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The Burke Series

Another Life, a Burke novel by Andrew VachssPantheon, December 30, 2008 (hardcover)
Brillance, December 30, 2008 (audiobook)
Thorndike Press, March 4, 2009 (large print)
Pantheon, December 30, 2008 (eBook/Kindle)

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Another Life is the end of a journey that began with Flood, Andrew Vachss' first novel featuring career criminal Burke and his Family of Choice. "I didn't set out to write a series. Who but a terminal narcissist would?" the author says of his 1985 debut. But twenty–three years—and seventeen Burke novels—later, Andrew Vachss is finally bringing down the curtain on a series that has been described as "urban nightmares" by Publishers Weekly, and "strong, gritty, gut–bucket stuff" by the Chicago Tribune. Anyone who has felt a part of the family that includes recurring series characters Max, the Mole, Michelle, the Prof, Terry, Clarence, and Mama—characters the Seattle Post–Intelligencer says "are as sharply defined as if they were etched in steel"—will want to be there for the end of the journey, as best–selling, award–winning author Andrew Vachss ties up the loose ends, and sends his Family of Choice off to ... Another Life.



All Burke Series covers shown below are the trade paperback editions, in the "Stage III" design developed especially as a Vachss trademark by the publishing house.

Terminal, a Burke novel by Andrew VachssTerminal
Pantheon, 2007 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2008 (trade paperback)
Brilliance Audio, 2007 (audiobook)
Thorndike Press, 2007 (large print)
Pantheon, 2007 (eBook/Kindle edition)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Mask Market by Andrew VachssMask Market
Pantheon, 2006 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2008 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2007 (mass market paperback)
Brilliance Audio, 2006 (audiobook)
Thorndike Press, 2007 (large print)
Pantheon, 2006 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Down Here, a Burke novel by Andrew Vachss

Down Here
Knopf, 2004 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2005 (trade paperback)
Knopf, 2004 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)

Only Child by Andrew VachssOnly Child
Knopf, 2002 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2003 (trade paperback)
Knopf, 2002 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Pain Management by Andrew Vachss Pain Management
Knopf, 2001 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2002 (trade paperback)
Knopf, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Dead and Gone by Andrew VachssDead and Gone
Knopf, 2000 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2001 (trade paperback)
Knopf, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Choice of Evil by Andrew VachssChoice of Evil
Knopf, 1999 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2000 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Safe House by Andrew VachssSafe House
Knopf, 1998 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1999 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
False Allegations by Andrew VachssFalse Allegations
Knopf, 1996 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1997 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Footsteps of the Hawk by Andrew VachssFootsteps of the Hawk
Knopf, 1995 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1996 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Down in the Zero by Andrew VachssDown in the Zero
Knopf, 1994 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1995 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Sacrifice by Andrew VachssSacrifice
Knopf, 1991 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1996 (trade paperback)
Ivy, 1992 (mass market paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)
Blossom by Andrew VachssBlossom
Knopf, 1990 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1996 (trade paperback)
Ivy, 1991 (mass market paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Hard Candy by Andrew VachssHard Candy
Knopf, 1989 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1995 (trade paperback)
NAL, 1990 (mass market paperback)
Included in Omnibus Edition, Part III
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Blue Belle by Andrew VachssBlue Belle
Knopf, 1988 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1995 (trade paperback)
NAL, 1990 (mass market paperback)
Included in Omnibus Edition, Part II
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Strega by Andrew VachssStrega
Knopf, 1987 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1996 (trade paperback)
NAL, 1988 (mass market paperback)
Included in Omnibus Edition, Part I
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Flood by Andrew VachssFlood
Donald I. Fine, 1985 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1997 (trade paperback)
Pocketbooks, 1986 (mass market paperback)
Knopf, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Excerpt (from print edition)



Stand-Alone Novels

Carbon, a novel by Andrew Vachss

“This is a fantastic departure for Vachss. Lean as a prehistoric corpse and full of magic without an overabundance of geegaws and wizard hats. One of his most original and among his best. And that’s saying something.”
Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar award-winning author of the Hap & Leonard Series

“I’ve been reading Vachss for 30 years and he only gets better. This time, he delivers the payload of his righteous obsession with child protection in a new weapon: a science fiction tale, the dystopian story of a killer and the child he bonds with set in an arresting world that’s like a dark, shattered mirror of our own.”
Barry Eisler, bestselling author of the Livia Lone Series

(Carbon) is a stupendous piece of work, a genre-busting masterpiece that is a whole new direction in fiction. As astonishing as it is compulsively readable and as always with Andrew Vachss, the compassion and empathy for the vulnerable and victimized is heart-wrenching. May be the finest work yet from the master of the art.
Ken Bruen, award winning author of the Jack Taylor Series.

In The City, government is god – in The Sector, anarchy rules.

The Membrane stands between those worlds. Some cross it to The Sector, seeking the forbidden. Some cross it to The City, seeking a chance to see the sky. Some try to stay. Most die trying.

In a world without paper, names are earned. Sector-born, Carbon has been forged by his life, and violence became his only credential.

Knowing his life expectancy, Carbon risked everything for a chance to live in The City, with the fresh paper and retinal enhancements that requires ... a price beyond the ability of any Sector-born to earn alone. Captured, he entered prison. Another membrane, demanding another devil’s bargain to cross it. Now, released to find a killer whose pattern threatens the government itself, Carbon’s real search is for the money stashed by his former gang.

Only one woman knows that location. She will trade that information for the return of her property ... an abducted child. The child is somewhere in the Pure Zone, a wild place where sorcery works, but firearms do not. Trapped between hostile worlds, Carbon will enter the Pure Zone as he’s entered so many cages ... hyper-focused and fatal to anyone blocking his path.

That's How I Roll, a novel by Andrew Vachss That's How I Roll
Pantheon, 2012 (hardcover)
Dreamscape, 2012 (audiobook)
The weight by Andrew Vachss The Weight
Pantheon, 2010 (hardcover)
Pantheon, 2010 (eBook/Kindle)
Brilliance, 2010 (audiobook)
Vintage, November 01, 2011 (trade ppbk)
Haiku by Andrew Vachss Haiku
Pantheon, 2009 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2010 (trade paperback)
Brilliance, 2009 (audiobook)
Two Trains Running by Andrew VachssTwo Trains Running
Pantheon, 2005 (hardcover)
Vintage, 2006 (trade paperback)
Random House, 2005 (audiobook), (large print) And (eBook/Kindle)
The Getaway Man by Andrew Vachss

The Getaway Man
Vintage, 2003 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2003 (eBook/Kindle)
Brilliance, Dec. 01, 2011 (audiobook)
Excerpt (from print edition)

Shella by Andrew VachssShella
Knopf, 1993 (hardcover)
Vintage, 1994 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)
Brilliance, October 25, 2011 (audiobook)
A Bomb Built in Hell, by Andrew VachssA Bomb Built in Hell
Vintage, November 13, 2012 (trade paperback)
Dreamscape, November 13, 2012 (audiobook)
Andrew Vachss' pre-Burke novel, written in 1973. Get the full explanation here.





Short Story Collections

All Short Story Collection covers shown below are the trade paperback editions, in the "Stage III" design developed especially as a Vachss trademark by the publishing house.


read excerpts and stories here

Click on the links or thumbnail images to view covers.


All covers shown below are the trade paperback editions, in the "Stage III" design developed especially as a Vachss trademark by the publishing house.

Born Bad by Andrew Vachss

Born Bad
Vintage, 1994 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)

Everybody Pays by Andrew VachssEverybody Pays
Vintage, 1999 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2001 (eBook/Kindle)

Mortal Lock by Andrew VachssMortal Lock
Vintage, 2013 (trade paperback)
Vintage, 2013 (eBook/Kindle)

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The written work of Andrew Vachss has been published/translated in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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