Review: Depictions of Violence for a Mature Audience
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
In 1966, Tom McGuire's plane was shot down in Vietnam. For the next four years, he spent what felt like an eternity as a prisoner of the Vietnam War.Now, thirty years later, a veteran newspaper reporter and syndicated columnist is murdered. Her killing is motivated by revenge.Tom "Mac" McGuire is a homicide inspector in San Francisco. He and his partner Mike Irvine get the call to investigate the killing. When he hears the victim's name, Mac feels the three-decades-old phantom pain of torture. The crime scene brings the phantom pain into sharp focus. The victim has been tortured like a Vietnam POW.Dennis Koller's The Oath is an exciting thriller. The twists and turns keep the reading guessing until the surprising end.