Andrew H. Vachss
1) Sign wave
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 25 cm
Description
When a calculating predator threatens his loved ones, mercenary soldier Dell attempts to track down a killer who possesses an uncanny talent for disguise.
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Just before daybreak, a body washes up on a pristine beach. The dead man's skull has been bashed open, and his upper body is covered in neo-Nazi tattoos. An anonymous photographer e-mails an image of the scene to the local news, spurring the police to instantaneous response. Searching for suspects at one of the town's "homeless-by-choice" encampments, the cops pick up Homer, a "walking wounded" schizophrenic, who has been showing off a wristwatch...
3) Aftershock
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
353 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When the shining star of the girls' softball team shoots and kills the most popular boy in school, Dolly, friend to the local teenage girls, asks her husband Dell to uncover the true motive behind the inexplicable crime.
5) The weight
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Trapped between his integrity and selling out, Sugar does the only thing he knows: He takes the weight for a crime he didn't commit--while protecting those who worked with him on a successful jewelry heist. But when he gets out, the mastermind behind the robbery, Sully, leans on him for a favor. Sully asks Sugar to go to Florida on a job. He suspects that there's more to this job than what Sully is telling him. But nothing he suspects or imagines...
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Waiting on death row after confessing to several homicides, a master assassin writes his life story to protect his younger brother, a process during which he remembers their murderously violent father. After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, Esau Till sits on death row, writing his life story. But his memoir is his one last chance to protect his brother. When the genetic cards were dealt, Esau drew a genius IQ, and a crippled body. His brother...
Author
Series
Burke novels volume 18
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When the two-year-old son of a Saudi prince is kidnapped, Burke, the ultimate man-for-hire, is forced into a journey that will change the lives of the urban survivalist and his outlaw family forever.
9) Haiku
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
285 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
Ho was a revered sensei but when his dismissive arrogance caused the death of a beloved student he renounced not only his possessions but also his role as a master and now roams the streets in search of a way to atone. Drawn by his presence a group forms around him. This searing new novel from the author of the acclaimed Burke series follows this band of homeless outcasts on a journey to recover what each has lost.
10) Hap and Leonard
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Hap Collins is a complicated man. He looks like a a good 'ol boy, but his plitics don't match. After way too many jobs, Hap has discovered what he's best at: kicking ass. Vietman veteran Leonard Pines is even more complicated : black, Republican, gay - and an occasional arsonist. As childhood friends and business associates, Hap and Leonard have a gift for the worst kind of trouble : East Texan trouble.