The Sniper's Wife
Willy Kunkle, a deputy cop, gets his own book in the largely  under-the-radarseries of  thoughtful mysteriesfeaturing Vermont police chief Joe Gunther. Called to  New York to claim the body of his ex-wife, the apparent victim of a drug  overdose, Willy is forced to confront his troubled past while seeking evidence  to support his hunch that the Manhattan cops are overlooking what is actually a  homicide. Meanwhile, Gunther and another deputy, Willy's lover, run interference  with the NYPD, where the cops aren't sure whether they ought to be helping  Kunkle find a killer or arresting him before he becomes one. A thoughtful,  powerful, psychologically acute novel that deserves to break Archer Mayor out  the midlist,The Sniper's Wifedraws the reader inside the mind of a  protagonist who justly deserves the focused attention Mayor pays him.--Jane Adams--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.