The Vigilantes (Badge of Honor Series #10)

by W. E. B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV

Overview

Murders are on the rise in Philadelphia-but no one seems to mind because the victims are all fugitives with histories of heinous sex crimes against women and children. Worse for Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne, the main suspect is leaving evidence for police to find. But when copycat killings start popping up due to vigilante groups dealing out their own justice, Payne must find out who's behind the chaos before the violence overtakes the city.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780515149593
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Series:	Badge of Honor Series , #10
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	1,015,051
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

W. E. B. Griffin was the author of seven bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, Presidential Agent, and Clandestine Operations. He passed away in February 2019. 
 
William E. Butterworth IV has been a writer and editor for major newspapers and magazines for more than twenty-five years, and has worked closely with his father for several years on the editing of the Griffin books. He is the coauthor of several novels in the Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, and Presidential Agent series. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Hometown:

Coppell, Texas

Date of Birth:

November 10, 1929

Place of Birth:

Newark, New Jersey

Editorial Reviews

Griffin's plodding 10th police thriller in his Badge of Honor series (after The Traffickers), co-authored with son Butterworth, adds little that's either new or exciting to a shopworn plot. Despite debilitating chemotherapy for prostate cancer, Will Curtis decides to take justice into his own hands and kill John "JC" Nguyen, the slimy drug dealer who slipped his 24-year-old daughter, Wendy, a "roofy," then raped her. While he's at it, Will also whacks shyster lawyer Daniel Gartner, who got JC acquitted on a technicality at JC's trial. Will's good at his work, so he decides to kill every other sexual criminal he can locate running loose on the streets of Philadelphia. Sgt. Matt Payne tries to figure out who's behind this murder spree while pursuing his ongoing love affair with Dr. Amanda Law, the damsel in distress he rescued in The Traffickers. Unfunny interior dialogue and other suspense-impeding devices slow the predictable action to the point that only series fans will find much to enjoy. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

The latest in the Badge of Honor series by W.E.B. Griffin and son is as real as the city of Philadelphia, where it takes place. Narrator Scott Brick does his usual fine job, albeit without a Philly accent, as he regales listeners with the story of a dying man who spends his final moments killing the dregs of the city. His nemesis is supercop Matthew Payne, who admires the killer's results on some level. The Griffins use thinly disguised names of real Philly politicos and actual streets and places and cheesesteak shops to create verisimilitude. Brick, a master of understatement, subtly encourages listeners with his affable delivery and his trademark style of sometimes ending declarative sentences with a rise in pitch. M.S. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2011 - AudioFile