DR. VIGILANTE
Creator:
Alberto Hazan
Characters
Dr.
Robert McKenzie
Dr.
Donohue: Tall, broad-shouldered, and handsome
Dr.
Sanchez
Dr.
Simone
Dr. Raj
Singh
Dr.
Valentine
Dr.
Cheng
Sharon
Reede
Michelle
Rivera, RN
Detective
Macy
Detective
Landers
Doctor by day. Vigilante by night. Robert lives
a double life in New York City. He spends his days treating patients at the St.
Jude's Hospital ER and his nights going after the psychopaths who wrong them:
the child molesters, wife beaters, and rapists. But when the fiery, beautiful
new social worker discovers his secret identity and their love affair takes
off, Robert is forced to face some hard questions: Do the ends justify the
means? After years of hunting down psychopaths, is Robert turning into one
himself? An action thriller with strong, distinct characters, filled with
suspense and surprise, Dr. Vigilante is also a love story unfolding amid the
turmoil and drama of a busy ER.
Robert McKenzie, 43, is built like an
All-American linebacker with the agility of an Olympic gymnast: He carries ten
thousand worth of miniaturized spy equipment; dressed in long-sleeved elastane
top and his favorite pair of dark polyester pants. Takes him 8 seconds to
karate whip two hoodlums.
His apartment closet: He pressed a
hidden button and there was a low hum. The opposite wall slid open, revealing a
hidden storage compartment. He pulled
open a drawer and took out one of seven neatly folded black outfits. They
looked like thin wetsuits, but the material was much more durable, capable of
protecting him from most knife blades and small caliber bullets. Over these he
slipped on a pair of Diesel jeans and his favorite cotton tan sweatshirt. In
another compartment was revealed a
polished steel safe. An 8-number combination and the safe clicked open. Inside
was his arsenal: handguns, shotguns, knives, syringes, and all sorts of
explosives. His preferred weapons are a SIG Sauer 9mm P226 and HK 45, and Glock
17, as well as a small shotgun that fits in a scabbard on his back.
Newspaper headlines call him the
Psychopath Hunter, the Manhattan Vigilante, and Avenger.
A lone wolf, he rides a Ducati
motorcycle, sometimes reaching speeds over 120 mph.
Guillermo
Martinez : Central America’s fiercest
freedom fighter taught him street fighting and modern warfare when
Robert served as a doctor in his country.
Sharon Reede, 28, ER Social Worker:
Recently arrived from Indiana, she has long blond hair, large brown eyes, and a
small frame. Her feisty attitude and “no quit” spirit captured Robert’s heart,
and they soon become lovers.
Detective Macy and Detective Landers are the
police investigating the Manhattan Vigilante, and they also suspect Robert as
the city’s Avenger. At the end, Detective Landers catches him about to set fire
to two neo-Nazis. Holding a gun on him, the detective gives him two choices: Do
the deed and die, or leave them for the police and he’ll give him 24 hours to
disappear from the city before an arrest warrant is issued.
There are four novels in this interesting
series. In the last two novels we have a villain enter the stories called The
Owl.
Dr.
Vigilante #1 (VB Publishing) 2013
Dr.
Vigilante #2 (VB Publishing) 2016
Dr.
Vigilante #3 (VB Publishing) 2016
