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Safe House (Burke #10)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author)
In Burke, Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was 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 marked them as their p
...morePaperback, 320 pages
Published
September 25th 2001
by Vintage
(first published March 1st 1998)
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the book started out as almost all of vachss' books do, in that it is gritty as well as literary, opening pages always rivalling raymond chandler for their wit and metaphor. however, like most all other burke novels it degenerated quickly into the typical expository for a few hundred pages. all explanation and no get up and go. very little action in the slumps, but the writing is fast paced and solid and easy to breeze through. even though it feels the need to explain itself too often, the book ...more
I was looking for book with male characters that were broken inside but with a tough exterior that push people away yet still do good even it is through violence. I found that exact person in the character of Burke. My first introduction to him in this novel just made me want to run out and get every other book in the series. I *love* it when I discover a new series of novels that I know I will enjoy from the start.
When ex-con, con-man and unlicensed private investigator Burke is contacted by a former jailhouse buddy about his need to disappear, he gets pulled into a secret underground of women who are protecting battered and abused women and children from harm. This is one of the wildest Burke stories, involving neo-nazis, undercover government agents and the witness protection program. When Burke gets in deep, he calls in his "family": reclusive tech genius The Mole, con-man and former strong-a...more
Safe House (Burke #10) by Andrew Vachss (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 1988) is one of the better books from the Burke series. This one features Crystal Beth as a native American girlfriend, Nazis, and stalkers. 6/10, finished 6/8/11.
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Interesting to see Vachss branch out from child sex power plays to adult on adult crime that only periphereally involve children. He picked up the pace a bit in this one... reserving judgment on Crystal Beth; I want to like her as she's not a one-time Noir fantasy lay, but... we'll see.
Excellent entry in the Burke series.
loved the fact that vachss put out a blues cd to accompany this story. i love the vigilante justice of this series. but it's dark and gritty.
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Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a social-services caseworker, a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum-security prison for “aggressive-violent” youth. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of numerous novels, including the Burke series, two collections of short stories, and a wide varie...more
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