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Burke is back, but still lurking in the shadows, unable to return home. He is prowling the unfamiliar streets of Portland, Oregon, in search of a runaway teen. By all accounts, Rosebud Carlin is a happy, well-adjusted girl. She doesn't fit the profile of the runaway kids Burke knows so well . . . and once was. But there's something about her father . . . Burke knows the street script, but the actors are all strangers. Cut off from his family and his network of criminal contacts, Burke is show more forced into a dangerous alliance with a renegade group dedicated to providing relief by any means necessary to those in intractable pain. A bargain is struck, and the fuse is lit. Heart-stopping and hard-hitting, Pain Management is the latest bout in Andrew Vachss's thrilling reign as undisputed champ of brass knuckles noir. show lessTags
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Still in mourning from Pansy's death in the last novel, Burke is living with Gem in Portland, and getting bored when she finds him a missing person case. A well-behaved, intelligent teenage girl has run away from her home, and the police seem disinterested. Her frantic father hires Burke, and much of the book is Burke's unorthodox way of finding people and the truth. Meanwhile, the police are seeking a serial killer of prostitutes and Burke his expertise to a local cop friend of Gem's. We meet Ann O. Dyne, who is working to protect the hookers and also fanatically dedicated to helping ease debilitating pain for the sick and dying. Again seeking to trade favors, Ann introduces Burke to a local thug, who runs many of the hookers and Burke show more takes active measures to stop the killings. Nobody seems to believe that Burke won't return the runaway to her father, if she has a bona fide reason for her disappearance. The reason is a surprise. However, Burke needs to get back to his NY-based family. show less
Not my favorite of the Burke books, but still good. These books are only for those who like their fiction extremely hard-boiled though.
I got Vachss's autograph on this book when I met him at the Texas Book Festival. Very intense guy.
I got Vachss's autograph on this book when I met him at the Texas Book Festival. Very intense guy.
This book is quite realistic I think, so it's memorable, a good reading experience.
Rated "Good" in our old book database.
Burke works in Portland to find missing girl
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Hardboiled writer Andrew Henry Vachss was born on October 19, 1942 in New York City. He attended Case Western Reserve University and the New England School of Law. Vachss has worked in many government and law enforcement organizations, ranging from the U. S. Public Health Service to the New York City Juvenile Justice Planning Project. Vachss' work show more as a writer includes a series of books featuring an unlicensed private detective named Burke. Burke's appearances include Flood, Strega, Blue Belle, Hard Candy, Blossom and Sacrifice. Vachss has also written comic books and graphic novels. (Bowker Author Biography) Andrew Vachss was born on October 19, 1942 in New York, New York. He graduated magna cum laude from the New England School of Law in 1975 and received a B.A. from Case Western Reserve University in 1965. Some of Vachss' extensive experience include positions as an Attorney and Consultant, Adjunct Professor at the College of New Resources, New York, NY, Director of the Juvenile Justice Planning Project, New York, NY, Project Director of the Dept. of Youth Services, Boston, MA, and Unit Supervisor for the Dept. of Social Services, New York, NY. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology, National Association of Counsel for Children, American Professional Society of the Abuse of Children, and PEN American Center. Vachss' first novel, "Flood" (1985), began his series of detective stories that feature the unlicensed private detective known as Burke. Burke narrates the novels "Flood," "Strega," "Blue Belle," "Hard Candy," "Blossom," and "Sacrifice." His subject matter uses child-related sex crimes, which is something Vachss spent his entire career observing. His literary awards include the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for "Strega" in 1988, The Falcon Award for "Strega" in 1988, and Deutschen Krimi Preis, Die Jury des Bochumer Krimi Archivs for "Flood" in 1989. Vachss has also written collected short stories: "Born Bad" (1994), and "Everybody Pays" (1999). He is also a contributing editor for Parade Magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Pain Management
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Baby Boy Burke; Madison Clell
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Dedication
- For Skot Travis [burke111]
defender of every child but himself. manager of everyone's pain but his own. a warrior who finally fell. down in the Zero, still searching.
give Pansy a marrow bone for me, part... (show all)ner - First words
- The first time you end up Inside, you think serving your sentence is going to take forever.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It took four days for me to make sure Kevin had done it all. That he was really gone for good.
Twenty-four hours after that, so was I.
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- English, Finnish, Italian
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