Vengeance: The Wrath of Angels revolves around the abduction of a six-year-old boy, Andy Mellor, whose disappearance the local authorities and the FBI are unable to solve. Ten years later, rookie detective Randon Spires is assigned the case and soon uncovers evidence of the kidnapper's identity, a lifelong felon with a deep history of sexual deviance and violence. Detective Spires has marked personal flaws, but he possesses a tremendous passion for his profession. Throughout the course of the novel he undergoes a personal evolution, from a carousing, womanizing drunk, to the beginnings of a man with integrity. During the course of his investigation he teams up with the original detective who worked the case, one Clarence "Juke" Edwards. Edwards is also a flawed soul, although he, too, has a strong moral compass and a passion for police work. And as it becomes more apparent that the kidnapper may not pay for his crime, the former detective is driven towards revenge.