Book : Dead Aim A Novel - Perry, Thomas

-Titulo Original : Dead Aim: A Novel

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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“Perry succeeds with Dead Aim on all fronts. It’s both chilling and absorbing, the right mix in a thriller.” -New York Daily News Robert Mallon has lived for ten quiet years in affluent Santa Barbara, California, when an encounter on a beach with a mysterious young woman shatters his peaceful, carefully constructed life. Despite Mallon’s desperate attempts, he loses her, and becomes obsessed with discovering why. He hires detective Lydia Marks to uncover the secrets of this stranger’s life, and what they learn propels them into a terrifying world of sinister secrets and deadly hatreds. Targeting Mallon is the master hunter Parish, a man with an expert understanding of evil, who preys on rich people’s desires for dominance and revenge. Mallon is drawn into a lethal struggle with this deadly adversary-and then another, and another, and another. Review “Classic kill-or-be-killed suspense.” -Orlando Sentinel “The reader is propelled through the plot like a bullet. The tension never ebbs.” -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Riveting suspense, a host of believable major and minor characters and a slam-bam ending.” -Houston Chronicle “Smart, funny, and nasty; it will grab you and not let go.” -The Washington Post From the Back Cover [Thomas Perry is] a master of nail-biting suspense. --Los Angeles Times In this explosive new novel from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Butchers Boy, Blood Money, and other novels of dazzling ingenuity (The New York Times Book Review), Thomas Perry gives us a thriller even more startling than his most recent bestseller, Pursuit. In Dead Aim, an unsuspecting man tries to help a young woman on the edge, and finds himself drawn into a lethal struggle with a deadly adversary--and then another, and another, and another. Robert Mallon has lived for ten quiet years in affluent Santa Barbara, California, when an encounter on a beach with a mysterious young woman shatters his peaceful, carefully constructed life. Despite Mallons desperate attempts, he loses her, and he becomes obsessed with discovering why. He hires detective Lydia Marks to uncover the secrets of this strangers life, and what they learn propels them into a terrifying underworld of sinister secrets and deadly hatreds. Set against Mallon is the master hunter Parish, a man with an expert understanding of evil, who preys on rich peoples desire for dominance and revenge. Thomas Perrys writing is as sharp as a sushi knife, said the Los Angeles Times about Blood Money, and the same can be said about this new novel by the author hailed as one of Americas finest storytellers (San Francisco Examiner). With Dead Aim, Thomas Perry gives us another brilliant novel of spine-tingling suspense. From the Hardcover edition. About the Author Thomas Perry won an Edgar Award for The Butcher’s Boy, and Metzger’s Dog was a New York Times Notable Book. Vanishing Act was chosen as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, and Pursuit was a national bestseller. Perry lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 1 The shot was an explosion that spewed a shower of bright sparks from the pistols muzzle into the darkness and kicked the barrel upward, but the arm of the shooter quickly straightened to level it again. The shooter fired the second and third shots into the lighted interior of the car, and the late-night silence returned. After a few seconds, crickets began to chirp tentatively again from nearby yards. There were three holes punched through the rear window of the car, and even from his vantage across the alley behind the shooter, Parish could see that Mark Romanos head had been pounded forward, and the windshield had been sprayed nearly opaque with his bright red blood. Parish watched as one of the women gently but firmly pl