The Orphan's Guilt

About “The Orphan's Guilt”

In Archer Mayor's Vermont-based mystery, a routine traffic stop leads to a homicide investigation when Joe Gunther and his team uncover a decades-old secret tied to the death of John Rust's younger brother. The investigation reveals a history of betrayal and vengeance connected to the Rust brothers' upbringing, as well as the mysterious disappearance of John Rust following his arrest for drunk driving. The case centers on the unresolved nature of the brother's childhood brain injury and the possibility it was not accidental.