'Strega' by Andrew Vachss is the second installment in the Burke series, continuing the story of the anti-hero Burke who operates outside the law to bring down depraved individuals. The novel introduces the character Strega, who seeks Burke's help in solving dark and twisted crimes involving child molestation. Set in the gritty underworld of 1985-87 New York, the story follows Burke and his unconventional team as they navigate through the seedy and violent streets to seek justice for victims of society's worst predators.
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Strega contains high content warnings due to themes of sexual abuse and child trafficking, which may be triggering for some readers.
From The Publisher:
Andrew Vachss's implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph-and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power of Strega and his own sense of justice, there is no turning back.
In Strega one of our most acclaimed crime writers gives us a thriller that might have been imagined by Dante. For this is a tour of hell with no stops left out, conducted by a novelist who writes with the authority of the damned.
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About the Author:
Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series, the Aftershock trilogy, the Cross series, numerous stand-alone novels, and three collections of short stories. His novels have been translated into 20 languages, and his…
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