Thomas Perry
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen bodies are discovered inside a Louisville restaurant, criminology professor and profiler Daniel Millikan calls in Roy Prescott, a former hitman himself, to track down the killer, James Varney, a disturbed murderer of consummate skill.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
When Robert Mallon and his ally, Detective Lydia Marks, investigate the life of a young murder victim found on the beach in Santa Barbara, the case brings them into conflict with Parish, an amoral predator who runs a training camp for killers.
5) Runner
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
441 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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 preventing that outcome at any cost. A threat is called into the...
8) The old man
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 drivers' 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, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent...
9) Murder book
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Mysterious Press edition.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An ex-cop takes on a widespread criminal organization targeting midwestern towns in this new thriller from the author of The Old Man When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the U.S. Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop known for his unorthodox methods, Duncan is reluctant to go up against a widespread criminal organization-but the attorney in question is Ellen Leicester, the wife who left him...
10) Poison flower
Author
Series
Jane Whitefield novel volume 7
Publisher
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
274 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jane Whitefield of the Seneca Nation has spent years helping desperate people disappear. But now she is about to become the hunted one. When James Shelby is unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, Jane spirits him out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. Then, within minutes, Jane is kidnapped.
The person who killed Shelby's wife now wants him dead, and Jane's captors will put her through excruciating torment...
11) Pro bono
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren is helping a young widow find her late husband's missing money when he recognizes a con job that targeted his widowed mother years before, and he quickly becomes entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and criminals surrounding the theft"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Butcher's Boy volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 to stop them. Eddie's Boy jumps between Michael's current...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town-burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been...
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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 stumbling upon a grisly triple homicide while stealing from the...
15) Forty thieves
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Language
English
Description
Husband and wife detectives Sid and Ronnie Abel are called in to investigate the murder of scientist James Ballantine, while married assassins Ed and Nicole Hoyt are hired by mysterious contractors to keep the details of Ballantine's death a secret.
16) Hero
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Edition
First Mysterious Press edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Justine Poole provides security for wealthy and high-profile Hollywood stars, but that all changes when a job puts her in the limelight. When she prevents a brazen robbery at the Beverly Hills home of two of her clients--killing two of the five armed robbers in the process--she is initially lauded in the media as a local hero. But the spotlight soon puts her in the crosshairs of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries. Unable to stand the embarrassment...
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town-burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been...
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry, "who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks" (Stephen King), comes a nail-biting race against death as a young burglar realizes she must solve a string of murders, or else become the next victim 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...
19) The informant
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Years after the Butcher's Boy wipes out several mobsters and disappears, Justice Department official Elizabeth Waring is approached by the mythical hit man, who asks her for crucial information in exchange for helping her to crack an unsolved murder case.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 Whitefield has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York or so she thinks.