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June 1st 2007
by Harcourt
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Hardcover, 448 pages
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015101289X
(isbn13: 9780151012893)
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Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her pre...more
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Read in January, 2008
A taut, well-written thriller, typical of the genre.
The story involves a former homicide detective who helped a witness "disappear" six years earlier, vowing that under no circumstances would he ever attempt to find her. But such a circumstance does arise, and it is not only the detective who tries to find her, but a professional team of husband-and-wife hired assassins. And so the race is on. The protagonist has the distinct advantage of having helped the witness "disappea...more
The story involves a former homicide detective who helped a witness "disappear" six years earlier, vowing that under no circumstances would he ever attempt to find her. But such a circumstance does arise, and it is not only the detective who tries to find her, but a professional team of husband-and-wife hired assassins. And so the race is on. The protagonist has the distinct advantage of having helped the witness "disappea...more
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Read in March, 2008
After release in 1982, Thomas Perry's "The Butcher's Boy" became a cult classic - the tale of a steely-eyed assassin double-crossed and out for revenge. And while a couple of follow-on efforts didn't quite do it for me ("Sleeping Dogs", "Pursuit"), the cynically dark humor and credible suspense is back with full impact in "Silence", a well-crafted and highly original crime yarn proving again that when it comes to contract killers, Perry knows his craft.
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Read in June, 2008
In the latest LA Weekly Literary Supplement, Thomas Perry wrote an essay In a Jam: How Suspense Keeps the Novel on Edge.
Here's the first part:
Suspense isn’t a pleasant sensation. We go to great lengths to manage our lives in ways that will keep us from having to go through periods of uncertainty — particularly when it’s prolonged, and when the stakes are high. But in reading fiction, especially a novel, we crave this sensation of increasing tension, and the higher the stakes, the b...more
Here's the first part:
Suspense isn’t a pleasant sensation. We go to great lengths to manage our lives in ways that will keep us from having to go through periods of uncertainty — particularly when it’s prolonged, and when the stakes are high. But in reading fiction, especially a novel, we crave this sensation of increasing tension, and the higher the stakes, the b...more
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Read in September, 2007
- SILENCE (Private Invest-Jack Till-US-Cont) – DNF
Perry, Thomas – Standalone
Harcourt, Inc., 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780151012893
First Sentence: The small neon light outside that said BANQUE was turned off.
*** Ex-cop turned PI Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear after having been beat nearly to death. Her former lover and business partner has been arrested for her murder. The only way to prove him innocent is to prove Wendy is still alive. He’s not the only one lookin...more
Perry, Thomas – Standalone
Harcourt, Inc., 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780151012893
First Sentence: The small neon light outside that said BANQUE was turned off.
*** Ex-cop turned PI Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear after having been beat nearly to death. Her former lover and business partner has been arrested for her murder. The only way to prove him innocent is to prove Wendy is still alive. He’s not the only one lookin...more
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Read in August, 2008
recommended to Bart by:
a "New in Paperback" squib in NY Times Book Reviewrecommends it for: any suspense and mystery fan. It's good.
This was a good, very solid cat-and-mouse-chase based suspense novel from a very reliable author. There are some really quite intersting meditations on relationships and the nature of love and marriage--considerably more philosophical than one typically expects (or needs) in popular fiction. There was one major problem with what I think of as "continuity," the keeping straight of the details of the story and plotlines. The author has what have to be concurrent events involving differen...more
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Read in December, 2007
I enjoyed Perry's earlier Jane Whitfield mysteries. This is similar in that he's dealing with the issue of people who disappear to escape bad people. This time a private detective in Los Angeles helps a young woman disappear after she is beaten. Six years later he has to find her so that she can clear a man charged with killing her. The book is suspenseful and contains plenty of pleasant twists. The villains are also unusual, not weird, just a hit couple who are truly only in it for the money. I...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
those who like mystery
Well, it had a lot of twists and turns not much sex. But I dont read books for that. It was interesting to read about how a person drops out of sight and how easy it is to find someone depending on what they've done to get lost. The surface of the story was one thing and Wendy the girl, appears to be just a nice girl, but in the end we find her to be the pragmatic girl.
A good read and as I would recommend it to others. The killers were mildly interesting as well.
A good read and as I would recommend it to others. The killers were mildly interesting as well.
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Read in January, 2007
Thomas Perry is fascinated by the art of making people disappear. He is a master of the thriller genre, and I recommend his books. This one is great, but his Jane Whitehead series contains my favorite of his books (oh, and Metzger's Dog is a hoot, too). Good interview with Perry at: http://www.identitytheory.com/...
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Read in June, 2007
If you like the Jack Reacher-type of good guy and really bad guys, with crisp dialog and nice plot turns, this crime fiction novel is for you.
His earlier Jane Whitfield books were also very good.
His earlier Jane Whitfield books were also very good.
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Read in January, 2008
This latest offering from Thomas Perry started off well, but I found it petering off towards the end - almost an anti-climax. 'Nightlife' was a much better read.
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when he's good, like the jane whitfield novels, he's very good brain candy. but this one reads like he phoned it in.
a tango dancing hired hit couple. i mean, really
a tango dancing hired hit couple. i mean, really
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Read in August, 2007
Very easy read, suspenseful, well-written. Coming from one who never reads books in the suspense/mystery genre, I thought it was pretty good.
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A pretty good, run-of-the-mill thriller. Not a literary masterpiece, but it held my interest.
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Read in July, 2007
Good idea that gets a bit long-winded (Perry could have easily cut about 150 pages).
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