1990 - Atlanta, Georgia Is there a serial killer on the prowl? Or is someone just yanking the blindfold off Lady Justice? “The Bible says, “If men strive, and hurt a woman… He shall be punished. Though shalt give life for life. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, Foot for foot, Burning for burning, Wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” I say, “Heaven and victims raged As another beast was set free. Taking an eye for an eye was left up to me. If Justice is blind or her hands are bound, Rejoice, Good Citizens, for I am around.” It was signed The Avenger in typed print Now justice had a name and Lt. Dan Mallory and his squad had to stop him from avenging heinous crimes against women. But The Avenger proved smarter and more deadly than any killer they had ever tracked. No clues. No forensics. Nothing - but a trail of mutilated bodies of men the courts had set free on technicalities. Were the victims connected? And were they really victims or just finally paying for their crimes? Lt. Dan Mallory had his suspicions. Crime reporter James Starr knew more than he should about The Avenger and his victims. And Starr also knew more than he should about Mallory's past. New York Times bestselling author Janelle Taylor brings you a psychological thriller that will shock you with its intensity as she takes you into the darkest regions of revenge. When justice really becomes blind, the Avenger steps in and becomes a Necessary Evil NECESSARY EVIL is not for the faint of heart. GRITTY DARK GRAPHIC VIOLENT SPELL-BINDING A page turner that will leave your heart pounding - and make you check the locks on your doors and windows Warning - this book and its violent scenes and language is for mature audiences only. NECESSARY EVIL also gifts you with the first chapters from Janelle Taylor's next psychological thrillers: UNNECESSARY EVIL and DANGEROUS DECEPTIONS
Author
The legendary Janelle Taylor was born on June 28, 1944 in Athens, GA. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor with whom she had two children, Angela Taylor-MacIntyre and Alisha Taylor Thurmond. Ms. Taylor attended the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 to 1979 and Augusta State University from 1980-1981. She withdrew from the latter after she sold her first two novels. Today, she is the author of thirty-nine novels, three novellas, and many contributions to other collections. There are thirty-nine million copies of her works in print worldwide and she has made The New York Times Bestseller List eight times. Ms. Taylor's works have also been featured ten times on the "1 million +" bestseller's list at Publisher's Weekly. Some of Ms. Taylor's most recent books include By Candlelight, Someday Soon, Lakota Dawn, and Lakota Winds (due out in paperback in May 1999). She has also made contributions to other books including The Leukemia Society Cookbook, Christmas Rendezvous, and Summer Love. In addition, readers can see her as co-host of the QVC/TV Romance Book Club Show. Ms. Taylor's interests include collecting spoons, coins from around the world, ship models, dolls, and old books. She loves to fish, ride horses, play chess, target-shoot, travel (especially in her motorhome and out West), hunt for Indian relics, and take long walks with her husband. Reading, in particular books set before 1900 and current Biographies, Thrillers, Horror, or Fantasy novels, is also one of Ms. Taylor's favorite activities. She is also extremely active with charity work and was even featured on the cover of Diabetes Forecast in February of 1998. She lives in the country on seventy-nine acres of woods and pasture with a lake and a catfish pond. She writes her novels in a Spanish cottage which overlooks a five-acre lake, a working water mill, gazebo, and covered bridge.
