Before Burke, before Cross, Andrew Vachss created Wesley: a ruthless assassin who would stop at nothing to take out his targets. A BombBuilt in Hell is Wesley's story. � While doing extended time for killing a fellow prisoner, Wesley meets Carmine Trentoni in a New York state prison. Carmine's life sentence hasn't cut him off from his outside sources, and he sees great potential in Wesley to carry out his revenge, and carry on his lucrative business....

Wolf Hadda's life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutter's son, he has risen to become a successful entrepreneur, happily married to the girl of his dreams. A knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, abandoned by friends & family, Wolf retreats into silence.

Poca City, 1949. Fresh from serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Aloysius Archer is ready to put the past behind him and start again. Freedom never tasted so sweet. But who can he trust? Accepting a job as a debt collector for the local tycoon, he gets embroiled in a long-running feud between the town's most dangerous residents. When one of them is found dead, Archer is the number one suspect - framed for murder. A bloody game is being played...