A small girl brings Joe Gunther a birdтАЩs nestтАФmade partially of human hair. In the search to match a bodyтАФand an identityтАФto the hairтАЩs owner, Joe comes across an unexplained death, a grisly murder, and a sudden disappearance. All seem to be entangled in a puzzling web of municipal corruption, blackmail, and industrial espionage. A shell-shocked World War II veteran nicknamed the Ragman may hold the key to it allтАФbut only if Joe can get him to talk before the murderer strikes again.
Archer Mayor is the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Vermont-based series of mystery novels featuring detective Joe Gunther. He is a past winner of the New England Book Award for his body of work, the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored. He also works as a death investigator, a sheriffтАЩs deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Vermont.
Tom Taylorson is an Earphones AwardтАУwinning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.