The Watchman - Book Review

Robert Crais' The Watchman is more of what I'm looking for in a genre book. Crais has vast experience in this sort of thing - his writing credits extend to television series work before striking out on his own into fiction with a detective series and several stand-alone crime novels. You may have seen the movie made from one of his books, Hostage, a not bad Bruce Willis thriller where an accountant is the linchpin of the plot. You know you're in good hands and it's evident from the start. The plot is crazy but not too crazy and the heroes are plenty macho and tortured and do the right thing and the gals are attractive and need to be rescued. The setting is Los Angeles and while this isn't a travelogue, you get a nice sense of the city. The plot ties up nicely and everything is restored to order like it should be, with the major players ready to move on to their next adventure in Crais' next book.

Just about a perfect, quick, vacation kind of read.