title: False Allegations: A Burke Novel
author:  Andrew Vachss 
description: "In the first rank of American crime writers. . . . Next to Vachss, Chandler, Cain and Hammett look like choirboys." <br />-<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br /><br /><br />"Burke is the toughest talking first-person narrator since Mike Hammer."<br />-<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <br /><br />"Vachss . . . writes hypnotically violent prose." <br />-<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br /><br />"Burke prowls the city with a seething, angry, almost psychotic voice appropriate to the devils he deals with."-<i>Chicago Tribune</i>
zlib_text: ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  
  Bob Gottlieb
  
  none better, ever
  
  
  
  
  
  BOOKS BY ANDREW VACHSS
  
  Flood  
  Strega  
  Blue Belle  
  Hard Candy  
  Blossom  
  Sacrifice  
  Shella  
  Down in the Zero  
  Born Bad  
  Footsteps of the Hawk  
  False Allegations  
  Safe House  
  Choice of Evil  
  Everybody Pays  
  Dead and Gone  
  Pain Management  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Andrew Vachss**
  
  Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted
  diseases, a social caseworker, a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum-
  security prison for youthful offenders. Now a lawyer in private practice, he
  represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of numerous
  novels, including the Burke series, two collections of short stories, and a
  wide variety of other material including song lyrics, poetry, graphic novels,
  and a "children's book for adults." His books have been translated into twenty
  different languages and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, The
  New York Times, and numerous other forums. He lives and work