Terminal: 17 (Burke Series) - Softcover

Vachss, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307387054 ISBN 13: 9780307387059

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2008

Synopsis

After years of carefully working the edges, a blood-commitment forces Burke's return to his former career: "violence-for-money." Claw, once the shot-caller of a white supremacist prison gang is free . . . and terminally ill--he desperately needs a pile of cash to bet on a long-shot cure. He tells Burke about a punk who once purchased protection from him, a man who claims to know the truth behind a "cold case, " the unsolved rape-murder of a thirteen-year-old girl. The killers are all weathly men today, ideal blackmail marks. But wealth is power, and the informant needs Claw's protection again. Burke decides to roll the dice. A win would give Burke the two things he lives for: Money and Revenge. A loss would turn "terminal" from a diagnosis into a certainly, and not just for Claw.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Vachss's many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He died in 2021.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307387054
• ISBN 13: 9780307387059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256