I went through something of an Andrew Vachss period. I even bought his wife's nonfiction book called "Sex Crimes" (about her time as a prosecutor).
Yesterday, I posted a short tribute to him on Medium:
https://critteranne.medium.com/autho...d-ed527e5c3087
I also recommend this Twitter post from Joe R. Lansdale:
https://twitter.com/joelansdale/stat...661222912?s=20