Blue Belle

Name: Blue Belle
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Author: Andrew Vachss
ISBN: 9781441820952

Author: Andrew Vachss

Series: Burke Series #3

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 03/09/2010

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Burke is one of the most cold-blooded yet strangely honorable heroes 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 children. In Andrew Vachss’s tautly engrossing novel Burke is given a purse full of dirty money to find the infamous Ghost Van that is cutting a lethal swath among the teenage prostitutes in the hood. He also gets help in the form of a stripper named Belle, whose moves on the runway are outclassed only by what she can do in a getaway car. But not even Burke is prepared for the evil that is behind the Ghost Van or for the sheer menace of its guardian, a cadaverous karate expert who enjoys killing so much that he has named himself after death. “A book so ferocious, with characters so venal and actions so breakneck, that you dare not get in the way . . . . First rate.” — Chicago Tribune

About Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels and two collections of short stories have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. A native New Yorker, he divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on November 01, 2012

If Andrew Vachss did his books Sesame Street style, then this one would be brought to you by the letter M because in addition to Max, Michelle, Mama and the Mole, he adds characters named Mortay, McGowan, Morelli, Morales and Marques. Of course, if Vachss did Sesame Street then Bert and Ernie would......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on May 06, 2015

So disappointed!! This book is part 'Carry On' .. part violent revenge and the rest is misogynistic cod's wallop. I fail to understand why a woman need's to be 'slapped', 'nipped' and 'patted on the rump' to reassure her insecurities .. What is she, a farm animal!! The character of Belle is so deepl......more

Goodreads review by Skip on May 30, 2018

Burke is asked by a pimp named Marques to take on a bounty for the operators of the Ghost Van, a vehicle patrolling the streets of Manhattan, killing prostitutes. His contact with Marques is initiated through Belle, a buxom stripper who thinks Burke is her savior. Turns out she is an excellent wheel......more

Goodreads review by KillerBunny on January 04, 2023

4 stars, it takes a while before anything happen. I do love Belle with all my heart, but I thought it was a bit less dark than usual. The book is more based on the relationship. But I do love every characters of Burke family.......more

Goodreads review by Browncoat359 on June 17, 2011

If you ever were to ask me to reccommend a book without any criteria or caveats at all THIS is the book I would tell you you MUST read. Why? Why would I specifically choose this book out of all of the many books I have read over the many,many,years? Heart. THIS book has heart,or more properly perhaps......more