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"Vachss makes other noir writers seem like William Saroyan." '
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In Burke, Andrew Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero
they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was 1
forged behind bars and tempered on New York's meanest
streets. In this blistering new thriller, Burke is drawn into his
ugliest case yet, one that involves an underground network of
abused women and the sleekly ingenious stalkers who've i
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marked them as their personal victims.
Burke's client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo
on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She's trying to
shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for
Nazism and torture. But the stalker has a protector, someone so
informed, so ruthless, and so connected that he need only make
a few phone calls to shut down Crystal Beth's operation for
good—and Burke along with it. Sinuous in its...
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•¦ . ' " '"¦• i
, I
"Vachss makes other noir writers seem like William Saroyan." '
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram j
' ' i , ' . ' ¦ , j
In Burke, Andrew Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero
they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was 1
forged behind bars and tempered on New York's meanest
streets. In this blistering new thriller, Burke is drawn into his
ugliest case yet, one that involves an underground network of
abused women and the sleekly ingenious stalkers who've i
- . i
marked them as their personal victims.
Burke's client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo
on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She's trying to
shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for
Nazism and torture. But the stalker has a protector, someone so
informed, so ruthless, and so connected that he need only make
a few phone calls to shut down Crystal Beth's operation for
good—and Burke along with it. Sinuous in its complexities,
brutal in its momentum, Safe House is Burke at the edge of his
nerve and cunning. And it's Vachss at the peak of his form.
"Scorching the prose is accomplished, stylized and flinty;
the plot is direct and commanding." —Seattle Times
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"Vachss's reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt
beauty of his language." —Chicago Sun-Times
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