The Traffickers (Badge of Honor) [Kindle Edition]

W.E.B. Griffin (Author), William E. Butterworth IV (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Dope smuggling, prostitution and murder preoccupy Sgt. Matt Payne of the Philadelphia PD in the uneven ninth Badge of Honor novel from bestseller Griffin and son Butterworth (after Final Justice). Payne, known as the Wyatt Earp of the Main Line because of his involvement in so many shootings, receives a call from an old pal, Chad Nesbitt, who tells him that a mutual friend, Skipper Olde, is somehow involved in a catastrophic fire. Matt doesn't care about Skipper, but Skipper's girlfriend, whom Matt had a crush on in high school, has been badly burned. Meanwhile, 21-year-old Juan Paulo Delgado, El Gato, is going about his usual business of pimping, beating and beheading undocumented Mexican women. Sophomoric, jokey dialogue and intrusive author lectures will lead many readers to tire of the whole business long before the evildoer receives his just and expected reward. Author tour. (Aug.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description

Philadelphia Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne is paired with a Texas Ranger to bring down a murderer with Mexican cartel connections. The odd couple of the Philly cop and the Texas lawman must run down the killer and his gang-before the body count rises again.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 594 KB
• Publisher: Jove (August 4, 2009)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002IPZBKO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,794 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing-Not up to Griffin's usual standards, August 5, 2009

By 

Jerry A. Estes "voracious reader" (Jackson, LA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Traffickers (Badge of Honor) (Kindle Edition)

I've been a W.E.B. Griffin fan for the better part of 40 years, even when he was writing as Alec Baldwin. This book was evidently written by his son, William E. Butterworth IV, and just had his (Griffin's) name on it to induce his fans to buy it. It is very disappointing in that the prose is very stilted and not up to Griffin's standards. Many of the better characters from previous books in the "Badge of Honor" series are totally missing or barely mentioned in the book (Mickey O'Hara and Peter Wohl to mention 2). Granted, W.E.B. Griffin has gotten old, he's probably in his late 70's or early 80's now, but that's no excuse for this poorly written book to be graced with his name as co-author. It's sad to see such a great writer leave us.

52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even close to par, August 5, 2009

By 

S. Walker - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Traffickers (Badge of Honor) (Hardcover)

It is becoming painfully obvious to WEB Griffin fans that whenever his son's name appears with his on the cover, that it is the son who wrote the book. I am quite frankly surprised that Griffin passed off this book to his Son, being one of his more successful franchises. To put simply, this book is BORING. It completely lacks any of the flair of usual Griffin works. Characters lack personality, engaging and interesting characters from past books of the series are simply gone with no explanation.This book can be summed up very easily. This is what Matt Payne is doing, this is what the bad guy is doing, this is what Matt did earlier, this is what the bag guy did earlier (usually in completely unnecessary graphic detail). Throw in a Texas Ranger with no personality, and a new love interest for Matt (that takes place mostly over text messages), and you have this book.

I simply can not stress how completely disappointed I am with this book. Griffin should be ashamed his name is on it, he obviously had very little if anything to do with it.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A huge disappointment, August 10, 2009

By 

Edward A. Steele III - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Traffickers (Badge of Honor) (Hardcover)

Like the previous books co-authored with his son this newest volume is a great disappointment; the writing is flat and muddled; the story line drags with too much extraneous detail. I will no longer purchase--or borrow--any Griffin titles that are collaborations with his son. Mr. Butterworth is not nearly the writer his father once was. Sad to see the Griffin era close this way with mediocre wannabe books.