The second Burke novel.I have the Down Here omnibus, which includes the second, third, and fourth Burke novels. In his Introduction, Vachss says about Burke, "I wanted to show people what Hell really looked like...and I didn't think an angel would be the best guide." And he's right, I think. Yet Bur...
My introduction to Burke, bought in a secondhand bookstore, Flood blew me off my feet. I read the whole series and badgered the Amsterdam public library with requests to include the books into the catalog.Recommended reading for fans of hardboiled, gritty, realistic crime fiction.
The trouble with hardboiled fiction is that it's so ripe for parody. Even at its best this style of writing is so very unselfconscious, so glaringly stripped down--yeah, I know the all the words, it seems to be saying, but I'm so tough I only need to use a few of them. Sometimes that works. Chand...
Once you've read a number of the Burke books, you can pretty much anticipate how it's going to play out - the roles of the usual cast of characters, if not the nuts and bolts of how this particular plot will be resolved. (Actually, this one surprised me a little in the denouement.)I was pretty unco...
This is a nifty no-frills thriller that should have grabbed me more than it did. Perhaps I was looking for more insight in school shootings, considering that was the basis of the plot. Instead we have a former mercenary investigating an odd shooting of a popular high school boy by an equally popular...
Interesting story of Burke - hardcore criminal and man-for-hire - who is drawn into investigating some stalkers when one of his friends ends up implicated with the death of a man. There are elements of spousal abuse, stalker issues, neo-nazis and a bombing plot. Being a man who is outside the law ...
WOW WOW and WOWAndrew Vachss fan (or not) pick this up and begin reading. All Eddie wants to be is a respected getaway man. It's easy to root for this anti-hero. And the ending, well,
liked:GhostwriterBloodlinesVeil's Visit (with Joe R. Lansdale) - I have made a note to check out this series.They're All AlikeA Piece of the CityAs the Crow FliesBlood TestProfileOK:Sure ThingPassage to ParadiseChoice of WeaponsHalf-Breed - this story was previously published in Hard Looks. I like i...
A really very different from the usual novel about a group of homeless men, each damaged and discarded by society as well as their own demons. One of the group happens to witness someone in a white Rolls Royce dump something heavy into the river. He believes that this inofrmation may lead to despera...
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