Title: Fatal convictions
First published: 1996
Description: A long string of gruesome murders remains unsolved, and the body count is rising fast. But it is soon clear to all involved that the victims have more in common than grisly deaths - they shared grisly lives as well. The killer's hit list reads like a Who's Who of the San Fernando Valley's most despised criminals - child molesters.

Outraged by the failure of the criminal justice system to make unrepentant child molesters pay for their heinous crimes, someone has taken the law into lethal hands - and now it's payback time. With wicked humor and deadly aim, the unidentified killer sets out to right the wrongs inflicted on young and innocent victims.

Soon everyone is suspect - from the stunningly beautiful but embittered DA, Rebecca Fielding, to the lipsticked pedophile in drag, Frank, to the less-than-noble treatment center directors - as unrepentant child molesters, who have received nothing but a slap on the wrist from the law, are brutally murdered.

Meanwhile, Ms. Fielding's rivals in the DA's office try to pin the crimes on her. As the investigation gets under way, a conflicted romance heats up between Rebecca and Jack Larson, the lead detective on the case who cannot believe Rebecca is guilty despite mounting evidence. Larson must ultimately put both his job and life on the line to discover the disturbing truth.
Subjects: Fiction, Child molesters, Vigilantes, California, fiction, Larson, jack (fictitious character), fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
LC classification: PS3557.E395