FIVE MILLION PEDOPHILES....THREE ANGRY WOMEN....ONE DESPERATE SOLUTION... WOULD YOU MURDER TO PROTECT A CHILD? You can admit it because this is the world of psychological thrillers, the world of fiction. Loring Jeremias has it all: stunning looks, a career as a San Francisco stockbroker, and her loving husband David, a lawyer who defends the justice system—even when it fails. But she can’t forget her father’s child abuse and her angry memories threaten to destroy her marriage. During a girl's night out and way too much wine, Loring and her two best friends, outraged at society’s failure to protect our children, play at being vigilantes—they devise ten rules for committing the perfect murder. Their targets… Predatory pedophiles. Just a game? Not for long, because when Loring stalks a pedophile to test the rules of the conspiracy and her resolve, she doesn't know her target is a serial killer and tortures his victims to death. She doesn't know he spotted her following him, but when he threatens her life and David's, the hunter becomes the hunted, and it's far too late for regret. For the fans of Dexter and Law and Order: SVU, and for the many parents who worry about their children's safety, ANGRY ENOUGH TO KILL fulfills their fantasies of vigilante justice. Wonderful satire. Packed with suspense and action, yet much more than mere revenge fantasy. (Book club Discussion Guide included.) 5 Star Review Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder when an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. How far would you go to protect a child? To Loring, Robin, and Kendy society doesn't go far enough in punishing pedophiles. Kendy is still furious over the gang rape committed when she was just 9 years old. Loring still suffers from the sexual abuse of her father while Robin continues to mourn for her niece who was raped and brutally murdered. Loring, Robin and Kendy meet once a year on a women's get-a-way. They are close friends bound by a common experience. Over drinks they play a game called: how to commit the perfect murder. But there are rules that must be followed some of which are: Only convicted pedophiles can be murdered. There can't be any connection between the murderer and the murdered. And no connections to the children they have harmed. The following morning, Robin discovers that Kendy and Loring are serious about the conspiracy. When Robin declines to take part, Kendy argues that just one abuser can harm between 200-400 children. That society has a social contract with its people in exchange for protection. Loring asks, "What kind of a system protects the abuser and not the abused?" A fair question. Loring Jeremias, up-and-coming stockbroker married to a wonderful and adoring man, can't connect sexually the way she wants with her husband. Years of abuse at the hands of her father, Loring lives with the emptiness and fear of sexual trauma each day of her life. Her marriage is on the rocks, she can't be truthful and intimate with her husband in the way most normal people can. She believes he would never understand the scars so deeply embedded within her. Scars not even her psychiatrist can help her remove. She wonders about the plan. The proposition is appealing. Murder. The perfect murder done by surrogate. No one will ever know. Perhaps this way, she can come to terms with the sexually abused child within her. Edgar Hawker, successful promoter, almost smacks his wife across the face while at dinner in the restaurant Loring is attending. She follows Hawker's wife to the restroom as there is something about this man she does not trust. While he does not fit the profile of a pedophile, her knower is on full alert. While his wife isn't interested in Loring's help, Loring begins to track the man's movements. There is something wrong about him, something sick and twisted. She follows him to Seattle, to the seedy section where he picks up a young boy. She runs through the hotel banging on doors, trying to save the child from a molestation at best. She can't find the child, but Hawker sees her and she looks familiar. The following day the child is found mutilated and murdered. Panicked, Loring contacts Kendy and Robin by a pre-set-up arrangement to tell them what she knows. She has already broken rule number one, Hawker has never been convicted. Yet he must be stopped. She tracks his visits across country and in each city he visits he leaves behind a dead child. Seven at her latest count. Hawker gets wind of Loring. He has her followed, determined to find out what she knows. He contacts her, tells her her husband David's life is in danger if she doesn't back off. Determined to save her husband Loring, Robin, and Kendy begin to plan the perfect murder. Angry Enough to Kill is a well-written, well-thought-out and researched thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I picked it and never put it down until I finished. While the subject matter can be overwhelming, it accurately portrays the mental and physical struggles of abused children as they grow and become adults. They are the survivors of their tale and while they may not see themselves as heroes or even as complete human beings, it is because their sufferings are uniquely poignant. To be used as they were by family and/or friends, their outlook on life is their reality and one to be respected. But murder? You be the judge. Angry Enough to Kill is a book worth reading. Sheryl is a Canadian living in Mexico who's been almost everything except butcher, baker, and candlestick maker, including bookkeeper, secretary, property manager, drug prosecutor, corporate lawyer, civil servant, and most recently, keyboard player with a Cuban band in Cancun.
And, yes, she's thought about murdering on at least a few occasions, haven't you? Hobbies and other interests? Writing, editing, reading, salsa dancing, playing with her dog, and occasionally baking to-die-for mango pie. Comments are closed.
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