Final Justice Final Justice
Book 8 - Badge of Honor

Final Justice

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Publisher Description

Just as with his remarkable military novels, millions of readers have been captured by the rich characters and vivid realism of W. E. B. Griffin’s police dramas. “Griffin has the knack,” writes The Philadelphia Inquirer. He “sets his novel before you in short, fierce, stop-for-nothing scenes. Before you know it, you’ve gobbled it up.”

     Now, in Final Justice, Detective Matt Payne of the Philadelphia police department—newly promoted to sergeant and assigned to Homicide—finds himself in the middle of three major assignments. The first case, a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant, seems simple, but rapidly becomes complicated. The second, a rape that tumbled into murder, begins complicated and only gets more so, as it becomes apparent that the crime may be part of a disturbing, and escalating, pattern. The third is the most bizarre, as Payne becomes involved with a local figure who long ago fled the country, leaving behind the mummified body of his girlfriend in a trunk. Ever since, the murderer has been sending taunting postcards from his safe haven—but all that may be about to change.
     Weaving in and around this already hectic schedule are the visit to Philadelphia of the self-absorbed star of a series of improbable police movies, who wants Payne to show him “the real stuff,” and the appearance in Payne’s life of two very different women. Either one of them alone would be enough to set his head spinning, but together . . . this might be the most complicating thing of all.   
      Filled with color and detail and plots as real as the headlines, this is a riveting novel of the men and women who put their lives on the line, from the cop on the beat to the commissioner himself. It’s a story of fears, dangers, courage, loyalty, and genuine heroism: storytelling at its best.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2003
January 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
480
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Pmonica ,

Final Justice

Love the men in blue series. This is the best one I've read can't wait for the follow up. So anxious to see what Matt Payne decides about being a cop and how they handle the return of Mr. Festung

M007 heat ,

Half Hearted Writing So-So story Line

MR Griffin has in the past been criticized for his use of ‘recycling to expand’ his story This recent novel is no exception to the Griffin Method of using 50 to a hundred or so pages from a previous story to fill space recapping a character’s story. The author also ‘forgets, or reinvents’ instances of his hero’s personal back story.
There are numerous questions from this sloppily written and edited novel. A 6 month period in story line jumps nearly 5 years or more in technology , equipment and surroundings. Philadelphia has a new Mayor, a new Police Commissioner, new office space, and all the characters are also shiny and improved. Yet there is little in explanation of these key elements
Here Mr Griffin takes us into serial murder/ rape, the murder of a police officer in line of duty, and the Philly police Efforts to adequately provide Protective Services to a movie star, Naturally, Matt Payne is centrally in the thick of all the action, and develops a new romantic interest or two.
Unfortunately the story flow is slowed considerably by irrelevant side information which fills pages, but does not really contribute.

It is a good read for a rainy weekend but is no where near the really good efforts of previous Griffin offerings in this story line

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