Hero - Softcover

Perry, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1613166362 ISBN 13: 9781613166369

Verlag: The Mysterious Press, 2025

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A Booklist, Kirkus, and Deadly Pleaures Magazine Best Thriller of the Year

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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Thomas Perry is the Edgar-winning author of over thirty novels, including The Butcher’s Boy, which Parade Magazine included in its 2021 list of 101 Best Mystery Books of All Time, and Metzger’s Dog, which NPR listeners voted one of the “Best Thrillers of All Time.” His novel The Old Man was the inspiration for the television series starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, and his novel Strip inspired the film The Get Out starring Russell Crowe. He died in Los Angeles on September 15, 2025, at the age of 78.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The Mysterious Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1613166362
• ISBN 13: 9781613166369
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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