SignWave: An Aftershock Novel

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The climactic third novel in the Aftershock series. Once a mercenary, later an assassin, and now living a different life, Dell has bone-marrow-deep loyalty and protective instincts that know no bounds when it comes to his wife, Dolly, a former battle-field nurse, and their close-knit group of Dolly's friends and Dell's allies. When Dolly receives a thinly veiled threat, Dell reverts to his old ways to untangle the background of a prominent local figure, George Byron Benton, whose actions have awakened Dell's obsessive need for security. This target combines the deadly patience of a gila monster and a complex agenda-including a public life that's all elaborate disguise. To penetrate Benton's dense facade, Dell methodically works his way through the only reliable source of news in the area-a blog called Undercurrents. If he manages to track Benton down, Dell will have to decide how far he is willing to go to recapture the sense of safety that Benton has stolen. With Andrew Vachss's trademark razor-sharp dialogue and inimitable prose style, SignWave-the third entry in the Aftershock series-is guaranteed to reverberate powerfully long after it has been read.

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Praise for Andrew Vachss and SignWave

Vachss seems bottomlessly knowledgeable about the depth and variety of human twistedness. The New York Times

Vachsss writing is like a dark rollercoaster ride of fear, love, and hate. The Times-Picayune

An extended meditation on what Dell aptly calls the zen of violence. . . . Fans of the series will lose sleep. Kirkus Reviews

Entertaining. . . . Lots of assassin lessons and killing lore make turning the pages a learning experience in the dark arts as much as a riveting read. Publishers Weekly

[Vachss] writes a hypnotically violent prose made up of equal parts of broken concrete block and razor wire. Chicago Sun-Times

To read Andrews Vachss at his best isto take a ride on the dark side, where the plight of theoppressed and vulnerable . . . becomes the catalyst for revenge-fueled street justice.Los Angeles Times

Andrew Vachss is unique among modern writers; no one else comes close to the raw power and intellectual ambiguity that he manifests so elegantly, so coldly. The Clarion-Ledger

There is no other living American author with prose as razor-clean as Andrew Vachss, and there is no other writer willing to go so far into such dark extremes, either. When Vachss turns the juice on, the bad guys sizzle. The Austin Chronicle

Vachss is red-hot and as serious as a punctured lung. Playboy

Theres no way toputa [Vachss book]downonce youve begun. . . . The one-liners pierce like bullets. Detroit Free Press

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

Vachss impresses again with his new dark and compelling thriller. Largehearted Boy.com

Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better. People

Author Bio

ANDREW VACHSS is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and three 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.