“Flood” is the first book in the long series of PI and antihero Burke. Also, it is my first experience with Andrew Vachss.
A thriller! A genre I like a lot less than mystery, because the lack of surprise!
So, a thriller it is, but although I’m not an expert in the genre, I’m pretty sure “Flood” is not your average thriller. The way Andrew Vachss writes and what he writes about is beyond what conventional thriller crime author talks about.
Child abuse, prostitution, pedophiles and sadomasoquism are the kind of issues he brings up on this book. Light issues. Indeed!
The book kept my attention throughout most of the book, although I’ve to admit I’d a hard time with the annoying fact that this book was written in an era when Karate and Kung Fu were seeing as lethal self-defense weapons.
Will I read another book of Mr. Andrew Vachss? Probably not! But you never know…
