Pain Management

Still in mourning from (view spoiler)[Pansy's (hide spoiler)] death in the last novel, Burke is living with Gem in Portland, and getting bored when she finds him a missing person case. A well-behaved, intelligent teenage girl has run away from her home, and the police seem disinterested. Her frantic father hires Burke, and much o......more

I am seriously suffering memory loss rereading these books from a decade ago. I am re-experiencing this series in the Audible format while following along with e-books. Once again this story seems to have only a very little bit to do with the pedophile issue that I always associate Burke with. And t......more

Quite simply a magnificent novel that borders on being atrue work of art and genius. I have no idea how Vachss can write something of this quality. Don't approach this thinking you can simply sit back and be entertained as Vachss does not operate like that - this is a book designed to get the grey m......more

Vacchs is a keeper. Man goes deep on morality, a code for living, and the need for that to live well. Purposefully and rightly. Even if the main character's a criminal. When he cuts off the fist two stretches of the index fingers of a guy, he cauterizes them with his mini-blow torch, and the guy had......more

Another great book by Vachss. The more I read his work, the better I like it.......more