Order of Archer Mayor Books

Order of Archer Mayor Books


Archer Mayor is an American author of detective fiction and mystery novels. His series features his Joe Gunther character. Before he starting writing fiction, Archer worked as an editor, researcher, photographer and journalist. Mayor spends much of his time researching his novels, meanwhile working as a death investigator for the Vermont State Medical Examiner, Windham County Sheriff’s Department deputy and volunteering for the fire department and as an EMT.

Archer Mayor became a published fiction author in 1988 with Open Season. Below is a list of Archer Mayor’s books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronology):

Publication Order of Joe Gunther Books

Open Season

(1988)

Borderlines

(1990)

Scent of Evil

(1991)

The Skeleton’s Knee

(1992)

Fruits of the Poisonous Tree

(1993)

The Dark Root

(1994)

The Ragman’s Memory

(1995)

Bellows Falls

(1996)

The Disposable Man

(1997)

Occam’s Razor

(1999)

The Marble Mask

(2000)

Tucker Peak

(2001)

The Sniper’s Wife

(2002)

Gatekeeper

(2003)

The Surrogate Thief

(2004)

St. Albans Fire

(2005)

The Second Mouse

(2006)

Chat

(2007)

The Catch

(2008)

The Price of Malice

(2009)

Red Herring

(2010)

Tag Man

(2011)

Paradise City

(2012)

Three Can Keep a Secret

(2013)

Proof Positive

(2014)

The Company She Kept

(2015)

Presumption of Guilt

(2017)

Trace

(2017)

Bury the Lead

(2018)

Bomber’s Moon

(2019)

The Orphan’s Guilt

(2020)

Marked Man

(2021)

Fall Guy

(2022)

Publication Order of Joe Gunther Short Stories/Novellas

Snow Blind

(2012)

Crosscut

(2019)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Southern Timberman

(1988)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years

(2001)