Publisher's Synopsis
Ben Kendall was a troubled man. Coming back from Vietnam with scars
that no one else could see, he hid away from the world, lling his house with an
ever-increasing amount of stu . Finally, the piles collapsed and he was found
dead, crushed beneath his own belongings. Ben's cousin, also the medical examiner,
is unsettled by the circumstances of his death, and alerts Joe Gunther
and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team. What appears to be the accidental
death of a hoarder may be something much more -- and much deadlier.
Ben, it seems, brought back combat photos and negatives from Vietnam,
that someone wants to desperately keep from the public eye. And a two-man
hit team is searching for some of the missing negatives. With Joe Gunther and
his squad trailing behind the grisly research results of the hit team, Gunther has
little time to nd and protect the next person on their list before she ends up in
the same state as those before her.
