False Allegations

Burke--ex-con, mercenary, sometime killer--makes his living preying on New York''s most vicious predators and avenging their innocent victims. But in Andrew Vachss''s mercilessly suspenseful new novel, Burke finds himself working the other side of the street, where guilt and innocence are as disposable as the sheets in a Times Square hotel--and as dirty.

Burke''s new employer is Kite, a fanatical ...