Silence

Silence
by Thomas Perry

Silence
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Author: Thomas Perry
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-12
ISBN: 0156033305
Number of pages: 468
Publisher: Mariner Books

Book Reviews of Silence

Book Review: It's not easy to find someone you've hidden so well
Summary: 4 Stars

Perry's more recent novels -- he's been turning this stuff out since the early `80s -- are somewhat more sophisticated in their details, but his main themes haven't changed much. Someone has to escape danger, or circumstances, and the protagonist either helps him (or her) accomplish that or has to locate them afterward. That helper, or searcher, might be a killer himself, like the Butcher's Boy, or he might be an ex-cop turned private investigator like Jack Till, who helped a young woman in fear of her life to disappear six years ago. She wasn't exactly a witness to a murder, but she certainly knew too much. Now her ex-partner, who suspected she was dead, has been charged with her murder, and Till must reverse his work and relocate her, to prove she's actually still alive. And at the same time he has to protect her from the professional killers (a tango-dancing couple this time) hired by those who are setting her up. Till, like all Perry's main characters, is highly ingenious when it comes to finding people and misleading the Bad Guys, which (of course) is much of the fun of his books. I've been trying to read his books more or less chronologically, to discover how his skills have developed, and I was also curious to see how both the hunters and the hunted would handle access to what used to be easy-to-obtain information, what with post-9/11 restrictions and heightened awareness of identity theft. Turns out it isn't much more difficult than it used to be, at least as Perry explains things. As always, his characters come in three fat dimensions and their back stories provide much of their motivation. Nor are any of them superheroes; everyone on both sides makes bad judgments, misinterprets evidence and events, and occasionally does stupid things. The killers in this case escape at the very end, for instance, but it's evident that jealousy and bad temper is going to drive one of them to eliminate the other in very short order. Most of Perry's books are cinematic but this one especially would make a terrific movie.

Summary of Silence

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.

Full of masterful plotting and unnerving psychological insight, Silence is a mesmerizing thrill ride.

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