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Safe House
Written by Andrew Vachss
Narrated by Phil Gigante
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
In Burke, Andrew Vachss gave readers of crime fiction a hero they could believe in, an avenger whose sense of justice was forged behind bars and tempered on New York's meanest streets. In this blistering thriller, Burke is drawn into his ugliest case yet, one that involves an underground network of abused women and the sleekly ingenious stalkers who've marked them as their personal victims.
Burke's client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She's trying to shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for Nazism and torture. But the stalker has a protector, someone so informed, so ruthless, and so connected that he need only make a few phone calls to shut down Crystal Beth's operation for good - and Burke along with it. Sinuous in its complexities, brutal in its momentum, Safe House is Burke at the edge of his nerve and cunning. And it's Vachss at the peak of his form.
"Scorching . . . the prose is accomplished, stylized and flinty; the plot is direct and commanding." - Seattle Times
"Vachss's reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language." - Chicago Sun-Times
Burke's client is Crystal Beth, a beautiful outlaw with a tattoo on her face and a mission burned into her heart. She's trying to shield one of her charges from a vengeful ex with fetishes for Nazism and torture. But the stalker has a protector, someone so informed, so ruthless, and so connected that he need only make a few phone calls to shut down Crystal Beth's operation for good - and Burke along with it. Sinuous in its complexities, brutal in its momentum, Safe House is Burke at the edge of his nerve and cunning. And it's Vachss at the peak of his form.
"Scorching . . . the prose is accomplished, stylized and flinty; the plot is direct and commanding." - Seattle Times
"Vachss's reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language." - Chicago Sun-Times
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Reviews for Safe House
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent entry in the Burke series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was looking for book with male characters that were broken inside but with a tough exterior that push people away yet still do good even it is through violence. I found that exact person in the character of Burke. My first introduction to him in this novel just made me want to run out and get every other book in the series. I *love* it when I discover a new series of novels that I know I will enjoy from the start.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting story of Burke - hardcore criminal and man-for-hire - who is drawn into investigating some stalkers when one of his friends ends up implicated with the death of a man. There are elements of spousal abuse, stalker issues, neo-nazis and a bombing plot. Being a man who is outside the law he has issues of trust.It's interesting but not necessarily something I would hunt out more about, however if I happened on more I'd read them.