Shockwave: An Aftershock Novel (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard), by Andrew Vachss
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Dell, a former mercenary, and his wife, Dolly, once a battlefield nurse, believe they have finally found peace in a deceptively idyllic town on the Oregon coast. Until early one morning, when a body washes up on the town's pristine beach. But this no accidental drowning--the corpse is covered with neo-Nazi tattoos . . . and the skull has been fractured with a spike. Eager to close the case before it can hurt tourism, the jumpy D.A. arrests Homer, a harmless schizophrenic whose wristwatch--a gift from God, he says--is engraved with a symbol that exactly matches one of the dead man's tattoos. Mack, the director and sole employee of the local mental-health outreach program, is outraged but helpless. He confides in Dolly, who, with her local connections and her husband's ruthless skills, is anything but. As the search for the real killer pulls them deeper into the world of hate groups, Dell and Mack together discover the treasonous fog of evil that hovers not only above their town but also above America itself. With this latest installment in his new Aftershock series, Andrew Vachss reminds us once again--in his inimitable, visceral prose-that for some, peace comes at a very high price.
Shockwave: An Aftershock Novel (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard), by Andrew Vachss- Amazon Sales Rank: #448808 in Books
- Brand: Vachss, Andrew H.
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.99" h x .77" w x 5.16" l, .81 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
From Booklist If you’ve ever sat next to someone, maybe in a bar, maybe at a family gathering, who speaks in a low, gruff voice, hinting at his shadowy past—the kind of person who makes you wonder if you’ve heard wrong, or if you’ve just led a really sheltered life—you’ll know what the first-person narrator of this novel sounds like. Dell is the hero of Vachss’ new Shock series (following Aftershock, 2013). When he says he used to belong to the French Foreign Legion, it sounds faintly ridiculous, coupled with his subsequent career as a mercenary soldier. The love of his life, Dolly, is (what else?) a former nurse in Doctors without Borders. He has PTSD; she has secondary PTSD. They’re living in a tiny town in Oregon, just trying to recover and love each other. But a body, covered with neo-Nazi tattoos, washes up on the beach near their retreat. Police suspect a local schizophrenic, wanting to close a case that could affect tourism, but Dell and Dolly go deeper into the very scary world of hate groups. Absorbing puzzle, building suspense, but cardboard characters and Dell’s arrogant voice get in the way. --Connie Fletcher
Review Praise for Andrew Vachss’s Aftershock, the first volume in a new thriller series“Vachss impresses again with his new dark and compelling thriller.” —Largehearted Boy.com “Vachss explores the horrific intersection of victims and victimizers, evil and avengers. The setting has moved from urban to small-town, but the eternal conflict is as it ever was.” —Booklist “Razor-edged and compulsively readable; the pages fly by.” —Library Journal Acclaim for Andrew Vachss“The baddest noir stylist of them all.” —Kirkus Reviews “Vachss’s stories . . . burn with righteous rage and transfer a degree of that rage to the reader.” —The Washington Post Book World “Vachss’s reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Vachss’s style is personal, laconic, shaded, and, of course, creepy. If you like hard-boiled narrative, this is a read for you.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “Vachss seems bottomlessly knowledgeable about the depth and variety of human twistedness.” —The New York Times
About the Author ANDREW VACHSS is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and two previous collections of short stories. His novels have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications.The dedicated website for Andrew Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. I lived a pretty normal life until 10 years ago until I was ... By John Schinelli I should preface this review by saying that I am an expert on homelessness. I lived on the streets for 17 years, and got off them 20 years ago. I lived a pretty normal life until 10 years ago until I was asked to come back to the place and program where I originally got off the streets, now as a staff member. I say this so that I can state with authority that Andrew Vachss is the best author about the streets and homeless, period. I have read him since the beginning with Flood, and I do miss Burke and the family. But, the Aftershock series is proving to be a match for it. If you want to read a book that has accurate characters of the different facets of the homeless community also, this is it. Mr. Vachss deals with each of the groups with great characters and still spins an awesome thriller. I openly admit to being a little prejudiced in that I have been a fan for many years, but that doesnt take away from it being a great book. My only warning is that his books are extremely intense. Even with my background I always look for something lighter after reading one of his.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Dell, Dolly, and Vachss Deliver! By wayne d. dundee This second entry in Andrew Vachss's new Aftershock series is another mystery/thriller written in the spare, distinct style that has become the author's trademark. But while the writing may be lean and spare, the complexity of the mesmerizing plot is anything but.Once again we are drawn into the fascinating world of Dell, a former mercenary, and his wife Dolly, a former battlefield nurse. They have strived to make this world --- a new one for them, located in quiet coastal Oregon --- a peaceful, idyllic spot far away from the wars and conflicts they have, each in their own way, known in the past.But that goal is disrupted one morning when a body --- skull shaven, torso covered with neo-Nazi tattoos, murdered in a precisely brutal manner --- washes ashore on a nearby beach. Although this poses no direct threat to Dell or Dolly, its proximity is nevertheless disturbing. Amplifying this is Dell's relentless devotion to loving and protecting Dolly; and Dolly's nurturing instincts toward the vulnerable about her. When an aging, homeless man from the area is arrested for the murder because he turns up with a watch traceable to the victim, Dolly becomes involved via Mack, the devoted lone worker for a local mental-health outreach program. He quickly points out a logical list of reasons why the unfortunate in custody, Homer, couldn't possibly have committed the murder --- but the cops and, more to the point, the weasel of a local DA are advertising the case as having been solved and won't be easily convinced otherwise.Unwilling to stand by and see an innocent man railroaded while far more dangerous animals – the true killers - are still somewhere on the loose, Dolly turns to Dell, knowing the special skills only he can call on is what it's going to take to track down and deliver the real killers. Enlisting the gradually escalating aid and involvement of Mack, along with his other skills and contacts, Dell goes on the hunt with grim intensity. For Dolly, there is nothing he won't do, no stopping point until he succeeds.The trail that leads Dell and Mack to who and what they are after, takes them through the layers of the homeless who live just beyond the perimeter of what the average person sees or knows, in and out of the poisonous pits inhabited by hate groups, riding the rails on the lookout for circuit riders or FTRA (Free Train Riders of America), and eventually into the corrupt depths of federal agencies where deadly secrets and even more deadly alliances have been formed and buried for decades.As usual with a Vachss book, there are multiple layers to be enjoyed. One can read SHOCKWAVE as a straight mystery/thriller – for which it is totally satisfying. Then there are also many intriguing historical facts and the spot-on societal commentary. And, infused through it all, there is the razor-sharp writing, a host of memorable characters, and the narrative power that forces you to keep turning pages.Highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Emotional Abuse, Mental Illness and Homelessness By E. A. Hunter Briefly, Shock Wave is about the body of a white supremacist which washes upon the shore of a tourist town on the coast of the pacific northwest. A mentally ill homeless man is quickly detained, and nobody with any clout wants to look any further. The victim is apparently no loss to humanity, and the suspect is part of a population that the larger community would like to see disappear. The protagonist learns that it would be impossible for the suspect to have killed the victim, which means that everything he values is in danger. His mission is to make things safe for his family again. We follow along, learning about different homeless subcultures, train-hopping, small-town politics, and even more about the effects of PTSD-by-proxy. That isn't all we learn, because Vachss packs more information in a few hundred pages than many skilled writers spread across several books.Aftershock introduced readers to Dell and Dolly, an ex mercenary for the French Foreign Legion, and a former nurse for Doctor's Without Borders. The series takes place in the Pacific Northwest. Those familiar with Vachss' work are probably familiar with the Burke novels, set in New York. There are some similarities between the characters, but Burke is a man at home with concrete and crowds, while Dell has lived and thrived in various jungles. Both were motherless throwaways as children, and both are capable of extreme violence. Yet, they are self-aware enough to examine their thinking and appreciate the needs of others.Dell has a small family of choice, which starts with Dolly, who is at once a healer and confidant of local young people, and the object of Dell's complete devotion. She is his link to humanity, and the only "mother" he ever had. The rest of his "family" are the many animals that are part of their home, and Dell's observations of their behavior are one of the additional pleasures of the book.Like Burke, Dell composts toxic waste when necessary. Such waste comes in the form of encroaching deer hunters, and a budding killer in Aftershock, to name a few, and some neo-nazi child pornographers in Shock Wave. However, Dell recycles, or repurposes too. A voyeur who appeared in Aftershock returns and is coerced into taking a vital role in Shock Wave. One purpose for this character is to demonstrate the difference between a person's state of mind and their conduct. When Dell uses the peeper for his mission, he nudges him in the direction of putting his skills as a cameraman, honed by years of peeping in the dark, to a noble purpose.Homeless people, freight train hoppers, gutless politicians, and off-the-books federal agents are all in play. An impressive part of the book is a look at the different types of homeless, and they way they view each other. Not since Haiku, an excellent Vachss standalone have the people under this broad umbrella been written about so well in fiction.At the center of all Vachss books is that child abuse is the root of all evil. Shock Wave sets the sights on the effects of emotional abuse which sometimes results in schizophrenia. A large portion of the homeless population in Shock Wave and in reality are mentally ill. A social worker in Shock Wave does an excellent job of explaining common childhood experiences of those with the disorder, and explains why treatment for it is so difficult.Hopefully readers will walk away with a greater understanding of mentally ill people and a need to act on behalf of children. I suggest reading every Vachss book available, and joining PROTECT. (www.protect.org)
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