Inspector West Series / The Blind Spot / John Creasey

It’s not often that a criminal goes in for personal revenge against the policeman who put him behind bars. Sure, they often spout off threats as they’re convicted and taken away to jail, but by the time they get released (if they do) they usually have their minds on other things. Revenge isn’t unknown…but it is rare. So when Inspector Roger West catches a spray of vitriol in the face (luckily just as he’s wiping his brow with his handkerchief, so the damage isn’t too bad) that has also hit a young woman on the pavement beside him, it’s natural for him to wonder what made the women the target of such spite. But the attack is followed with anonymous notes proclaiming

This is only the beginning.

Then his associate on many cases, Mark Lessing, is also attacked and the unknown assailant starts getting closer and closer to West’s family. He realizes that someone from his past hasn’t forgotten who put them behind bars and is perfectly capable of exacting a horrible vengeance on West, on Lessing…on anyone who might get in their way.