Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and two collections of short stories. His novels have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications.
The dedicated website for Andrew Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com.
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Hardcover | 368 pages | Pantheon | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-90774-5 (0-307-90774-0)
June 11, 2013 | $32.00
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The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining star pitcher of the girls’ softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the school’s walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town’s newer...
eBook | 368 pages | Pantheon | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-90775-2 (0-307-90775-9)
June 11, 2013 | $14.99
The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining star pitcher of the girls’ softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the school’s walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town’s newer...
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-95083-3 (0-307-95083-2)
May 7, 2013 | $18.95
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A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL
A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his “perimeter” from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator...
eBook | 300 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-95084-0 (0-307-95084-0)
May 7, 2013 | $9.99
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A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL
A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his “perimeter” from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator...
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Crime; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-94867-0 (0-307-94867-6)
January 22, 2013 | $18.00
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A deeply revealing novel from the master of the hardboiled, Andrew Vachss, about an assassin whose love forced him to kill his own conscience.
Execution looms, but no prison can hold Esau Till’s mind. Or his love. He sits on death row, writing his life story—his last chance to protect his brother...
eBook | 768 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Urban Life
978-0-345-80572-0 (0-345-80572-0)
January 1, 2013 | $15.99
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Andrew Vachss's Burke is one of the most cold-blooded yet strangely honorable protagonists in the history of crime fiction, an outlaw who makes his living by preying on the most vicious of New York City's bottom-feeders, those who thrive on the suffering of the defenseless. In these three thrillers, Vachss gives us...
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-95085-7 (0-307-95085-9)
November 13, 2012 | $18.95
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Before Burke, Andrew Vachss created Wesley, the ultimate ice-man. A Bomb Built in Hell is Wesley’s story.
While doing time for manslaughter, Wesley meets prison boss Carmine Trentoni, an Old School gangster who no longer believes in the blood-oath he took years ago. Carmine’s triple life sentence hasn't cut him off from all his...
eBook | 304 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-95086-4 (0-307-95086-7)
November 13, 2012 | $9.99
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Before Burke, before Cross, Andrew Vachss created Wesley: a ruthless assassin who would stop at nothing to take out his targets. A BombBuilt in Hell is Wesley's story.
While doing extended time for killing a fellow prisoner, Wesley meets Carmine Trentoni in a New York state prison. Carmine's life sentence...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Crime; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-94957-8 (0-307-94957-5)
July 10, 2012 | $16.95
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TO: UNIT 3 Chicago
FROM: DIRECTOR
IMPORTANCE: Critical
SUBJECT: Specimen Retrieval
TARGET: Shadowy hunter-killer teams, ID'ed via signature kills worldwide. Identifiable only by skull-spine removal from victims. No witnesses, no forensics, no particular race targeted. On rare occasions, scraps of what appear to be playing cards found at murder sites.
OBJECTIVE: Locate and capture any member of such teams. MUST be...
eBook | 320 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-307-74472-2 (0-307-74472-8)
July 10, 2012 | $12.99
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TO: UNIT 3 Chicago
FROM: DIRECTOR
IMPORTANCE: Critical
SUBJECT: Specimen Retrieval
TARGET: Shadowy hunter-killer teams, ID'ed via signature kills worldwide. Identifiable only by skull-spine removal from victims. No witnesses, no forensics, no particular race targeted. On rare occasions, scraps of what appear to be playing cards found at murder sites.
OBJECTIVE: Locate and capture any member of such teams. MUST be...
Hardcover | pages | Pantheon | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Crime; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-37994-8 (0-307-37994-9)
March 20, 2012 | $29.00
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Andrew Vachss, the master of hard-boiled fiction, returns with a deeply revealing new novel about an assassin whose love forced him to kill his own conscience.
Esau Till’s race is almost run. After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, he sits on death row, awaiting lethal injection. And writing his life...
eBook | 224 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Crime; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-90713-4 (0-307-90713-9)
March 20, 2012 | $13.99
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Andrew Vachss, the master of hard-boiled fiction, returns with a deeply revealing new novel about an assassin whose love forced him to kill his own conscience.
Esau Till’s race is almost run. After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, he sits on death row, awaiting lethal injection. And writing his life...
eBook | 272 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-307-37975-7 (0-307-37975-2)
November 9, 2010 | $12.99
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Andrew Vachss returns with a mesmerizing novel about a hard-core thief who’s about to embark on a job that will alter his life forever.
Sugar is that rarest of commodities: an old-school professional thief, tough and loyal as a pit bull, packing 255 pounds of muscle. When he’s picked out of a...
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-47528-2 (0-307-47528-X)
November 2, 2010 | $17.00
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From the author of the acclaimed Burke series comes a sharply affecting new novel about a group of outcasts who undertake a “mission” to save a schizophrenic’s hidden treasure.
When his most beloved student dies as a result of what he believes to be his misguidance, Ho renounces his position as a...
eBook | 224 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-37865-1 (0-307-37865-9)
November 3, 2009 | $12.99
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From the author of the acclaimed Burke series comes a sharply affecting new novel about a group of outcasts who undertake a “mission” to save a schizophrenic’s hidden treasure.
When his most beloved student dies as a result of what he believes to be his misguidance, Ho renounces his position as a...
