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Violence
Some
A murder investigation in Hurricane Irene's aftermath; old secrets exposed by the flooding
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific way that a natural disaster rearranges what people have kept hidden; Gunther's investigation in a community physically changed by the storm
What this book is about
Hurricane Irene devastates Vermont's river valleys in 2011, and when the waters recede, things that had been hidden for a long time come to the surface — including bodies. Joe Gunther and the Vermont Bureau of Investigation work in the aftermath of a natural disaster that has rearranged the physical landscape and exposed things that were buried. Archer Mayor's nineteenth Joe Gunther novel is the most explicitly about a specific historical event (Irene's 2011 Vermont flooding) and uses the disaster's aftermath to examine how communities manage both loss and revelation.
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nineteenth Joe Gunther novel by Archer Mayor; Hurricane Irene Vermont setting
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