Flood

A Novel (Burke, Book 1)

By: Andrew Vachss

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her - so she can kill him with her bare hands.

In this thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements.
Fearfully knowing, crackling with narrative tension, and written in prose as forceful as a hollow-point slug, Flood is Burke at his deadliest - and Vachss at the peak of his form.

More mayhem? Listen to another Burke thriller.

©2009 Andrew Vachss (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Loved it!

Great story and narration. We hope to listen to all of the Burke books. Love Vachss!

This is a great book!

I love this book; I listened to Straga before I bought this book on sale and must say that it was a much better book then Straga. I'm glad that I gave the author another shot and I'm going to go through and listen to his others. I'm the kind of reader/listener that once I find author I like I stick with them. (Robert Parker, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, etc.)
As for this book, as the previous person wrote, Flood is not for the faint at heart. It is very graphic and almost all the characters, most notable Burke are extremely flawed. But the thing about Burke is although he operates on the wrong side of the law; he does the right thing in a world that few people would even go into. Bad people can do bad things for the right reason, that's Burke.

Incredibly powerful and entertaining

I read the book long ago and listening again bowled me over with its brilliance

Disturbing noir, worth a listen

Would you try another book from Andrew Vachss and/or Christopher Lane?

Yes, I would check them both out.

If you’ve listened to books by Andrew Vachss before, how does this one compare?

This is my first of his books.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes, he was perfect for it.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Possibly, depending on actors.

Any additional comments?

The sarcasm and witty dialogue was essential to holding on to my attention. It took me a couple tries to stick with it but, sometimes your in the mood for one type of book and sometimes not.

Long & Drawn Out

The overall story was okay but it was too drawn out. It was boring for me but I listened to the end.

dont bother

not worth a credit, or worth the time to listen. A real disappointment for me.

Details of a Sick World

In the intro, the author says that while his writing was once criticized for being an exageration of malignant child sex abuse, current news headlines prove that his portrayals are all too true. Get it... "His portrayals"? How far into hell do you have to go to fully identify a character as "a maggot-filled demon"? I got though the 1st half without the bile rising more than a couple of times; but, early into the 2nd half, it was clear that the gates of hell were fully open. I personally don't care to fill my mind with detailed descriptions of human depravity. He's correct that we already hear the accounts on the evening news. Who want to read a book that provides detailed re-enactments of those crimes. To be fair, maybe the author slammed the gates shut at the last moment. I did not go further to find out.