Gritty, frightening, compelling and ultimately satisfying. - The Cleveland Plain Dealer Brilliant... Burke is a creature you can't spend enough time with [and] Vachss, sculpting pieces of art out of the scummiest wastes of humanity, must be read. - People Burke is an unlikely combination of Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, and Rambo... Vachss's stories burn with righteous rage. - The Washington Post Book World A contemporary master... Decidedly hard-boiled, his prose is lean, tough-edged and brittle. - The Atlanta Journal