Books like Pain Management by Andrew Vachss
Burke, Andrew Vachss’s hardened criminal protagonist, vanishes from New York after a failed assassination attempt and finds himself cut off from his underground contacts. In Portland, he is hired by Gem, a covert border‑crosser, to locate a runaway teenager. The search leads him into a fanatical criminal sanctuary that supplies drugs to those suffering from chronic pain. Caught between betrayals and violence for money, Burke navigates a deadly web of lies, seeking both survival and redemption.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Andrew Vachss
★
★
★
★
★
3.5 (2 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Pain Management by Andrew Vachss are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to Pain Management (13 similar books)
Private investigator Burke teams with a disgraced former sex‑crime prosecutor to expose a conspiratorial assault that threatens to destroy a city’s justice system.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Matthew Scudder’s tenth crime novel pits the New York detective against a drug trafficking plot that embroils kidnapping and murder in the city’s shadows.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
After his girlfriend is gunned down, private‑investigator Burke hunts a serial killer calling himself Homo Erectus, only to find the mystery forces him to confront his own past and the twisted mind behind the killings.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Urban outlaw Burke, on the run after a hit squad leaves his partner dead, follows a trail from New York to an underground cross‑country network that forces him to confront his darkest past.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
"As a Colby agent, Trinity Barrett is one of the best at finding the missing and delivering justice. He hasn't confronted a challenge he couldn't handle with ease--until now. To locate an abducted child and bring her home safely, he must team up with Equalizer Evonne Cassidy ... his ex-wife. Launching a dangerous search in Chicago's underbelly is not Evonne's biggest obstacle--partnering with Trinity is. They'd managed to keep their history a secret, but in close quarters they can't deny the passion that still connects them. And if there's any hope for a Christmas reconciliation, they'll first have to survive their risky assignment"--Publisher description.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In "Strega," hard‑boiled detective William Burke investigates a disturbing request to find an obscene photograph, leading him into New York’s underworld of child exploitation and corruption.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Burke, a seasoned investigator, is blackmailed into a perilous case when Kite, a professional debunker of child‑sexual‑abuse allegations, suspects he has found a real crime. In a dark, unflinching mystery, Burke faces the ultimate witch‑hunt.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Private investigator Burke follows a trail from a welfare hotel to a sinister frame house where a voodoo priestess leads a cult of assassins, uncovering the dark origin of a murderous boy called Satan’s Child.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Burke, a former convict turned private investigator, confronts a disturbing trend of teenage suicides in a wealthy New York suburb, uncovering a dark link to an elite sadomasochistic underground.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
Understanding Pain: Explore the Mechanisms of Pain by Michael A. MangubatManaging Chronic Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach by Dorothea Deslauriers
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
Pain: The Science of Suffering by Patrick D. Wall
The Hostage Taker's Daughter by Elizabeth Smart
Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by Pete Egoscue
The Pain Survey: Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain by John Smith
End Pain: A Step-by-Step Guide to Relief by Lisa Jones
Chronic Pain Management Handbook by Karen Sue
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!