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Aftershock (2013)

por Andrew Vachss

Series: Vachss' Aftershock (1)

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The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining star pitcher of the girls?? softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the school??s walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town??s newer residents turn over deeply embedded rocks, exposing a subculture of almost unimaginable horror lurking beneath.
 
Formerly a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières, Dolly has become a defender and confidante to dozens of local teenage girls, and she refuses to accept that MaryLou (??Mighty Mary?) McCoy??s gunning down Cameron Taft in a high school hallway is a typical school shooting. Although MaryLou??s guilt is not in doubt??it??s even captured on the school??s security camera??the girl insists on a trial . . . but inexplicably refuses to cooperate with her own defense. Enlisting her troupe of teenagers and the local contacts she has cemented, Dolly calls on all of her resources to get to the truth . . . and to whatever secret MaryLou is guarding.
 
When Dolly??s husband, Dell, sees his beloved wife begin her quest, he immediately signs on. A former mercenary and ex-Legionnaire, Dell treats this ??job? as he would any other??with no boundaries. His entire arsenal is put into play: guile, extortion, tracking devices, shadow networks, and, finally, an act of terrorism that blows the cover off the soul-killing rite of passage demanded of the town??s most vulnerable girls. Dell??s discovery of MaryLou??s true motive and the community??s shocking failure to protect its children culminates in a decision to put the town itself on trial. The explosive verdict blows away the facade . . . and forces the village to stand in judgment of itself. The aftershocks keep coming until the foundation itself
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Wow! This is my favorite kind of Vachss novel! I'll miss Burke, but I'll keep reading if this is how he continues. I was scared since the last 2 I read from Andrew were meh. Not amymore! ( )
  Brian-B | Nov 30, 2022 |
former mercenary discovers rape ring in Oregon town, sets out to free teen who killed leader to protect her sister
  ritaer | Aug 28, 2021 |
Andrew Vachss puts together a compelling courtroom suspense novel by combining some fascinating elements. A dark, rootless man who was shaped by his rigorous training and service in the French Foreign Legion. The American nurse he meets in Africa while she was serving with Medecins Sans Frontieres and who agrees to sever all her connections with her family and past to live with him. And a town with a dark secret. The couple use all of their skills to bring justice to dozens of terribly abused young women whose cases the local DA had refused to pursue. ( )
  dickmanikowski | Oct 9, 2013 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:

The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining star pitcher of the girls?? softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the school??s walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town??s newer residents turn over deeply embedded rocks, exposing a subculture of almost unimaginable horror lurking beneath.
 
Formerly a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières, Dolly has become a defender and confidante to dozens of local teenage girls, and she refuses to accept that MaryLou (??Mighty Mary?) McCoy??s gunning down Cameron Taft in a high school hallway is a typical school shooting. Although MaryLou??s guilt is not in doubt??it??s even captured on the school??s security camera??the girl insists on a trial . . . but inexplicably refuses to cooperate with her own defense. Enlisting her troupe of teenagers and the local contacts she has cemented, Dolly calls on all of her resources to get to the truth . . . and to whatever secret MaryLou is guarding.
 
When Dolly??s husband, Dell, sees his beloved wife begin her quest, he immediately signs on. A former mercenary and ex-Legionnaire, Dell treats this ??job? as he would any other??with no boundaries. His entire arsenal is put into play: guile, extortion, tracking devices, shadow networks, and, finally, an act of terrorism that blows the cover off the soul-killing rite of passage demanded of the town??s most vulnerable girls. Dell??s discovery of MaryLou??s true motive and the community??s shocking failure to protect its children culminates in a decision to put the town itself on trial. The explosive verdict blows away the facade . . . and forces the village to stand in judgment of itself. The aftershocks keep coming until the foundation itself

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