The Surrogate Thief

Winner of the 2004 New England Book Award for Fiction Brattleboro is the epitome of scenic Vermont, quaint and plainspoken. And yet there is darkness here, too, and nobody knows it better than Joe Gunther. Over the years he has battled every kind of criminal in his fight for the town's future, and he hasn't always come out on top. Thirty years ago, Gunther let a case go cold during his wife's losing battle with cancer. Now the case - and the old wounds - have been reopened, forcing Joe to revisit ancient history.