THE FIFTH ANGEL

Child molesters and serial rapists often slip through loopholes in the legal system, as Prosecuting Attorney Jack Ruskin well knows. When his teenaged daughter was left catatonic after being abducted and repeatedly raped for 10 days, her tormentor was released because of a bad search. After much soul searching, Jack decides to take action. Using his expert knowledge of forensics, he begins assassinating the worst offenders, carefully leaving nothing behind to trace him to the killings. In Jonathan Marosz’s intelligent reading we feel the anguish of victims and parents and the conflict of law enforcement agents who must identify and arrest this avenging angel. Marosz’s performance finds every bit of humanity in Tim Green’s disturbing look at "justice" and the monsters who would exploit it. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 03]