An <b>absolute flamethrower</b>

- Stephen King,

[A] <b>harrowing </b>hunt-and-hide adventure . . . Nobody writes chase scenes like Perry

New York Times Book Review

Perry drives deep into Jack Reacher territory in this stand-alone [novel] . . . <b>Swift, unsentimental, and deeply satisfying</b>

Kirkus Reviews

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Save space already on your Thriller-of-the-Year ballot for Thomas Perry's <i>The Old Man</i>. <b>It'll rivet you</b> . . . Author Perry has won praise for his earlier thrillers - and deserves yet another helping for this tasty tale

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Another <b>delight </b>from a writer who never disappoints

Booklist (starred review)

There are few better ways to begin a new year than with a Thomas Perry novel . . . <i>The Old Man</i> is certainly one of Perry's better books, which is high praise, considering that he has yet to write a bad one

Bookreporter

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESA finalist for the Barry Award for Best ThrillerTo all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big dogs and a grown daughter with alife 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.
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A former CIA officer, living off the grid, finds himself on the run in the book which forms the basis for the new Disney+ series, starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781804710203
Publisert
2022-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press
Vekt
245 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biographical note

THOMAS PERRY is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series, Forty Thieves, The Bomb Maker and The Butcher's Boy, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel. He lives in Southern California.