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Victor Methos

Biography

Victor Methos

Victor Methos immigrated to the United States from Kabul, Afghanistan, at the age of nine and wrote his first short story in English at the age of 10. He is the bestselling author of over 50 novels and has been nominated for the prestigious Edgar® Award for best novel for his work, A GAMBLER'S JURY, and is the recipient of the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for THE HALLOWS.

He attended law school at the University of Utah and has been both a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, having conducted more than 100 trials ranging from death penalty cases to defending the rights of Native American tribes to practice their religion freely, to suing police departments for civil rights violations.

​Methos’ books have been #1 bestselling hits in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Australia and throughout the world. He currently lives in Southern Utah.

Victor Methos

Books by Victor Methos

The Night Collector
by Victor Methos - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

The abduction of two teenagers from their Vegas wedding isn’t a case Detective Lazarus Holloway wants to take --- it’s one he has to take. His only clue is a bracelet, etched with a Mayan symbol of death and vengeance --- two things the detective is familiar with. With no other leads, Lazarus enlists the help of guardian ad litem Piper Danes. They’ve got a complicated history, but Piper shares his compulsion to save children in need, no matter the personal cost. Unfortunately, that cost gets higher with every new revelation. As they tread further into the dangerous network surrounding the case, secrets from Lazarus’s past follow close behind. He soon finds himself entangled with the players in this game of life, death, and disappearances. And if he can’t figure out how he fits in, there may be no getting out.

The Silent Watcher
by Victor Methos - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Far from the neon glare of the Vegas Strip, attorney Piper Danes walks away from a hotshot law firm to work as a guardian ad litem (GAL). Piper was once a vulnerable youth herself, and a GAL gave her hope when she needed it most. Now she’s committed to paying it forward. Her latest case is unlike any other: 15-year-old Sophie Grace is the sole survivor of a gruesome family murder. Teaming up with the formidable Judge Hope Dawson and enigmatic Detective Lazarus Holloway, Piper delves into a world more sinister than she could have imagined. Their hunt for the truth leads to a serial killer known only as “the Creeper,” a predator who hides in the shadows. But as the team inches closer to unveiling the murderer, they find themselves in the crosshairs.