The Marble Mask (Joe Gunther Series, Book #11) by Archer Mayor
The Marble Mask (Joe Gunther Series, Book #11) by Archer Mayor
The Marble Mask marks the first full-fledged case for the new Vermont Bureau of Investigation, of which Joe Gunther is second-in-command. The story begins with the discovery of a frozen body on the top of Mount Mansfield near Stowe. This is no big news until it is found that the presumed lost hiker actually died fifty years ago and has been artificially frozen ever since. Not only that but he's soon found to have been a French Canadian crime boss from Sherbrooke, Quebec, whose descendants are now on the brink of a major gang war. Why was he killed? Why was he kept frozen? Why has he resurfaced in such a dramatic way so many years later? Joe and his new squad travel between the cultural divide of Canada and Vermont, uncovering -- among other things -- some long-lost secrets dating back to the Italian campaign in WWII and the existence of a combat group nicknamed "The Devil's Brigade."
AM Press, Softcover, 2007