Down Here, Andrew Vachss
Down Here, Andrew Vachss
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Down Here

Author: Andrew Vachss

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/28/2011

Synopsis

For years Burke has harbored an outlaw's hard love for Wolfe, the beautiful, driven former sex-crimes prosecutor who was fired for refusing to "go along to get along." So when Wolfe is arrested for the attempted murder of John Anson Wychek, a vicious rapist she once prosecuted, Burke deals himself in. That means putting together a distrustful alliance between his underground "family of choice," Wolfe's private network, anda rogue NYPD detective who has his own stake in the outcome.Burke knows that Wolfe's alleged "victim," although convicted only once, is actually a serial rapist. The deeper he presses, the more gaping holes he finds in the prosecution's case, but shadowy law enforcement agencies seem determined to protect Wychek at all costs, no matter who it sacrifices. Burke ups the ante by re-opening all the old "cold case" rape investigations, calls in a lot of markers from both sides of the law, and finally shows all the players why "down here" is no place for tourists.

About Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels and two collections of short stories have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. A native New Yorker, he divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Skip on June 08, 2019

I liked this one better than the last few in the Burke series. A serial rapist named John Anson Wychek, convicted and imprisoned, is released via a miscarriage of justice. When he is shot, Eva Wolfe, a former sex crimes prosecutor and Burke's unrequited heartthrob, is arrested and charged. Burke is......more

Goodreads review by Larry on October 17, 2022

as I read these reviews from years ago it proves to me that I actually did read these books sometime ago. But my current brain has no recollection and this story is yet another one where it seems totally new to me. In listening to this book in the audible format, the thing that intrigue me the most......more

Goodreads review by Ash on January 20, 2018

I've been doing a re-read of the Burke series and I am pleased to say that Down Here has aged surprisingly well. It's an odd thing, to go back to a series you loved and read almost a decade after you first read it. You find some things you once loved no longer move you and some things you'd forgotten......more

Goodreads review by Craig on January 02, 2019

I have been away from the Burke series for a number of years, but it was easy to pick up again, where I left off. The books are all memorable and illustrate the author's ideas on 'family' and social injustice. This book is no exception. Another good Burke tale, but these stories are best taken from......more

Goodreads review by Gary on January 31, 2014

When I first started reading the Vachss' Burke novels, I thought the unique 'family' characters were an interesting deviation from the standard character fare of the detective/private investigator genre novel. However, I have tired of them, they now come across to me as over-stated and for this reas......more

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