The Informant
by Thomas Perry
2020-11-26 08:16:23
âA master class in thriller writingâ from the New York Times bestselling author of The Butcherâs Boy and Sleeping Dogs (Los Angeles Times). In Thomas Perryâs Edgar Awardâwinning debut The Butcherâs Boy, a professional ki...
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âA master class in thriller writingâ from the New York Times bestselling author of The Butcherâs Boy and Sleeping Dogs (Los Angeles Times). In Thomas Perryâs Edgar Awardâwinning debut The Butcherâs Boy, a professional killer betrayed by the Mafia leaves countless mobsters dead and then disappears. Justice Department official Elizabeth Waring is the only one who believes he ever existed. Many years later, the Butcherâs Boy finds his peaceful life threatened when a Mafia hit team finally catches up with him. He knows they wonât stop coming and decides to take the fight to their door. Soon Waring, now high up in the Organized Crime Division of the Justice Department, receives a surprise late-night visit from the Butcherâs Boy. Knowing she keeps track of the Mafia, he asks her whom his attackers worked for, offering information that will help her crack an unsolved murder in return. So begins a new assault on organized crime and an uneasy alliance between opposite sides of the law. As the Butcherâs Boy works his way ever closer to his quarry in an effort to protect his new way of life, Waring is in a race against time, either to convince him to become a protected informantâor to take him out of commission for good. âAccentuates the best of Mr. Perryâs gift for using pure logic and gamesmanship to generate breathless nonstop suspense.ââThe New York Times âNo one makes killing bad guys more fun, no one is smarter at blending research and invention, and no one offers a higher body count of ingenious hits.ââLibrary Journal (starred review)
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