The Investigators
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4.2 • 101 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A brutal crime...A group of urban terrorists...An investigation of dirty cops...The leads in these supposedly unconnected cases have become tangled in some very ugly--and dangerous--knots. Now Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues find themselves fearing not only for their jobs, but also for their very lives...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The seventh in Griffin's cop-oriented Badge of Honor series (after The Murderers), this fast-paced, clever thriller puts wealthy, wisecracking Philadelphia detective Matt Payne in hot water up to his neck. As assistant to the head of the Special Operations Division of the Philly PD, young Matt, the department's golden boy, has never walked a beat, but the media love him for his quick-trigger work in dropping two murderers with a couple of snappy headshots. Matt's new case begins when a cop's widow fingers some dirty doings in a highly successful narc unit and, at the same time, the narcs earn the wrath of Philly's mob boss, Vincenzo Savarese (a grandfather who has not forgotten the importance of a woman's honor). In a side plot, Matt is assisting the FBI in its pursuit of an animal-rights terrorist group. "Assisting" means, in part, charming beautiful social worker--and suspected terrorist--Susan Reynolds; before he knows it, Matt is tragically lovestruck and up to his handcuffs in stolen money and felony charges that could put him in jail. As usual in Griffin's police procedurals, there's more going on here than in a three-ringed circus. Even readers wearied by Griffin's other, rather plodding series (Brotherhood of War, about soldiers, and The Corps, about marines) will enjoy this intricate, witty, tightly wrapped tale of cops on the job.
Customer Reviews
Investigators
Just another great story by Griffin. The only down side with this story was its predictability. Usually I am so intrigued by the story line I have to force myself to put the book down. Not this time. However; it's not going to deter m from reading the next episode.
Decently written, way too much back story
Probably the most boring of the police series “Badge of Honor”. Mr. Griffin uses way too much past tense filler from previous stories. Mr. Griffin writes a good story here, using pretty much his same formula of a smart, confident young police officer with much to learn about being a police officer. In this iteration, the Philadelphia police Department will deal with corrupt Narcotics cops, and concurrently conduct a Joint investigation with the FBI into bank Robberies and homeland terrorist activities, pushing young Philadelphia Detective Matt Payne into the forefront of both stories. This iteration follows the same trope story, so you will only be surprised by the closing acts in solving and closing the criminal investigations how the story plays itself out.
Unfortunately MR. Griffin relies on using back stories and previously published material as filler, re telling Detective Payne’s exploits over numerous pages to make the book longer. I get it. Maybe a new reader has not read the 6 previous books of this Series and needs to understand how we got to this point.
Having read the entire series, Anytime Payne develops a romantic interest in a female character, you can pretty much bet she’ll be in some kind of serious danger by the three quarter mark.
Mr Griffin writes a good, page turning, novel filled with action, romance, and a well researched book about the workings of a police department’s various organizations.