Robert E. Key is a native of Lubbock, Texas, the son of schoolteacher parents. His mother was a middle-school teacher who insisted on the proper use of English at home—correct grammar and no improper slang. He credits his high school English teacher for her superior teaching skills in English composition and the study of great literature including Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Poe.
Retired homicide detective Derek Overton is haunted by the failures of the criminal justice system to consistently deliver adequate retribution to fit various crimes. Relying on his skills to avoid leaving evidence, he devises a plan, assisted by four associates, to apply punishment to wrongdoers who have not been sufficiently held to account by cops and courts. In his sights also are those who commit violence against women and are not made to pay a price for their despicable behavior. Will he and his colleagues escape detection and continue their illegal, but in their minds, righteous activity? Will they avoid arrest and prosecution?
As they pursue each increasingly risky operation, threats begin piling up to menace their venture. You will regard the criminal justice system in a new way after reading this tale.
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