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Customers find the plot great, chilling, and interesting. They also praise the writing quality as excellent and the characters as well developed. Opinions are mixed on the storyline, pacing, content, and paciness. Some find it interesting, while others say it's boring and dark. Readers also have mixed feelings about the content, with some finding it insightful and fantastic, while other find the details graphic and unnecessary.
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Customers find the plot intriguing, with many different layers and themes. They also say the ending is unexpected, but added a whole new element to the story. Readers mention that the book is entertaining and a page-turner until the end. They describe the crimes as chilling and taut.
"...The ending was a shock . Sometimes I get bored with books and wonder if I'm ever going to get to the end. I did not feel that way with this book...." Read more
"...As usual in the first novel in a series, the B-storyline is quite rich ...." Read more
"...It's a little on the dark side, but the storyline is strong and makes the events necessary to the unfolding of the narrative...." Read more
"...This book was good. Really good. The plot was excellent . Except… That people kept returning from the dead. Literally...." Read more
Customers find the writing quality of the book excellent, well written, and engaging. They also say the author is fantastic and does very well at setting scenes, describing crime, and taking readers to court.
"This is a really good book . When I had to stop reading to go and do other things, I could hardly wait to get back to it, to read more...." Read more
"I liked the characters in this mystery and also the writing was good ...." Read more
"Victor Methos is one of my favorite authors. This book was good . Really good. The plot was excellent...." Read more
"...some people might say this is a strange thing to say but I found the book entertaining and the writing is just so well done...." Read more
Customers find the characters believable.
"...The character of Kelly also was well developed in this thread...." Read more
" Interesting characters . I would have loved to hear more of Billie’s backstory, but didn’t mind the focus being kept on the plot either...." Read more
"...Good suspense, good storyline, intrigue, and characters ...." Read more
"...you will like this book by Victor Methos, as it is quick paced with likable characters . Solomon and Billie are my favorites...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the storyline. Some find it interesting and disturbing, with excellent court room banter and strategy. They also appreciate the non-stop action and surprising twist. However, others find the book boring, difficult to read, and sad.
"...I did not feel that way with this book. It held my interest from the beginning to the end. I've read 15 books this summer...." Read more
"...to help the reader understand what’s happening, but do not become overwrought or boring . This story is complex but really accessible...." Read more
"...So, the prose is no pleasure to read .The content is problematic...." Read more
"Wow, what a book! It took my breath away. Non-stop action . I love crime /courtroom thrillers. Reading the next book in line of this series...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the pacing. Some find the book well paced and flowing smoothly, while others find the first half slow going. They also say the resolution is too fast and the courtroom scenes drag a bit. Overall, some find the resolution overdone and predictable.
"... Everything wrapped up nicely , and all questions were answered. I definitely enjoyed this and I’ll be reading the rest of the series." Read more
"...I also felt that the story's pace was a problem; it was tediously slow in parts and rushed in others...." Read more
"Book 1 (Shepard & Gray) Very good psychological thriller. Fast pace with twist and turns ...." Read more
"...I thought Billie and Solomon worked well together. The story moved quickly which meant I never wanted to put it down...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the content. Some find the book very insightful, with kind context clues. They also say the research was true to form, and the book is full of test and disturbing moments. However, others say the writing is choppy, unexplaining, and unbelieveable. They feel the topic is gruesome and the details are almost too graphic.
"...This may seem kind a nitpicky, but the book summary is confusing . I know that the writer has no control over how GR describes a book...." Read more
"...You can tell the writer had a legal background as the research was true to form . I will definitely read more of this author's books!" Read more
"...Just not my cup of tea.The writing is a bit choppy and often unexplaining . I did enjoy the characters of the prosecutor, sheriff and mother...." Read more
"...Everything wrapped up nicely, and all questions were answered . I definitely enjoyed this and I’ll be reading the rest of the series." Read more
Customers are mixed about the page-turning ability of the book. Some mention it's hard to put down and easy to follow, while others find it tedious to read.
"Suspenseful and made me want to keep reading. Book was hard to put down ! I want to read the other two books." Read more
"...The secobd time not as much but still had a rough time putting the book down since the story pulls you in." Read more
"...They work well together.The characters are complex, complicated and well fleshed out and the story just WOW!..." Read more
"...I found it hard to put down and entertaining until the end. I even appreciated the attempts at humor with the character Solomon...." Read more
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"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.
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First-timer Willingham laces her first-person narrative with a stifling sense of victimhood that extends even to the survivors and a series of climactic revelations, at least some of which are guaranteed to surprise the most hard-bitten readers. The story is sadly familiar, the treatment claustrophobically intense. 10.
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THE SECRET WITNESS (Shepard & Gray Book #1) by Victor Methos is the exciting start to a new crime thriller series set in Utah and featuring a former prosecutor and the new female county sheriff. This book starts off with a bang and keeps the chills and twists coming. After three vicious murders, Tooele County Sheriff Elizabeth Gray believes she ...
Book 1. The Secret Witness. by Victor Methos. 4.18 · 21058 Ratings · 825 Reviews · published 2022 · 7 editions. From the bestselling author of A Killer's Wife com ... 4.23 · 4198 Ratings · 191 Reviews · published 2023 · 7 editions. From the bestselling author of A Killer's Wife com ...
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The Secret Witness (2022) (The first book in the Shepard & Gray series) A novel by Victor Methos . 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.
Four residents of Coopers Chase, a British retirement village, compete with the police to solve a murder in this debut novel. The Thursday Murder Club started out with a group of septuagenarians working on old murder cases culled from the files of club founder Elizabeth Best's friend Penny Gray, a former police officer who's now comatose in the village's nursing home.
The Secret Witness by Victor Methos starts out as a thriller about a serial killer then somewhat abruptly turns into a courtroom drama part way through. ... 5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Witness Review. Reviewed in the United States on 20 February 2024. Verified Purchase.
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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 Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered.
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By Bob Katz. Strangely, Paul Landis makes no acknowledgment of the implications of the evidence he attests to, namely that neither Lee Harvey Oswald nor any other single gunman could have acted alone. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After 60 Years by Paul Landis. Chicago Review Press, 222 pages, $30.
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 Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered.
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 Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered.
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The book is at once a thriller, a history of the French left, a survey of academic theories about the prehistoric age, and a philosophical novel about human nature. It is also a dazzling work of fiction: brisk, stylish, funny, moving, and, unexpectedly, piercingly moral.
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The Secret Witness (Shepard & Gray, 1) Audio CD - Unabridged, July 1, 2022 by Victor Methos (Author), Timothy Andrés Pabon (Reader) 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 31,259 ratings
The Secret Witness: Shepard & Gray, Book 1 Audible Audiobook - Unabridged . Victor Methos (Author), Timothy Andrés Pabon (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher) & 4.3 4.3 out of ... This review though is about Secret Witness which is the starting book of a new series featuring Elizabeth Gray... Sheriff Billie Gray and Solomon Shepard, a ...