Title: A Time of Predators
Description: The gang was restless, just looking for idle fun. They roughed up a man they thought was a homosexual--but their game got out of hand and their victim was blinded.

It was Paula Halstead's bad luck to witness the attack and catch a glimpse of one of the boys. After they got through with her, she killed herself.

The police have no leads and can't find the culprits. Paula's husband hires a private investigator to do what the police haven't been able to-with no success. 

Curt Halstead refuses to give up; he will have his vengeance on the men who raped and tortured his wife, even if it means entering into their world of sex, violence, and murder.
Subjects: Crimes against, Fiction, Gangs, Married women, Revenge, Witnesses, Married women -- Crimes against -- Fiction, Witnesses -- Crimes against -- Fiction, Revenge -- Fiction, Gangs -- Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Edgar Award