Andrew Vachss's series hero, an outlaw vigilante named Burke, is on the trail of the man who murdered the teenage daughter of a Mafioso.

Late one night, Michael--an addicted gambler who has lost everything, including himself--spots a woman in a white Rolls-Royce throwing something into the river. Convinced that the woman is a perfect blackmail target, he attempts to recruit a band of homeless outcasts to search for her. But news that a building is slated for demolition turns this halfhearted effort into a serious mission to find the ultimate problem-solver: money, and with it a new...

Ex-con private investigator and rumored hit man Burke isbeing stalked by two rogue cops. One wants him to free a man charged with a string of rape-murders, the other is trying to frame Burke for the same crimes.

P.I. Burke is advertised unwillingly as a gun-for-hire and gets pressured by the police and the Mafia when he decides to rescue a young girl from the dangers of a "safe house" for teenagers.

Tells the story of a killer stalking his prey, driven by forces he cannot understand.

Ex-con private investigator and rumored hit man Burke isbeing stalked by two rogue cops. One wants him to free a man charged with a string of rape-murders, the other is trying to frame Burke for the same crimes.

An avenger makes his appearance in New York, killing gay-bashers. The police want to arrest him, but others want to help him and they hire PI Burke to find the man.

When a client who had hired him to find a missing woman is gunned down just minutes after their meeting, Burke launches an investigation to find Beryl Preston, a girl he had rescued from a brutal pimp and returned to her father some twenty years earlier.

"In The City, government is god -- in The Sector, anarchy rules. The Membrane stands between those worlds. Some cross it to The Sector, seeking the forbidden. Some cross it to The City, seeking a chance to see the sky. Some try to stay. Most die trying. In a world without paper, names are earned. Sector-born, Carbon has been forged by his life, and violence became his only credential. Knowing his life expectancy, Carbon risked everything for a chance...

When there is no longer any reliable source of "news," there is nothing to trust . . . and "The Terror" descends. For decades, The Rulers have been at work, using prisoner/slave labor to construct Underground, believing that all those who flee there will trade their freedom for security. Now, "truth" is what the Rulers say it is, and The Rulers rule all. But even within this antiseptically evil world, a revolution is brewing. A new breed of journalists--known...