in the series

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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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I do like the Archer Mayor Jo Gunther series however this one just wasn’t anywhere near his best. It started well but went on much too long. I had to rewind the last third so many times as I was having trouble keeping up with all the characters and the plot wasn’t going anywhere. So unfortunately I won’t be tempted to read this one again.

Great performance but…

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