The Vigilantes

I like the characters and the thread of the plot about Matt's personal life was ok - the main story line was disjointed and unbelievable. Poorly written. It feels as if Mr butterworth does not yet live up to his father's skill and craftmanship.

Poor plot. Poor character development. Verbose. Griffin really must need the money to allow his franchise to be distorted by such a badly written book. Butterworth IV is no Griffin.

W.E.B. Griffin is one of my favorite writers. The story was slow to start as I felt he went back and summaries all the prior books in this series before getting into the new story. I felt that was not necessary unless a particular item in the story required an explanation of how it occurred. For example how did Matt get the name Wyatt Earp of the Mainline. The story it self was good and the reader was good. Liked the ending. This is a good fast pace action story.

I look forward to most all of W.E.B. Griffin's work, especially the Badge of Honor series and the Presidential Agent series. Unfortunately, The Vigilantes is the most dry of the bunch. Although I'll always cheer for Matt Payne, this storyline was disconnected and lacked the character development. Scott Brick's narration didn't help matters either, which was a surprise. Bottom line, if you're a fan, you'll still have to get this book; just know that your going to have to suffer through Butterworth's growing pains as a writer.

Classic Griffin with a nice touch of Butterworth, this is one that every suspense fan should read. It has a slightly weak ending but not so much as to demerit the plot.

I do recommend going through the series in order of books.