About the Author

Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a social caseworker and a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum security prison for youthful offenders. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of ten novels, a collection of short stories, three graphic series and Another Chance to Get It Right: A Children's Book for Adults. His work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, The New York Times and numerous other forums. He lives in New York City. The official Vachss website can be found at http://www.vachss.com/.

Reviews

brutal beauty
* * The Guardian * *

Burke is an acquired taste but an addictive one, and if you like your crime hard-boiled than he's your man.
* * Mail on Sunday * *

Andrew Vachss's protagonist Burke is a remarkable creation, unrepentantly criminal yet burning with outrage at the evils that men do...His fiction has always challenged taboos, tackling such issues as paedophilia and child prostitution, giving voice to the impotent and disenfranchised who struggle against a tide of indifference to their plight.
* * The Herald * *

It's rare to find a thriller as unfalteringly taut and suspenseful as this, let alone one as intelligent and psychologically perceptive ... in the best hard-boiled tradition.
* * The Scotsman * *

brutal beauty * * The Guardian * *
Burke is an acquired taste but an addictive one, and if you like your crime hard-boiled than he's your man. * * Mail on Sunday * *
Andrew Vachss's protagonist Burke is a remarkable creation, unrepentantly criminal yet burning with outrage at the evils that men do...His fiction has always challenged taboos, tackling such issues as paedophilia and child prostitution, giving voice to the impotent and disenfranchised who struggle against a tide of indifference to their plight. * * The Herald * *
It's rare to find a thriller as unfalteringly taut and suspenseful as this, let alone one as intelligent and psychologically perceptive ... in the best hard-boiled tradition. * * The Scotsman * *