The thriller Beyond Justice is reminiscent of Mario Puzo and Peter Maas, but with an unusual twist. Young Angela Malatesta makes a solemn promise, at her father's funeral, to find his killers and avenge his senseless death. Unusually bright and vivacious, the young girl grows into a beautiful, successful woman, who hatches a brilliant plan to use the local Mafia to her own ends. Now a talented architect, Angela approaches Dominick Galante, Capo of the New Jersey Mafia, to build him a beautiful home, using that as a golden opportunity to start her plans in motion, and joins his Family as consigliore. Her ultimate goal being to avenge her father.