Vigil

by Jim Patterson

VIGIL tells the story of a rape victims quest for justice and revenge.Katy OMalley has not been blessed with a perfect childhood. She and her mother live in a small trailer park and survive on state disability benefits. Despite the harrowing situation, Katy manages to experience the simple joys of being a child, until these, too, are robbed from her when she falls prey to two teenage boys who rape her and leave her to die.Jack Alvarez and his friend Joe Flack, are driving and are both high on drugs when they see ten-year old Katy and snatch her. They bring Katy to a corn field where they rape her and leave her for dead. If not for a boy who sees Katy shortly after her attackers leave, see would not have survived to track them down and avenge her tragic fate.It takes fourteen years before Katy finds Joe, but the satisfaction of sending him to a slow and painful death is worth the wait. Four years later, Katy finds Jack, who is now a renowned detective in the San Francisco police department. One step closer to fulfillment of her vengeance, Katy begins executing her carefully laid out plans to destroy him. Her life forever changed. She begins avenging the brutalities inflicted upon other women. Once she has started down this path she finds herself drawn into a world of drugs and adventure.

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 26, 2011

Reviews

[Inaara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! Katy's experience as a ten year old rape victim left to die made her vengeful. She snapped and promised herself she would get her revenge on the attackers that robbed her of her childhood. Twenty years later, she finds them. And she makes them pay. This book also includes the stories of Robert and Chase, whose life was led down the path of drugs and murder because of the one person that destroyed their will to live.
I really liked how it was a mature themed book, but it still entertained me, with Katy's kickass attitude and Chase's snark comments.
Katy and Chase are super skilled assassins, and they also make a cute couple.
I also wonder how Katy killed so many people and she continues to lead her life as if nothing happened. Either it's skill or the cops are too blind.