Vachss Andrew H.

His name is John, though some call him Ghost, or nothing at all. He's a killer, a loner, protected from the world by the hard armour of cynicism and bitter indifference. Then he meets Shella, a strip-dancer and the first person to see behind his steely mask. By the author of "Sacrifice".

This is the tale of a horrifying journey into the underworld for Burke, an outcast ex-con turned licenced private investigator who makes his living by dispensing cruel but measured justice. He finds himself in a wealthy Connecticut suburb riddled with teenage suicides and covert sadomasochists.

In New York city, Burke stumbles on a brand of cruelty that is new even to him: a child programmed by fear to kill other children. To save the boy from the State, he goes after the real killers, the parents, and finds himself in the world of urban voodoo. The author also wrote "Flood" and "Strega".

The fifth novel in the "Burke" series. Burke, the hardest boiled private eye in New York City, heads out West to Indiana where an old cell-mate's nephew is accused of some horrific teenage killings. Burke teams up with Blossom, a sensual waitress/doctor with her own plans for revenge on the killer.

Set on the streets of New York, this is the fourth crime adventure featuring Burke, who becomes a gun for hire to track down a man who's holding under-age kids to ransom. This novel follows "Flood", "Strega" and "Blue Belle".

An adventure of Burke, the private detective who knows his way around New York. The new girl in Burke's life is Belle, a stripper from the Deep South with a murky past. She helps him track down someone who has been abducting and killing white hookers. The author also wrote "Flood" and "Strega".