Only Child, Andrew Vachss
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Only Child

Author: Andrew Vachss

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/28/2011


Synopsis

It’s been years since Burke has been home, years since he’s seen his “family” and worked in the underbelly of New York City. Although his appearance has changed, his reputation grown dusty, and his wallet thin, his skills and his crew remain razor sharp. So when he is contacted by a mob boss to investigate the murder of his illegitimate daughter, Vonni, Burke takes the job and begins searching for an unspeakably vicious killer. Posing as a casting director looking for tomorrow’s stars, Burke reaches out to the high school students who knew Vonni, and may know the identity of the killer. Before long he unearths a perverse enterprise — a young director pursuing a brutal new type of cinema vérité. “Only Child is reliable Vachss, another page-ripping underground procedural with harsh relevance and prose that qualifies the real-life children’s lawyer for his own adjective. (Vachssatious?)” —The Seattle Times “The plot is perfect, the investigation is compelling, and the payoff is bittersweet but satisfying.” —The Jacksonville Sun “Vachss’s prose is never less than hypnotic. . . . He’s a master at shedding light on grime and human and urban decay.” —Wilmington News Journal

Author Bio

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and two collections of short stories, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, 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

AudiobooksNow review by Shelly on 2008-12-15 13:22:48

When Burke teams up with the Mafia to catch a killer you just know some amazing action will ensue. This book delivers just what I have come to expect from Vachss, a look into the horror of what goes on in a child-killer's mind, but with enough twists and turns to keep me turning pages until the end. Bravo!!