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Summary: The Edgar Award--winning novel by the "master of nail-biting suspense"( Los Angeles Times ) Thomas Perry exploded onto the literary scene with The Butcher's Boy . Back in print by popular demand, this spectacular debut, from a writer of "infernal ingenuity" ( The New York Times Book Review ), includes a new Introduction by bestselling author Michael Connelly. Murder has always been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2003
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Perry, Thomas
Summary: "Elle Stowell is a young woman with an unconventional profession: burglary. But Elle is no petty thief--with just the right combination of smarts, looks, and skills, she can easily stroll through ritzy Bel Air neighborhoods and pick out the perfect home for plucking the most valuable items. This is how Elle has always gotten by. She is good at it, and she thrives on the thrill. But after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2019
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Summary: Protecting a man wrongly charged with the murder of his wife, Jane Whitefield is shot and abducted by the real culprits, who threaten to kill her if she does not reveal her client's whereabouts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2012
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Summary: "Michael Shaeffer is a retired American businessman, living peacefully in England with his aristocratic wife. But her annual summer party brings strangers to their house, and with them, an attempt on Michael's life. He is immediately thrust into action, luring his lethal pursuers to Australia before venturing into the lion's den-the States-to figure out why the mafia is after him-again-and how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2020
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Summary: To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple driver's licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run. Thirty-five years ago,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2017
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Summary: After two decades spent protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, née Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York--or so she thinks. One morning as she comes back from a long run, Jane is met by an unusual sight: the eight female leaders of her Seneca tribe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 2015
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Summary: Elle Stowell is a young woman with an unconventional profession: burglary. Elle is no petty thief, she is good at it, and she thrives on the thrill. After stumbling upon a grisly triple homicide while stealing from the home of a wealthy art dealer, Elle discovers that somebody is searching for her. As Elle realizes that her knowledge of the murder has made her a target, she races to solve the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Company 2019
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Summary: "A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's thoughts about you, his predictions of your behavior--a performance designed to fool you into making one fatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker, Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry introduces us to the dark corners of a mind intent on transforming a simple machine into an act of murder--and to those committed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2018
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Summary: When his ex-wife asks him to investigate a sudden crime wave in the Mid-West, Harry Duncan quickly finds himself in conflict with a violent syndicate that targets both him and his ex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2023
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Summary: Bestselling author Thomas Perry returns to the stomping ground of his Edgar-winning debut, The Butcher Boy (1982) , for a new novel pitting a rogue contract killer against the mob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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Perry, Thomas.
Summary: He came to England to rest. He calls himself Michael Shaeffer, says he's a retired American businessman. He goes to the races, dates a kinky aristocrat, and sleeps with dozens of weapons. Ten years ago it was different. Then, he was the Butcher's Boy, the highly skilled mob hit man who pulled a slaughter job on some double-crossing clients and started a mob war. Ever since, there's been a price...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011