Dead and Gone

"Burke's religion is revenge, and he is eager to begin worship. Without the slightest clue as to who ordered the hit, he goes back to his original contact. When that meeting ends in homicide, Burke goes even deeper underground than ever before. He vanishes off every radar screen, and starts his hunt. In order to connect the dots, Burke enlists the aid of a pilot he worked with during the war in Biafra; a Russian-speaking Cambodian woman named Gem; and a mystical childhood friend - the police would call him a codefendant - who finds patterns where others see chaos. Burke's search starts in Chicago and ends in the Pacific Northwest - a foreign country to the New York City-bred orphan.".