The Secret Witness
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- Create Date：2022-06-02 21:21:46
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Victor Methos
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Summary
From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife comes the thrilling first installment in the Shepard & Gray series， featuring a young sheriff who teams up with a former prosecutor to stop a copycat killer。
This is the Reaper speaking。
So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered。 Salt Lake County sheriff Elizabeth Gray leads the investigation into the double homicide， which is eerily reminiscent of a string of brutal killings years ago。
This is the Reaper speaking。
So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered。 Salt Lake County sheriff Elizabeth Gray leads the investigation into the double homicide， which is eerily reminiscent of a string of brutal killings years ago。
Reviews
Boomer
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From the blurb this sounded like a straight up thriller but I'd have to classify it as a hybrid between a procedural and a legal thriller。 Solomon Shepard is a former homicide prosecutor who left his profession after being stabbed in the courtroom and now has become a homebody suffering from panic attacks。 Billie Gray is a local sheriff who's father worked with Shepard eight years previously， trying - and failing - to apprehend a serial killer known as The Reaper。 When Reaper-like new killings b From the blurb this sounded like a straight up thriller but I'd have to classify it as a hybrid between a procedural and a legal thriller。 Solomon Shepard is a former homicide prosecutor who left his profession after being stabbed in the courtroom and now has become a homebody suffering from panic attacks。 Billie Gray is a local sheriff who's father worked with Shepard eight years previously， trying - and failing - to apprehend a serial killer known as The Reaper。 When Reaper-like new killings begin occurring， Gray and Shepard join forces to stop them。At first I was a little perplexed with Solomon - its a little odd having a prosecutor running around in an active police investigation， but I'm no expert on these things so I suppose it could happen。 I realize now that the author did it this way because after about halfway the book moves into the courtroom and Solomon has the main role here as the prosecutor。 It works well。 Would this happen in real life？ Maybe not。 Is it entertaining？ Yes。 Solomon evolves nicely through the story and Gray plays more of the secondary role in supporting him in their quest to get the killer incarcerated。I really enjoyed this book。 A few loose ends here and there， but overall a good story with a nice twist ending which actually made sense。 I appreciate the author didn't shortchange me as a reader with a cliffhanger ending in the first book of this new series。 I'll be keeping my eyes open for the next in the series。 。。。more
Linda Galella
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A county sheriff and recovering/retired prosecutor team up to discover if “The Reaper” has returned。Solomon Shepherd had been brutally attacked in court and was rehabbing at home when Sheriff， Elizabeth “Billy” Gray blusters into his place， desperate for help。 The Reaper， a serial killer who destroyed 11 lives 8 years ago appears to be back having killed a senior couple and Uber driver in manners extremely similar to prior homicides and locations very close or related。 What was exactly the same: A county sheriff and recovering/retired prosecutor team up to discover if “The Reaper” has returned。Solomon Shepherd had been brutally attacked in court and was rehabbing at home when Sheriff， Elizabeth “Billy” Gray blusters into his place， desperate for help。 The Reaper， a serial killer who destroyed 11 lives 8 years ago appears to be back having killed a senior couple and Uber driver in manners extremely similar to prior homicides and locations very close or related。 What was exactly the same: communication from the killer - THIS IS REAPER SPEAKING Four short words that send Solomon and Billie on their way to catching this deviant。“The Secret Witness” is book 1 in a new series by author， Victor Methos。 Volume 2， “The Grave Singer” is due out in May 2023。 Methos is a well published author of courtroom drama and investigative thrillers and this story fits the genre perfectly。The character list isn’t overwhelming so it’s easy to get to know the two leads。 Much of the story is driven by dialogue and it moves quickly。 There is a component of psychological analysis that’s a bigger part than most of his books。 If you’re a fan of this element， you’ll love it， if not， you’ll be a bit bored at times but it passes quickly and returns to more traditional action。In this storyline， the antagonist is a teenager which adds interesting social and emotional twists to the story。 In one way or another， all the adult characters have to deal with that issue and make some kind of value based decision（s） giving readers a chance to ponder the same。 True to Methos’ style， he keeps his opinions to himself and lets readers have at it。 Thank you V。 M。Also a giant thanks for keeping the writing on the high road。 There are a few expletives along the way， （no f-bombs）， no gratuitous violence or sexual content， just good storytelling。 Altho’ I figured out who “The Secret Witness” was early on， it didn’t effect my enjoyment of the story。Peeling back the layers of this story was good but the introduction of partners Solomon & Billie was better。 Protagonists with hearts， feelings and reasonable foibles make for enjoyable reading， regardless of how icky the story might be📚 。。。more
Allyx M
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Loved it！ I had to not read it before bed because I’m a giant scaredy cat but couldn’t put it down otherwise。 I loved Solomon and I’m excited there will be another book in this series with him in it again。 And double bonus extra awesomeness， one of the characters in this is named after me。 So take that world。
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