“Fear is the most dangerous thing there is!” says Tara Taylor Quinn whose Behind Closed Doors deals with the brutal rape of Laura Elizabeth Clark.  Clark is a white woman married to Harry, an African-American who is forced to watch this heinous crime against his wife from his own bedroom.

The police believe the rape is a random act of violence. Harry is convinced it is the targeted act of a white supremacist group. That group, Ivory Nation, is led by Bobby Donahue. 

Yet nothing is at it seems in Behind Close Doors. Donahue is a religious man abused by his father who gains love and acceptance from the church, yet he does vile things, says Quinn.  “I hate what he does but I like him because he sacrifices so much of himself to raise his young son alone, whom he adores.”

To get behind the White Supremacist façade Quinn did a massive amount of research.  She also met with an undercover detective in Arizona where she says these groups are huge partly because of border control issues.

Quinn was amazed at how these white supremacist groups preyed on young men in their late high school years.  “They approach them at a time when these kids are pulling away from their parents yet are still vulnerable. The group gives them strength and a cause and convinces these kids that they are doing God’s work,” says Quinn. 

In fact she based Ivory Nation on a combination of a local Arizona group and an international White Supremacist Organization. “The talk is often the same as religious groups: family values, women at home…And it’s all about being pure white. But how can you be that?” Quinn asks. “We all come from somewhere else. This stuff twists your brain and makes everyone crazy.”

Writing about hate crimes has become a personal mission for Quinn. “There’s a lot of danger in it but I’m compelled to put this out there,” she says.  “I’m much more afraid of what isn’t said and revealed. We all need to know about this so we can feel safer.”

Tara Taylor Quinn has written more than 40 novels, and has published in more than twenty languages. She is a USA Today bestselling author with more than five million copies sold. Behind Closed Doors is the second book in a trilogy about hate crimes.  She lived in Arizona for eighteen years.