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Hero (Hardcover)
Thomas Perry
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A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also make her its next victim.…
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 of his lackeys having been defeated by a lone woman, Mr. Conger puts in a call to the one man who can make his problems disappear. Known for his swiftness and subtlety, Leo Sealy will kill anyone for a price. All he needs is a name and a face, any starting point to pick up his victim’s trail. Luckily for him, the local news is as eager as he is for any information about the heroic bodyguard―and quick to broadcast their findings, regardless of what it might mean for her safety. But Sealy isn’t prepared for just how quick and resourceful Justine can be...
So begins a cat and mouse game that only Thomas Perry―“master of nail-biting suspense” (Los Angeles Times)―could devise, featuring two characters who know more about deadly pursuit than anyone else in the business. As the hardened killer stalks her, Justine learns that the fickle media landscape can turn its celebration into condemnation at a moment’s notice, and soon finds that public opinion can be every bit as fatal as organized crime.
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Murder Book
Thomas Perry
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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 fifteen years
earlier, and to her, he can't say no. Initially brought in as a
consultant to determine if the racketeering is severe enough to
require an all-out investigation by the FBI, Duncan quickly finds
himself in conflict with a syndicate far more violent than first
suspected. As the investigation develops, he begins compiling a
'murder book,' the notebook in which a detective keeps records,
interviews, photos - everything he needs to build his case. But his
scrutiny of the gang soon makes Duncan a target. And Ellen, too. A
thrilling and suspenseful tour of crime-addled midwestern towns,
Murder Book is signature Thomas Perry, with characters you won't
soon forget, crisply-described action sequences and breathlessly
tense plotting that will keep you racing through the pages.
This book is about research- and evidence-informed educational
improvement. It synthesises and reframes the distinct schools of
thought within the Educational Effectiveness and Improvement (EEI)
fields for a renewed research and professional education agenda. At
the book's heart is a problem: that educational improvement is
often short-lived, rarely achieved at scale and, as some prominent
researchers have argued, mostly illusory. The chapters describe and
critique this divided field and reviews, synthesises and reframes
the combined knowledge base. Building on this acknowledge of
division, the book looks with scepticism, pragmatism and optimism
towards the future for solutions in evidence-informed improvement.
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a
frantic chase with only one winner in this gripping thriller. Jane
Whitefield helps people disappear. Fleeing desperate situations,
Jane's clients come to her for new identities, new lives where they
won't be found. And when people need Jane's services, they come to
the old house in rural New York where she was raised. It's there
Jane finds Sara, a young woman in serious trouble. Sara's boyfriend
found out she had a lover, then made Sara watch as he murdered the
man. Acquitted despite Sara's testimony, now he's trying to find
her and kill her. Jane can easily outsmart the boyfriend, but he
has new friends: a Russian organised crime brotherhood. On learning
Sara is with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the
Russians become incredibly interested. They believe Jane's
knowledge of past clients could be worth millions. So begins a
bloodthirsty chase through the northeastern US, ending up in
Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. Only one thing is certain: just
one party – Jane or her pursuers – will emerge alive. Reviewers
on The Left-Handed Twin: 'Another stunner from a modern master'
Booklist 'A brooding, peripatetic stunner' Crimereads 'Perry is the
best suspense writer in the business' Boston Globe
From New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry comes a
whip-smart and lethally paced standalone novel, Forty Thieves. Sid
and Ronnie Abel are a husband-and-wife detective team, both
ex-LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are assassins-for-hire living in the
San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two
couples have little in common--until both are hired to do damage
control on the same murder case. The previous spring, a body was
recovered from a storm sewer after two days of torrential rain. The
corpse was identified as James Ballantine, a middle-aged African
American who worked as a research scientist and was killed by two
bullets to the back of the head. With the murder case turning cold,
Ballantine's former employers bring in the Abels to succeed where
the police have failed, while the Hoyts' mysterious contractors
want to make sure that the facts about Ballantine's death stay
hidden. Dramatic car chases, illicit affairs, and a notorious ring
of Eastern European diamond thieves all play into the plot as the
book races toward its high-octane climax, and the Abels circle ever
closer to the dangerous truth.
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a
frantic chase with only one winner in this gripping thriller. Jane
Whitefield helps people disappear. Now the bad guys want to do the
same to her. Jane's clients come to her for new identities when
they’re fleeing desperate situations. It’s how she meets Sara,
a young woman in serious danger who needs to escape. Sara's violent
boyfriend found out about her lover, and murdered him in front of
her. The killer was acquitted despite Sara's testimony, and now
he’s trying to find her to silence her permanently. Jane can
easily outsmart him, but he has supporters: a Russian organised
crime brotherhood. On learning Sara is travelling with a tall,
dark-haired woman who ‘disappears’ people, the Russians become
incredibly interested, for Jane's knowledge of past clients could
be worth millions. In a bloodthirsty chase ending up in Maine's
Hundred Mile Wilderness, one thing is certain: only one group will
survive this. Reviews for The Left-Handed Twin: 'Another stunner
from a modern master' Booklist 'A brooding, peripatetic stunner'
Crimereads 'Perry is the best suspense writer in the business'
Boston Globe
A year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn, Jane
Whitefield has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife
- or so she thinks. One morning, returning from a long run, she's
met by an unusual sight: the female leaders of the eight Seneca
clans waiting in her driveway. Jane's childhood friend from the
reservation is wanted by the police for murder, and the clan
mothers believe she is the only one who can find him. So Jane sets
out to retrace a journey she took with Jimmy when they were
fourteen years old, and soon discovers that the police aren't the
only ones after her childhood friend. As the chase intensifies, the
number of people caught up in the deadly plot grows, and Jane is
the only one who can protect those in danger...
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a
frantic chase with only one winner in this gripping thriller. Jane
Whitefield helps people disappear. Fleeing desperate situations,
Jane's clients come to her for new identities, new lives where they
won't be found. And when people need Jane's services, they come to
the old house in rural New York where she was raised. It's there
Jane finds Sara, a young woman in serious trouble. Sara's boyfriend
found out she had a lover, then made Sara watch as he murdered the
man. Acquitted despite Sara's testimony, now he's trying to find
her and kill her. Jane can easily outsmart the boyfriend, but he
has new friends: a Russian organised crime brotherhood. On learning
Sara is with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the
Russians become incredibly interested. They believe Jane's
knowledge of past clients could be worth millions. So begins a
bloodthirsty chase through the northeastern US, ending up in
Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. Only one thing is certain: just
one party - Jane or her pursuers - will emerge alive. Reviewers on
The Left-Handed Twin: 'Another stunner from a modern master'
Booklist 'A brooding, peripatetic stunner' Crimereads 'Perry is the
best suspense writer in the business' Boston Globe
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES A finalist for the Barry Award for Best
Thriller To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in
Vermont with two big dogs and a grown daughter with a life of her
own. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple drivers'
licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country and two
Beretta nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not
spent decades on the run. Now, the toppling of a Middle Eastern
government suddenly makes Dan Chase, and the stunt he pulled
thirty-five years ago as a young hotshot in army intelligence, a
priority again. Racing across the country and beyond, Chase must
reawaken his survival instincts to contend with the history he has
spent his adult life trying to escape, coming face to face with an
army veteran-turned-agent who plays the game just as he once did.
Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move
'almost faster than a speeding bullet' (Wall Street Journal) and
The Old Man is no exception.
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 predicament and the past, as we glimpse the days before he
became the Butcher's Boy, the highly skilled hit man who exacted
revenge on some double-crossing clients and started a mob war. He's
meticulous in his approach as he attempts to pit two prominent
mafia families against each other to eliminate his enemies one by
one. But will he be able to escape this new wave of young contract
killers, or will the years finally catch up to him?
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 search ensues,
but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all
efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain.
The mayor and city attorney meet, and Leah Hawkins, a six-foot,
two-inch former star basketball player and resident good cop, is
placed on sabbatical so that she can tour the country learning
advanced police procedures. The sabbatical is merely a ruse,
however, as her real job is to track the infamous twelve. And kill
them. Leah's mission takes her across the country, from Florida to
New York, from California to an anti-government settlement deep in
the Ozarks. Soon, the surviving fugitives realize what she is up
to, and a race to kill or be killed ensues. Full of exhilarating
twists and surprisingly resonant, A Small Town will sweep readers
along on Leah's quest for vengeance.
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Murder Book
Thomas Perry
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R487
R401
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Murder has always been easy for the Butcher's Boy - it's what he
was raised to do. But when he kills the senior senator from
Colorado and arrives in Las Vegas to pick up his fee, he learns
that he has become a liability to his shadowy employers. His
actions attract the attention of police specialists who watch the
world of organized crime, but though everyone knows that something
big is going on, only Elizabeth Waring, a bright young analyst in
the Justice Department, can work her way closer to the truth, and
to the frightening man behind it. Includes a new Introduction by
bestselling author Michael Connelly.
A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad and when tragedy
ensues, the fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb
Squad commander who now operates his own private security company.
Just returned from a tough job in Mexico, Stahl is at first
reluctant to accept the offer, but his sense of duty to the
technicians he trained is too strong to turn it down. On his first
day back at the head of the squad, Stahl's three-person team is
dispatched to a suspected car bomb. And it quickly becomes clear to
him that they are dealing with an unusual mastermind - one whose
intended target seems to be the Bomb Squad itself. As the shadowy
organization sponsoring this campaign of violence puts increasing
pressure on the bomb maker and Stahl becomes dangerously entangled
with a member of his own team, the fuse on this high-stakes plot
only burns faster. The Bomb Maker is Thomas Perry's biggest, most
unstoppable thriller yet.
A revealing look at the changing role of churches in the decades
after the American Revolution. Most Americans today would not think
of their local church as a site for arbitration and would probably
be hesitant to bring their property disputes, moral failings, or
personal squabbles to their kin and neighbors for judgment. But
from the Revolutionary Era through the mid-nineteenth century, many
Protestants imbued local churches with immense authority. Through
their ritual practice of discipline, churches insisted that
brethren refrain from suing each other before "infidels" at local
courts and claimed jurisdiction over a range of disputes: not only
moral issues such as swearing, drunkenness, and adultery but also
matters more typically considered to be under the purview of common
law and courts of equity, including disputes over trespass, land,
probate, slave warranty, and theft. In Law in American
Meetinghouses, Jeffrey Thomas Perry explores the ways that ordinary
Americans-Black and white, enslaved and free-understood and created
law in their local communities, uncovering a vibrant marketplace of
authority in which church meetinghouses played a central role in
maintaining their neighborhoods' social peace. Churches were once
prominent sites for the creation of local law and in this period
were a primary arena in which civil and religious authority
collided and shaped one another. When church discipline failed, the
wronged parties often pushed back, and their responses highlight
the various forces that ultimately hindered that venue's ability to
effectively arbitrate disputes between members. Relying primarily
on a deep reading of church records and civil case files, Perry
examines how legal transformations, an expanding market economy,
and religious controversy led churchgoers to reimagine their
congregations' authority. By the 1830s, unable to resolve doctrinal
quibbles within the fellowship, church factions turned to state
courts to secure control over their meetinghouses, often demanding
that judges wade into messy ecclesiastical disputes. Tracking
changes in disciplinary rigor in Kentucky Baptist churches from
that state's frontier period through 1845, and looking beyond
statutes and court decrees, Law in American Meetinghouses is a
fresh take on church-state relations. Ultimately, it highlights an
oft-forgotten way that Americans subtly repositioned religious
institutions alongside state authority.
The Tombs is the thrilling fourth Fargo adventure by Clive Cussler.
It's a prize beyond imagination. When an archaeologist excavating a
top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery
he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in
rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into
their most daring quest to date. The clues point to the hidden tomb
of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a
vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder, a bounty that has
never been found. But as Sam and Remi piece together the puzzle,
the trail takes them through Hungary, Italy, France, Russia, and
Kazakhstan and not to a single tomb, but five. And into the path of
deadly danger. They are not the only ones hunting for the High
King's riches. The Fargos will find themselves pitted against a
thieving group of amateur treasure hunters, a cunning Russian
businessman, and a ruthless Hungarian who claims direct descent
from Attila himself . . . and will stop at nothing to claim the
tombs'riches as his own. Packed with heart-pounding action and
boundless invention, The Tombs is an exceptional thriller from the
grand master of adventure. The Tombs is the fourth of Clive
Cussler's Fargo Adventures, and follows Lost Empire and The
Kingdom. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy
A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the
bomber's predictions of human behavior--a performance designed to
fool you into making one fatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker,
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 LAPD Bomb Squad and when tragedy ensues, the
fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb Squad commander
who now operates his own private security company. Just returned
from a tough job in Mexico, Stahl is at first reluctant to accept
the offer, but his sense of duty to the technicians he trained is
too strong to turn it down. On his first day back at the head of
the squad, Stahl's three-person team is dispatched to a suspected
car bomb. And it quickly becomes clear to him that they are dealing
with an unusual mastermind--one whose intended target seems to be
the Bomb Squad itself. As the shadowy organization sponsoring this
campaign of violence puts increasing pressure on the bomb maker,
and Stahl becomes dangerously entangled with a member of his own
team, the fuse on this high-stakes plot only burns faster. The Bomb
Maker is Thomas Perry's biggest, most unstoppable thriller yet.
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Silence (Paperback)
Thomas Perry
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Six years ago Wendy Harper was running for her life. Jack Till, an
ex-cop turned private eye, helped her disappear. He did a very good
job of it and even Jack has no idea where she might be. But now her
ex-boyfriend and former business partner is being framed for her
presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out. Jack must find her
before a pair of hired assassins do. The assassins, a husband and
wife team, are as sinister as they come, and when their shadowy
employer looks like he is going to double-cross them, finishing the
job is no longer enough...
Here is a list of some of my favorite questions asked on Facebook.
I've asked these questions to help in my research in the paranormal
field. Education is a huge part in this field and I hope it gives
you a deeper insight in the paranormal field. These questions are
always on my mind and sometimes you just need to reach out and take
that leap of faith. I have been asking these for two years. The way
others in the paranormal field answer these questions will open
your eyes. Whether you are just doing this as a hobby or as a
business venture, my hope is that this book will help you in your
own research. This is from my personal Facebook page and I hope you
enjoy it.
Private investigator Jack Till is an ex-LAPD homicide detective.
When the parents of a recently murdered young girl ask for his help
after the police come up empty, Till reluctantly takes the case.
The victim had been working as a high-class prostitute, and as Till
digs deeper he finds that she was one of several young female
escorts killed in different cities in the same manner - all had
strawberry blonde hair, and all were shot with a 9mm in their home.
As the body count rises, Till must risk his life to find this
seductive and ruthless killer whose murderous spree masks a far
deadlier agenda.
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