Andrew vachss is the author of over 30 novels and three collections of short stories, as well as poetry, plays, song lyrics, and graphic novels. You can view and manage by clicking to manage smashwords alerts. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading strega burke series book 2. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. After a nicely gritty opening revenge is like any other religion. The second half of the book was pretty well plotted and i did like it, but i didnt put the next on my kindle. It did get better and i appreciate andrew vachss and his style. Remember that individual judgments of writing styles will differ among readers and that these suggestions are selective. Ten years on the front lines prosecuting rapists and confronting their collaborators sex crimes now. Intriguing storyline with descriptive writing that draws the reader into each scene.
After completing the burke novels, vachss began two new series. The dedicated web site for vachss and his work is vachss. Andrew vachss books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Andrew vachss 1945 american writers fiction in english united states english fiction prostitution private investigators burke fictitious character new york statenew york. Authors with similar writing style to andrew vachss. I like andrew vachss, and ive read a few of his other books, but his burke series is by far my favorite.
And in the person of his haunted, hellridden private eye burke, vachss has given us a new kind of hero. Andrew vachsss previous novel, dead and gone, prompted the rocky mountain news to say, starting a vachss novel is like putting a vial of nitroglycerine into your pocket and going for a jog. Andrew vachss books list of books by andrew vachss. Confidential, and white jazzwere international best sellers. The child protective movement is a war, and i saw writing as a powerful weapon. Andrew vachss has 100 books on goodreads with 62417 ratings.
His novels have been translated into 20 languages, and his more about andrew vachss. Enjoy the best andrew vachss quotes at brainyquote. I have had mixed reactions to the first seven books of the series with as many three stars as four. Andrew vachss is currently considered a single author. There is an excellent contemporary of andrew vachss on the rear flap of the dust jacket. On the occasion of the publication of andrew vachss s new novel the weight, ken bruen and andrew vachss talk about the blues, justifiable rage and writing for the streets not the critics ken.
Vachss book list fictiondb is committed to providing the best possible fiction reference information. For me to continue reading a series i would like to have at least four stars as the norm. Books by andrew vachss authors like andrew vachss what. If you like, you can change the digest interval below. During her tenure, she tried more than 100 felony cases to verdict, including rape, child sexual assault, elder abuse, domestic violence, cult abuse, and homicide. Certainly, the city remains a pit in sacrifice, the sixth burke book. He is also a founder and national advisory board member of protect. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Originally published in 1985, flood by andrew vachss has been reissued by the vintage crime house of black lizard publishing and written in first person, in a hardboiled noir style. It will be like losing an old friend a very dark and kinda scary old. Mar 31, 2017 andrew henry vachss is an american crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. See the complete burke series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Hes also the author of more than three dozen books. He would not write another standalone novel for 20 years, instead focusing on the burke character among other projects. His autobiographical essay was added by invitation to contemporary authors in 2003. His books are a perfect example of an 80s pulp, according to ron tatar in armchair detective. No editing errors, gratuitous violence or dragyoudown drama. God help me, they seem like old friends at this point. His many books include the burke series, the aftershock trilogy, the cross series, numerous standalone novels, and three collections of short stories. If you are comfortable with the mainstream version of postworld war ii american history, which would have us believe that such tragic events as the murder of emmett till and the assassination of john f. The appearance of his work has appeared in the new york times, playboy, esquire, parade and many other forums. His many novels include the burke series and two collections of short stories. Not long after burke entered the world, he was abandoned by his teenage mother. The burke book series by andrew vachss includes books flood, strega, blue belle, and several more.
Andrew vachss has reinvented detective fiction for an age in which guilty secrets are obsolete and murder isnt even worth a news headline. A conversation with andrew vachss mulholland books. Quartet novelsthe black dahlia, the big nowhere, l. Order of burke books burke is the central character in a series of hardboiled crime fiction novels by american novelist andrew vachss. Aside from his writing career, andrew is a child protection consultant and an attorney who represents only children and youth. Andrew henry vachss is an american crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. Quotations by andrew vachss, american author, born october 19, 1942. Andrew vachss 1942 is an american crime fiction author and lawyer. The burke series is an 18 book fiction series written by andrew vachss, centered on a man named burke and his battle against child abusersmolesters. Readalikes for andrew vachss if you like andrew vachss. Ken bruen, author of the jack taylor series, blitz, london boulevard. Andrew vachss became a published author in 1973 with the standalone novel a bomb built in hell. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
He earns a living scamming freaks generally child abusers, neonazis and wannabe mercenaries, rescuing runaways, taking the occasional case, and committing the occasional act of. A stunning, vital, necessary book that is so desperately needed in these insane times. Andrew vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the countrys best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. Lee child robert crais harlan coben barry eisler michael connelly john sandford robert b parker brad thor lawrence block james lee burke books by this author in descending order of popularity at this site. Andrew vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. The series is written from burkes perspective in the first person the first book, flood, was published in 1985. Andrew vachss s implacable private eye has a new client, strega. Books such as scottsboro boy and cell 2455 death row hit me like a sledgehammer when i was a kid. Sorry, but there are no authors we recommend similar to andrew vachss.
If you have any issues with the site, please dont hesitate to contact us. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in parade, antaeus, esquire, playboy, the new york times, among other publications. Strega burke series book 2 kindle edition by vachss. Kennedy were the isolated acts of madmen, you may not feel the need for. The second book in the burke series stregawon a number of international crime fiction awards. Andrew vachss believes there are two versions of the truth in america. Would you consider two trains running your seminal work andrew. Find authors like andrew vachss from the worlds largest community of readers. Andrew vachsss burke is one of the most coldblooded yet strangely honorable protagonists in the history of crime fiction, an outlaw who makes his living by preying on the most vicious of new york citys bottomfeeders, those who thrive on the suffering of the defenseless. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. The writing may seem a little dated because it was written so long ago, but the story is quite compelling. Author interview andrew vachss, author of two trains. Strega burke series book 2 kindle edition by vachss, andrew. Andrew vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a socialservices caseworker, a labor organizer, and has directed a maximumsecurity prison for aggressiveviolent youth.
The creator of burke, allpurpose noir stylist vachss mortal lock, 20, etc. A chance meeting with gotham caseworker debra kane opens his alter ego bruce waynes eyes to the. Andrew vachss books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. It is a place that burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. This book has been my introduction to crime fiction by andrew vachss. About me andrew vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a socialservices caseworker, a labor organizer, and has directed a maximumsecurity prison for aggressiveviolent youth. To see the complete list of this authors readalikes, you need to be a member. In the life of andrew vachss, a numerous novels are written by him like the two collections of short series, the burke series and many others. As a novelist, he is perhaps best known for his burke series of hardboiled mysteries.
Readalikes for andrew vachss if you like andrew vachss try these authors. You will receive an email alert if one or more of the authors youre following has a new release. He has written three popular series the cross series, the aftershock trilogy, and the burke series. Many of vachss novels feature the shadowy, unlicensed investigator burke, an excon, career criminal, and deeply conflicted character. The shaolin cowboy adventure magazine is the first new heropulp to be printed in decades and combines. Goodreads members who like andrew vachss also like. The difference between child prostitutes and prostituted children is cosmic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
His many books include the burke series, the aftershock trilogy, the cross series, numerous stand. Retroseminal, in that it dissects events which have already occurred. Theres always a lot more preaching than there is practicing, vachsss 18th burke thriller after. Discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew vachss books online. As a novelist, he is perhaps best known for his burke series of mysteries. Andrew vachss latest books are mortal lock vintage, may 20, signwave pantheon, june 2015, and carbon haverhill house, 2019. A smalltime criminal raised by the state, burke started off as a con man and unlicensed private detective, and as the series continues he graduates to vigilante man. Though andrew vachss s burke books are written in the 1990s and later, they keep alive a sleazy new york image that hearkens back to a darker but more interesting era. Andrew vachss is the author of 33 novels and three collections of short stories, as well as poetry, plays, song lyrics, and graphic novels. He is the author of numerous novels, including the burke series, three collections of short stories, and a wide. Most investigators dont even know what the word means. Jackson is a soldier of fortune who got his training with the french foreign legion. Andrew vachss after literally a lifetime of vigilant service to the marginalised and abused has produced his finest work. Andrew vachss is a member of pen and the writers guild of america.
Vachss has worked in comics before and had been amazed at the letters he got from kids in regard to comics storytelling in books like the hard looks series, which he. A must for the collector of important modern detectivemysterythriller 1st editions andor the collector of authors first books andor the collector of andrew vachss 1st editions, especially the early andrew vachss 1st editions. Alice vachss, jd, is the former chief of the special victims bureau of the queens nyc district attorneys office. Best selling author andrew vachss teams with awardwining artist geof darrow to revive the spirit and format of the pulp novels of the 30s and 40s. The eighth book of the burke series footsteps of the hawk was published in 1995.
Discount prices on books by andrew vachss, including titles like another chance to get it right fourth edition. Order of andrew vachss books andrew vachss is an american novelist of hardboiled crime fiction, best known for his burke series. To see the complete list of this authors readalikes, you need to. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes theyd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often. There has been translation of his books in more than twenty languages. Oct 14, 2003 discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew vachss books online.
Andrew vachss is an attorney exclusively representing children and youth, and a consultant on child protection issues. And what a crusade the novelist has for the superhero. The series is written from burkes perspective in the first person. She wants burke to find an obscene photographand that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. With his latest thriller, vachss turns the heat up a notch by dropping his career criminal and ultimate urban survivalist, burke, in the middle of. Below is a list of andrew vachss books in order of when they were originally published. Andrew henry vachss was born in new york october 19, 1942. I enjoy burke and his relationship with his brother silent max, and the rest of his family. The shaolin cowboy adventure magazine is the first new heropulp to be printed in decades and combines hardhitting prose with illustrated mayhem. Andrew vachss books list of books by author andrew vachss. Andrew vachss contemporary authors new revision series, volume 44, pages 444446. A conversation with andrew vachss by hachette on the occasion of the publication of andrew vachsss new novel the weight, ken bruen and andrew vachss talk about the blues, justifiable rage and writing for the streets not the critics. If you were floored by robin williamss genie in aladdin, wait till you sink your fangs into the latest, and unlikeliest, popcultural marriage.
He is best known for his hardboiled burke series, which he began in 1985. Seminal was probably a bomb built in hellafter all, who was. Andrew vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a social services caseworker, and a labor organizer, and has directed a maximumsecurity prison for youthful offenders. Nov 19, 2019 you have subscribed to alerts for andrew vachss. Andrew vachss audio books, best sellers, author bio. I like it especially for its firstperson narrative of a tough real tough. Readalikes are suggestions for readers who enjoy the works of a particular author and would like to have recommendations of other authors that write in a similar style or genre.