Andrew H Vachss
2) Down here
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a colleague is charged with the murder of a serial rapist, Burke uncovers numerous questionable dealings at the district attorney's office and elects to reopen the original investigation into the rapist's case.
3) Only child
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning to New York after years on the run, Burke is forced to step out of the shadows to investigate the murder of his own teenage daughter, and heads for Long Island, where he comes face to face with a depraved killer.
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
PI Burke, New York's avenging angel, is asked by a policewoman to clear the name of her boyfriend, jailed for murder. She claims he was framed by a psychopathic policeman who is also out to get Burke. To Burke, it all sounds "treacherous bad," but he takes the case anyway.
5) The weight
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trapped between his integrity and selling out, Sugar does the only thing he knows: He takes the weight for a crime he didn't commit--while protecting those who worked with him on a successful jewelry heist. But when he gets out, the mastermind behind the robbery, Sully, leans on him for a favor. Sully asks Sugar to go to Florida on a job. He suspects that there's more to this job than what Sully is telling him. But nothing he suspects or imagines...
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 7
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
A rash of suicides among wealthy teenagers in a Connecticut town is the subject of an investigation by PI Burke. To solve the case he is forced to play the stud, endearing himself to a housewife who runs a secret porn ring. By the author of Shella.
10) Aftershock
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 1
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When the shining star of the girls' softball team shoots and kills the most popular boy in school, Dolly asks Dell to uncover the true motive behind the inexplicable crime
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 2
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Just before daybreak, a body washes up on a pristine beach. The dead man's skull has been bashed open, and his upper body is covered in neo-Nazi tattoos. An anonymous photographer e-mails an image of the scene to the local news, spurring the police to instantaneous response. Searching for suspects at one of the town's "homeless-by-choice" encampments, the cops pick up Homer, a "walking wounded" schizophrenic, who has been showing off a wristwatch...
12) Choice of evil
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 11
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
An avenger makes his appearance in New York, killing gay-bashers. The police want to arrest him, but others want to help him and they hire PI Burke to find the man.
13) Safe house
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 10
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
14) Dead and gone
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 12
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Burke is left for dead after a ransom drop goes bad. His quest for revenge leads him to Chicago, the Pacific Northwest, and a Russian-speaking Cambodian woman named Gem.
15) Mask market
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 16
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
16) Sign wave
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 3
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a calculating predator threatens his loved ones, mercenary soldier Dell attempts to track down a killer who possesses an uncanny talent for disguise.
17) Pain management
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Following a failed assassination attempt, "career criminal and ultimate urban survivalist" Burke moves to the Pacific Northwest and takes on the task of tracking down a runaway teenager "in a long, dark tunnel of lies--lined with more games than players."--Jacket.
18) Strega: a novel
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
Burke is hired by a Mafia don's niece to find a child pornography ring.