Terminal

Burke, Book 17

De: Andrew Vachss

Narrado por: David Joe Wirth

When the former shot-caller of the country's most feared white supremacist prison gang contacts Burke, he comes with references...and the promise of a huge score. Terminally ill, the ex-con needs major cash to gamble on the long-shot possibility of a cure that's available only in Switzerland.

The one card he has to play is a small-time degenerate who paid for protection when they were in prison together. That professional bottom-feeder claims he personally buried the body of a 13-year-old girl who had been raped, tortured, and finally killed by three rich men more than 30 years ago - and that he's holding irrefutable proof. But such a complicated extortion scheme needs the hand of a specialist crew, so Burke is offered a piece of the action.

He and his outlaw family put together a lethal plan. If they can pull it off, Burke gets the two things he lives for: money and revenge. If they can't, "terminal" could prove to be more than just one man's diagnosis.

More mayhem? Download another Burke thriller.©2007 Andrew Vachss (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Avenging a child

Solid story. Very well done. Great characters and development through the series. Heading to the next book. Not exactly a cliff hanger but I want to know what happens to a character.

Not my favorite

I liked the Burke stories, but this was my least favorite. I think he phoned this one in.

Terminal

One of if not the best if Burke!!!! I have read and via Audible reread all. Thank you Andrew Vachss!!

Perfect Author

First off, let me say - Andrew Vachss is incapable of writing an imperfect novel. He has long been my favorite author, though I'm just recently trying his material out on audiobook. As with any Vachss novel, you'll have to pay close attention to every single word. If you zone out here and there, it won't make sense later on. For this reason, I prefer his work in print - because it forces me to grab on to every word.

Great narrator, though, with a very interesting take on The Mole's voice. Not at all how I've heard that voice in my head for well over a decade and a half, but it kind of made sense once I heard his version. Very nice work on The Prof as well.

I would recommend this audiobook over Two Trains Running, primarily due to the narrator. He keeps you pulled in, and that will give you a good introduction to the pace and cadence of a Vachss novel.

same old

It's a great and fast read, Burke is back in NYC.
Left me a bit disappointed though, felt like I read it before which I didn't. It's just that the structure of the story follows the scheme of the other Burke stories and I'm missing something new. Feels a bit like been there....