Everybody Pays
Dead and Gone
Pain Management
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2002 by Andrew Vachss
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vachss, Andrew H.
Only child / Andrew Vachss.
p. cm.
1. Burke (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Teenage girls—Crimes against—Fiction. 3. Long Island (N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 5. Criminals—Fiction. 6. Mafia—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3572.A33 O55 2002
813'.54—dc21 2002075437
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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