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SignWave
  • Published: 15 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101910320
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $32.99

SignWave

An Aftershock Novel

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15 June 2016
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9 June 2015
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The climactic third novel in the Aftershock series.

Once a mercenary, later an assassin, and now struggling to maintain a peaceful life, Dell is marked by marrow-deep loyalty and no-limit protective instincts for his wife, Dolly, a former battlefield nurse. When Dolly enters the fray of a neighborhood dispute and receives a thinly veiled threat for her trouble, Dell instantly reverts to guerrilla tactics. His target is George Byron Benton, a prominent local figure who pushes an inscrutable agenda with the deadly patience of a Gila monster—and whose public life may all be an elaborate disguise. Dell is quickly down to cold objectives: decode Benton’s end-game, calculate the tactics needed to recapture Dolly’s stolen sense of security . . . and execute.

With Andrew Vachss’s trademark razor-sharp dialogue and inimitable prose style, SignWave—the final entry in the Aftershock trilogy—is guaranteed to reverberate powerfully long after it has been read.
  • Published: 15 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101910320
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series, the Aftershock trilogy, the Cross series, numerous stand-alone novels, and three collections of short stories. His novels have been translated into 20 languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He divides his time between his native New York City and the Pacific Northwest.
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Also by Andrew Vachss

Drawing Dead
Shockwave
Urban Renewal
Aftershock
Mortal Lock
Three Burke Novels, 3-Book Bundle
A Bomb Built in Hell
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Praise for SignWave

  • "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
  • "Fans of the series (Aftershock, 2013, etc.) will lose sleep waiting to find out whether the mystery will be further elucidated. . . . An extended meditation on what Dell aptly calls 'the zen of violence.'" --Kirkus Reviews
  • "This third in Vachss' Aftershock series again draws strongly on the appeal of the two lead characters. . . . This series could attract more than a straight-noir audience, similar in that way to Max Allan Collins' Quarry novels." --Booklist

  • "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
  • "Fans of the series (Aftershock, 2013, etc.) will lose sleep waiting to find out whether the mystery will be further elucidated. . . . An extended meditation on what Dell aptly calls 'the zen of violence.'" --Kirkus Reviews
  • "This third in Vachss' Aftershock series again draws strongly on the appeal of the two lead characters. . . . This series could attract more than a straight-noir audience, similar in that way to Max Allan Collins' Quarry novels." --Booklist