Dr. Travis Roan hunts bad people, working for the family foundation begun by his grandfather. He and his dog, Bear, arrive in Kansas searching for the Nazi criminal, Rudolph Bormann, who was been spotted by a former resident of the Nazi camp were Borman was administrator. Roan, who is searching for his father, Ransom, meets Kansas State Trooper Skottie Foster, who helps with the search.
At age 94 Borman reigns over Purity First church. Wanted for many Nazi atrocities, the two investigators discover that he may be linked to the disappearance of many Kansas citizens. Since he has been in Kansas since 1950, the list of the missing is long.
I enjoy this author's work, and find that this tale, too, is a good read. Bear, Roan's dog and partner, is a wonderful character but responds only to commands in a strange language.
At age 94 Borman reigns over Purity First church. Wanted for many Nazi atrocities, the two investigators discover that he may be linked to the disappearance of many Kansas citizens. Since he has been in Kansas since 1950, the list of the missing is long.
I enjoy this author's work, and find that this tale, too, is a good read. Bear, Roan's dog and partner, is a wonderful character but responds only to commands in a strange language.
I read and enjoyed Grecian's first three novels in the Scotland Yard Murder Squad Series (The Yard, The Black Country, and The Devil's Workshop) a few years ago and thought they were all very good historical crime novels. THE SAINT OF WOLVES AND BUTCHERS goes a different route: about a Nazi doctor, Rudolph Bormann, who snuck into America in the 1950s and perpetrates heinous crimes in a small Kansas town where he has established a church with followers who adhere to his Nazi rhetoric. But someone has identified Bormann which puts Dr. Travis Roan on his trail. Roan is a Nazi hunter, affiliated with the Noah Roan Foundation, a West Coast version of the Wiesenthal Foundation. Roan is accompanied by his dog, Bear, a huge mastiff who obeys commands in Esperanto. Skottie Foster, an African-American highway patrol trooper gets caught up in Roan's investigation when she questions him at a roadside rest stop. Foster has a young daughter who also gets involved and is a perfect victim for Bormann.
This was a page turner but I thought it was a little over the top. Bormann was portrayed as the worst type of Nazi with a penchant for torture and improvised surgery. And Roan was an archtypical Nazi hunter with a very stoic manner. It seemed to me a lot like the plot from a comic book or pulp novel. However, overall it was enjoyable and the ending left room for a possible sequel. Roan's exploits would probably make a pretty good series and Bear was definitely a plus for the book.
This was a page turner but I thought it was a little over the top. Bormann was portrayed as the worst type of Nazi with a penchant for torture and improvised surgery. And Roan was an archtypical Nazi hunter with a very stoic manner. It seemed to me a lot like the plot from a comic book or pulp novel. However, overall it was enjoyable and the ending left room for a possible sequel. Roan's exploits would probably make a pretty good series and Bear was definitely a plus for the book.
SUSAN S. (susieqmillsacoustics) -
I enjoyed this book so much more than I expected to! I LOVE Bear! Travis and Bear are a great team that I hope we might see again even though this wraps up on its own.
