Hard-boiled fiction at its best. - The Chicago Tribune Book World<br><br> Vachss's tough guy writing style grabs you by the hair and jerks you to attention. - Detroit Free Press<br><br> An extraordinary thriller... Vachss never flinches from the horror. - Washington Post Book World<br><br> Burke would eat Spade and Marlowe for breakfast, not even spitting out the bones. [He] is one tough, mean, pray-to-God-you-don't-meet-him hombre. - Boston Herald