Burke Series: Flood (Series #1) (Paperback)

from smichaelwilson

Years ago, I read Strega and was instantly a Vachss fan. However, while I did read some of his other works (including some comic book contributions), I never got a chance to return to the Burke series. So now, here I am at the beginning. Flood is a great crime noir featuring larger than life char...

from gbh2

Auftakt zur Reihe um den "Privatermittler" Burke und sein ungewöhnliches Team. Aus diesen Genre das beste Buch, was ich gelesen habe.

from JohnWCuluris

The first entry in the respected and often controversial series. And it was my introduction to it. Written, as I understand it, as the author's attempt to bring things like child abuse to light by stealth when he could get no one to listen otherwise. The novel failed to this as well, at least ini...

from blueslibrarian

Burke is a detective and con-artist working in New York City. A foster child and ex-con, he has a special feeling for cases involving abused children. When a mysterious woman named Flood arrives, Burke is hired to find a child killer so she can take revenge. I read about this series when it was n...

from Olivermagnus

Burke's newest client is named Flood, a young woman, trained in martial arts but naive about the ways of the street who is hunting the man who killed her best friend's child. Flood hears of Burke and enlists his help to find a monster for her, so she can kill him with her bare hands. Flood is the...