Silencer

by Campbell Armstrong

When the US Federal Witness Protection Program fails to protect a star witness, a tough female former prosecutor risks her life to get answers in international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong’s high-stakes thrillerReuben Galindez’s testimony helped put away brutal arms smuggler Ángel Sanchez, and he thought the trial would be the last time he’d ever have to deal with Sanchez again. Of course Sanchez’s organization was looking for him, but Galindez wasn’t alone; he had the US government, the FBI, and the Witness Protection Program to keep him safe. When Galindez’s body is found floating face-down in the river, riddled with bullets, former state prosecutor Amanda Scholes, who believed she’d put Sanchez in jail forever, is determined to find out what went wrong. Did the witness reveal his identity and leave the program? Did someone from inside Sanchez’s organization track down Galindez? Or is his death the result of something far more insidious? Has someone managed to infiltrate the fortresslike security surrounding the program in order to exact revenge?

445 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

aka Thomas Altman, Campbell Black, Jeffrey Campbell (with Jeffrey Caine), Thomas Weldon

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Campbell Armstrong got a degree in philosophy before taking a position teaching creating writing. After his excellent series about counterterrorism expert Frank Pagan, Mr. Armstrong has written several compelling novels of crime and life in his native Glasgow.

Reviews

[keeper · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok book alot of cussing though and it's not the type of book u never forget like I already forgot what happened in the end

[Michael Prager · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ugh - are there no happy endings anymore? Or at least endings that leave you with a certain amount of hope instead a sense of gloom and despair? Sorry for the slight spoiler here... but seriously, this was a solid read, quite meeting expectations, with an entertaining, if fairly predictable, plot. It is about the usual thing of a system (in this case: a witness protection program) being undermined and it is left in the shadows whether that is from the outside or even the inside for a while, as our hero, half-retired, former star prosecutor lady tries to fight both, the corruption of the system and her own internal mental battles. Not too many surprises along the way and sometimes I wished for a little more finesse instead of blatant brutality as the story unfolds, but it fits the characters involved, so not really a complaint. Enjoyable read, if you do not go in with too high expectations...

[Lynn L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Highly improbable on so many levels. Despite that still better than listening to the radio while I drive.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: former state prosecutor Amanda Scholes can't understand. Reuben Galindez was supposed to be in Witness Protection, not dead.