Hard Candy

by VACHSS, ANDREW

• ISBN13: 9780679761693
• ISBN10: 0679761691
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-07-04
• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Summary

In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burkethe private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit man who metes out a cruelly ingenious vengeance on those who victimize childrenis up against a soft-spoken messiah, who may be rescuing runaways or recruiting them for his own hideous purposes. But in doing so Burke becomes a target for an entire Mafia family, a whore with a heart of cyanide, and a contract killer as implacable as a heat-seeking missile. Written with Vachss's signature narrative overdriveand his unnerving familiarity with the sub-basement of American crimeHard Candyis vintage Burke.

Author Biography

Andrew Vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the country’s best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. He is also a bestselling novelist and short story writer, whose works include <b>Flood</b> (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss’ series character Burke, <b>Strega</b> (1987), <b>Choice of Evil</b> (1999), and <b>Dead and Gone</b> (2000). His short stories have appeared in <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Playboy</i>, and <i>The Observer</i>, and he is a contributor to <i>ABA Journal</i>, <i>Journal of Psychohistory</i>, <i>New England Law Review</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, and <i>Parade</i>.<br><br>Vachss has worked as a federal investigator