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ONLY CHILD by ANDREW VACHSS
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SummaryAfter years on the run, Burke is desperate to return to his
native New York, the only way he can reconnect with his
outlaw "family." But to survive in their part of the City,
where reputation is everything, Burke must take major risks
to reestablish his presence. So when a Mafia man contacts
him about the murder-as-message of his sixteen-year-old
daughter—the offspring of what he calls an "outside the
tribe" affair that he must keep secret at all costs—Burke's
depleted bankroll persuades him to step out of the shadows
and do something he hasn't done in years . . . actually
investigate a crime. Burke needs cover to penetrate the teenage subculture of
the Long Island town where the girl lived and died, so he
puts together a crew of gifted role-players, including a
pair of lesbian "power exchangers" who market their special
brand of sex on the Internet. When Burke himself surfaces
as a casting director, seeking tomorrow's stars for a movie
to be shot on location, the investigation quickly spins off
into uncharted depths. What he discovers is a new kind of
filmmaking, a new kind of violence, and a predator unlike
any he's ever known. When they meet head-on over a brutal
work of cinéma vérité, only one of them will survive the
final cut.
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