The Ragman's Memory (a Joe Gunther Mystery) by Mayor, Archer - 1996

Mysterious Press., 1996. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Remainder mark, black, across bottom edges. Front sticker residue patch. Unread. Otherwise no marks.. 1 Paper over boards. Brattleboro, VT, fictional police lieutenant Joe Gunther starts off as usual with more questions than answers. First, what's that thick hank of hair doing woven into that bird's nest? Then, where did these fragments of bones come from, including ones found in a doghouse? Finding a gold tooth engraved with a mysterious symbol leads to the victim's ID. A series of disasters follow, and the key to these events means unlocking a WWII shell-shock victim's memory. We meet this Ragman as Joe follows the trail of clues.