Checkmate — Norah Lofts

When it happened, Jenny Penfold was afraid to tell her father. She knew what a vicious young punk Terry Upworth was. She'd refused his advances and he'd given her a terrible beating. Poor Jenny. Only sixteen and already a victim of the town's most vicious bully. But Tom Penfold did find out, and decided to take matters into his own hands. No Police. No outside help. Just his own savage fury. Jenny knew he'd be enraged--be desperate for vengeance--what she didn't know was just how deadly his revenge would be....A taur, nerve-tingling tale of dark evil and a strange vengeance.