Thomas Perry

From the New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry, "who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks" (Stephen King), comes a new thriller about an unlikely burglar--a young woman in her 20s--who 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,...

"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...

"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...

"Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common--until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. As the book races toward a high-octane climax, the Abels must fend for their own lives as they circle ever closer to the...

The Native American guide is hunted for her knowledge in this "tour de force" thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Vanishing Act (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). 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...

Former Mafia hit man, after hiding out for ten years in England, is forced to go back to the U.S. after someone tries to kill him and resumes his old profession.

Jane Whitefield takes on the mafia—and its money—in this “downright dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review) crime thriller from the award-winning author of The Butcher’s Boy.

“A terrifying ride . . . a terrific, pell-mell book.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Even before she heard the teenager’s story, Jane Whitefield’s...

Jane Whitefield inadvertently becomes the target of two professional assassins in this “compelling [and] truly frightening” (Chicago Tribune) thriller from the award-winning author of The Butcher’s Boy.
“[Thomas] Perry keeps the screws turned until the final page; suspense novels don’t get much more suspenseful.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jane Whitefield is a name...

The New York Times bestselling author "blend[s] the frenetic pacing of a top-notch thriller with Native American mysticism" in Jane Whitefield's return (Publishers Weekly). "The world's foremost specialist in hiding fugitives from their pursuers is back with a vengeance" in this "high-potency thriller" (Kirkus Reviews). For more than a decade, Jane Whitefield practiced her unusual profession: "I'm a guide . . . I show people how to go from places...

When she agrees to help a woman escape a crazed ex-boyfriend who is friends with members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood, rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a wild chase through the Northeast from which only one party -- Jane or her pursuers -- will emerge alive.