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4.0 out of 5 stars
Burke is back in the neighborhood,
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This review is from: Down Here: A Burke Novel (Hardcover)
Rebeccasreads recommends Burke's latest incarnation as he sets out not only to prove the beautiful Wolfe innocent of attempted murder, he wants to skewer the creep Wycheck & get him for the string of brutal rapes that has Manhattan in a nightmare.That redemption comes at a terrible price, is part & parcel of living DOWN HERE in the underbelly of the City. Could not put it down!
5.0 out of 5 stars
All In The Family,
By Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Down Here: A Burke Novel (Hardcover)
Andrew Vachss' stories about Burke have covered a lot of ground since I started reading them. The early novels were deeply tortured, tales of an anti-hero scarred down to his core by a legacy of pain and abuse. Surrounding Burke are the members of his 'true' family. All children of the 'secret,' all people driven to living on the fringes of society, all finding meaning in their shared companionship. In this world Burke is both feared and loved. Loved for his fierce loyalty to those he shares a bond with, and fired by those who have made abuse a landmark in the corridors of darkness.Burke is inteliigent, but not an intellect. He has friends like the Professor and the Mole for that. But he is street smart to the nth degree. While no longer the automatically violent character of the early novels, Burke has no qualms about the use of violence when his version of justice requires it. Down Here is a novel of complex interlocking plots, but the edge is still there as he searches for a way to unravel a plot to frame Wolfe, a woman he has long admired, for shooting a serial rapist she once convicted, who has now gone free on a technicality. The more Burke digs into the accusations and the stonewalling by the district attorney's office, the clearer it becomes that there is more involved than the accusations against Wolfe. The FBI has become involved, as well as white supremacists and terrorists. Wolfe is a pawn in a deeper game. And while she fights to beat the case against her, it is not all that clear that she welcomes Burke's involvement. To me, Down Here marks Burke's real return to the city and his friends. Previously, right after he returned from his 'trip' to the West Coast, his membership in New York's underground felt awkward and stilted. The entire cycle from the attempt on his life and his revenge was never entirely satisfactory, but with this story we are completely immersed again into Burke's milieu, moving through the edges of the shadow city, meeting a caste of characters that at once familiar and strange. Vachss' writing is at a peak. We are used to a lot of action in a Burke story, and Down Here is a change of pace, focused on Burke's interior development and the intricacies of the plot development. In a way this is more like a police procedural than the pure action and suspense that Vachss often uses. With many volumes written in this series, the characters are tightly defined. While the story is completely readable on its own the newcomer will benefit from taking the time to read several of the earlier novels.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, but the ending was weak,
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This review is from: Down Here: A Burke Novel (Hardcover)
Burke, as always, is a fascinating character. This book kept me turning the pages but the ending was hard to swallow. It did make sense but was just a little too pat, almost coincidental. I also did not like the way the Wolfe connection just petered out. But all that being said, I'm looking forward to the next one and I suppose that's a pretty good summation of my feelings.
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