After years of bringing down child molesters and rapists, cop-turned-killer Tony Just goes after his hardest prey yet--Antek Bando, an ex-con whose mind concocts horrific crimes. Original.
Eugene Izzi was born on March 23, 1953 in Hegewisch, a neighborhood in southwest Chicago.
His first novel, The Take, was published in 1987. He went on to publish 18 books. His thrillers often featured organized crime and street characters he remembered from his childhood.
After the publication of Tribal Secrets, he had a dispute with his publisher, and could not publish any books under his name for three years. During this time he published three novels under the pseudonym Nick Gaitano.
On December 7, 1996 he was found hanging outside his Michigan Avenue office. His death was declared a suicide, but many found his death suspicious.
TONY'S JUSTICE by Eugene Izzi PROTAGONIST: Ex-cop Tony Just SETTING: Chicago RATING: 3.5 WHY: Tony Just is an ex-cop who has served time for murdering a man. His former colleagues tend to avoid him. But when one of them is killed by a psychopath named Antek Bando, Tony makes it his mission to bring him down, using what he's learned on the street and some rather unsavory friends. Good characterization but Bando is a bit over the top.