Aftershock

By Andrew Vachss

Book Overview

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES

Dell, an ex-Legionnaire was working as a mercenary when he first saw Dolly, a nurse with M decins Sans Fronti res. When they later married, Dell abandoned his work, and Dolly shed her identity. But not her calling--she became a teacher, confidant, and defender of dozens of teenagers in their Coastal Oregon village. When the star softball pitcher guns down a popular boy on the last day of school, Dolly knows this is no school shooting. She goes all-in to protect Mighty Mary McCoy, even to the extent of unleashing her lethal husband.

As Dolly uses her contacts to gain access to medical secrets, Dell returns to his no-boundaries past. Using guile, extortion, shadow networks--and, finally, an act of terrorism--he uncovers the secret MaryLou was willing to sacrifice her own life to protect . . . a soul-killing rite of passage demanded of the town's most vulnerable girls, with her baby sister next on that list.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307950883
• ISBN13: 9780307950888
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"