Blossom - Burke, Bk 5 Author:Andrew Vachss In the figure of Burke, Andrew Vachss has given contemporary crime fiction one of its most mesmerizing characters. An abused child raised in orphanages, foster homes, and prisons, Burke is a career criminal and outlaw who steals and scams for a living. — In Blossom, an old cellmate has summoned Burke to a fading Indiana m... more »ill town, where a young boy is charged with a crime he didn't commit and a twisted serial sniper has turned a local lovers' lane into a killing field. And it's here that Burke meets Blossom, the brilliant, beautiful young woman who has her own reasons for finding the murderer -- and her own idea of vengeance. Dense with atmosphere, savagely convincing, this is Vachss at his uncompromising best.« less
First book I have read by this author. Interesting character, I will read more. Blossom is not what she appears to be, a waitress in a diner, she is far more..............just what Burke intends to find out. Integellent suspense story.