"Dead Watch" is another stand alone novel by John Sandford. This book's hero is Jake Winter, an army veteran left with a limp and using a cane. His expertise in Intelligence has led to his specializing in "forensic bureaucracy." When something needs looking into at the government level, he is the expert who is often called in. This time it is the President and his staff asking for his help in finding a missing politician (Lincoln Bowe who used to be a U. S. Senator.) Bowe is a member of the opposition and his wife (Madison Bowe) is making waves by blaming a vigilante group, the Watchmen, for his disappearance and she suspects his subsequent murder. She's also blaming the Virginia Governor, Arlo Goodman, because he's the one who put the Watchmen group together.
Jake is brought in to either find Lincoln Bowe or discover what has happened to him. Along the way he makes a number of surprising discoveries about Bowe's private life and falls in love with his wife. There is a conspiracy afoot but the surprise is who is behind it.
As usual this Sandord book has a number of twists and turns and a few murders on the way to Winter's unraveling the mystery. And...Winter and Madison Bowe also find their lives in danger. Another great read by Sandford that was hard to put down! pazt
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