Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 5/7/2024 + 1182 more book reviews

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.

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