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The Boyfriend

Perry, Thomas (Book - 2013)
Average Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
The Boyfriend


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Jack Till, who has retired from the LAPD after a respected career as a homicide detective, now works as a private investigator, comfortable chasing down routine cases while visiting his 24-year-old daughter, Holly, who has Down Syndrome. But when the parents of a recently murdered young girl, about Holly's

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Jack Till, who has retired from the LAPD after a respected career as a homicide detective, now works as a private investigator, comfortable chasing down routine cases while visiting his 24-year-old daughter, Holly, who has Down Syndrome. But when the parents of a recently murdered young girl, about Holly's age, ask for his help when the police come up empty, Till reluctantly takes the case. It was discovered after her death that the victim had been working as a high-class prostitute, and the police are content to assume she was killed by a client, common in such a dangerous line of work. Yet as Till digs deeper, he realizes that the victim is just one of several young female escorts killed in different cities in the exact same way--all had strawberry blonde hair, and all were shot with a 9mm handgun in the sanctity of their apartments. Till must find his way around the tawdry and secretive online escort business, and decode ads placed by young women who all use false names, sometimes advertise using other women's pictures, and move from city to city every few months. Yet when Till is finally able to catch up with the killer, he finds that the man he's after is far more dangerous and volatile than he ever could have imagined. 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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Imprint: New York - GroveAtlantic
Pages: 298
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 0802126065, 9780802126061
Language: English
Notes: "A novel" -- Jacket
Statement of responsibility: Thomas Perry
Characteristics: 298 p. ;,23 cm
Author (Original Script): Perry, Thomas
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May 21, 2013
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  • NEreader rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

Not as good as the first several Jane Whitfield novels. A good stand alone story but slow in places. Still better than most of the stuff published today.

May 20, 2013
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  • StephenB rated this: 3 stars out of 5.

Pretty good... suspense, a coherent story, and some interesting character material

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Mar 26, 2013
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  • StarGladiator rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

An excellent read, by a rather dry author (how unlike one of his earliest, and best books, "Metzger's Dog") who nevertheless gives the reader an entertaining quasi-police-hired assassin-procedural. Recommended, but different from his earliest books.

As always, this was a really good read,however, the book came to a abrupt end leaving me with the feeling that something was missing.

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