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The Vigilante


                                         THE VIGILANTE by CLAUDE BOUCHARD
THE PLOT: The first installment from his Vigilante Series, this book is about a serial killer out to get the scum of Montreal. From obvious sins like drugs and gang activities to past crimes committed and domestic violence, The Vigilante, as he's called, shows no mercy. He stalks his prey and carries out his crimes with precision leaving no evidence behind making it hard for the police to catch him. It doesn't help that the general public is rooting for the killer too because he is targeting the bad guys.
The Vigilante sends out untraceable messages through the internet and the police asks the help of a computer executive to track down the killer. But the killer seems to be too intelligent even for the I.T. guys. 


As an avid Criminal Minds fan, I like 'serial killer' themes which is why I got the book. I'm used to reading Ludlum and Clancy novels so my expectations weren't really high because I don't know the author. The fact that it happened in 1996, I thought it might be a bit boring, a lot of gadgets and other I.T. stuff not in existence yet. Well, I was happy to be proven wrong. This book is a real page turner. The whole time you can't make up your mind as to who could be the real killer. 

 "The tortured becomes the torturer", the Vigilante was also a victim of violence when he was young. Now that he's capable of defending himself he makes it his mission to seek out retribution. It's hard not to root for the guy. Somewhere along the way you kinda wish they don't catch him at all. There's a part even where you dread that he'll commit suicide by cop*. 

 The ending surprised me because I pegged someone else for the Vigilante. It had me so surprised I had to go back to the scenes just to check what each guy was up to during each killings. It was really slick the way the author made it out. The grand reveal doesn't happen until the end. 

 VERDICT: READ IT!


                                                                                                                     











*Have a shootout out with the cops rather than surrender.
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