False Allegations

A Burke Novel

Andrew Vachss

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Vintage Books
28 October 1997

Crime & Mystery

Series: Burke Series

Burke--ex-con, mercenary, sometime killer--makes his living preying on New York's most vicious predators and avenging their innocent victims. But in Andrew Vachss's mercilessly suspenseful new novel, Burke finds himself working the other side of the street, where guilt and innocence are as disposable as the sheets in a Times Square hotel--and as dirty.

Burke's new employer is Kite, a fanatical crusader who specializes in debunking ""false allegationsof child sexual abuse. Kite has a case that may be the real thing, but needs Burke to tell him if it is. And if mere money can't persuade Burke to cooperate, Kite has plenty of other incentives at his disposal--including a fanatical bodyguard with a taste for corsets and brass knuckles. A tour guide to hell written in icy prose, False Allegations is Vachss at his most unnerving.

By: Andrew Vachss
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard ed
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 259g
ISBN: 9780679772934
ISBN 10: 0679772936
Series: Burke Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 October 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Vachss's many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He died in 2021.

Reviews for False Allegations: A Burke Novel

""In the first rank of American crime writers. . . . Next to Vachss, Chandler, Cain and Hammett look like choirboys."" -Cleveland Plain Dealer ""Burke is the toughest talking first-person narrator since Mike Hammer."" -Los Angeles Times ""Vachss . . . writes hypnotically violent prose."" -Chicago Sun-Times ""Burke prowls the city with a seething, angry, almost psychotic voice appropriate to the devils he deals with.""-Chicago Tribune