Silence - Hardcover

Perry, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 015101289X ISBN 13: 9780151012893

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007

Synopsis

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 presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out, and Till must find her before tango-dancing assassins Paul and Sylvie Turner do.

The Turners are merely hired to do a job, though, and prefer to remain anonymous. When they find that a middleman has let the true employer know their identities, finishing the job is no longer enough. Their fee just went up. And now they must double-cross the man who wants Wendy dead before he can double-cross them—if their jealousy and cold-blooded calculations don’t result in a fatal lovers’ quarrel first.

With masterful plotting and unnerving psychological insight, Perry delivers another mesmerizing thrill ride.

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Review:

'Silence is ingenious, a runaway-train paced thriller from the devilish Thomas Perry' George Pelecanos. (George Pelecanos)

'Starts at a good lick ... full of interesting information about how to forge a new identity and trace the untraceable' Observer. (Observer)

'There are probably only half a dozen suspense writers now alive who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks, vivid, sympathetic characters and compelling narratives each time they publish. Thomas Perry is one' Stephen King. (Stephen King)

'Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant. And as each book comes out he becomes more so. Silence is a case in point. Don't miss it' Robert B. Parker. (Robert B Parker)

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"Thomas Perry has for years been writing first-rate crime novels ... Gripping ... Well-written, cleverly crafted and tension-filled" The Times
"Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant. And as each book comes out he becomes more so. Silence is a case in point. Don't miss it" Robert B. Parker
"Silence is ingenious, a runaway-train paced thriller from the devilish Thomas Perry" George Pelecanos
"The mast of nail biting suspense" Los Angeles Times
"Diabolical ... chilling ... Perry keeps his characters in a stage of high anxiety with some infernally tricky plot manoeuvres, but the conflict that really matters is a psychological one, the battle for identity" New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 015101289X
• ISBN 13: 9780151012893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448