The Ragman's Memory: a Joe Gunther Novel (Joe Gunther Mysteries) 1st Thus edition

A small girl brings Joe Gunther a bird?s nest?made partially of human hair. In the search to put a body, and an identity, to the hair?s owner, Joe comes upon 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 vet nicknamed ?The Ragman? may hold the key to it all, if Joe can get him to talk before the murderer strikes again.