Four-star review for The Silent Watcher by Victor Mentos
This gritty thriller about the investigation of similar murders of groups of family members carried out by a detective who seems to crave pain and an advocate and legal representative for juvenile victims, called a guardian ad litem was a gripping fast read. I found the detective as unlikable as the GAL was likable. The behaviors of the judges and lawyers were predictable and also hard to take. Okay, so this takes place in Las Vegas, which we’re reminded often, especially whenever the detective drives to a dive bar in the older part of the city, and the novel is redeemed by the plot and unusual viewpoint of the GAL. Toss in hints of cannibalism and other unsavory practices, this might be too unsavory for some.
