# Pursuit - Paperback

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by **Thomas Perry** (Author)

**A private investigator becomes embroiled in a gruesome murder investigation, tracking a killer who will do anything to avoid capture--a "bona fide nail-biter" (_The New York Times_) from the award-winning author of _The Butcher's Boy._**  
  
**"_Pursuit_ is relentless, filled with twists and turns, that rare page-turner that keeps one reading late into the night to finish."--_The Boston Globe_**  
  
**WINNER OF THE GUMSHOE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL**

Thirteen bodies are found in a Louisville restaurant. When the police can find no suspect or motive, a victim's family seeks the services of the enigmatic and solitary specialist Roy Prescott, known for his ability to find people who don't want to be found. Working outside the law and willing to do what the police can't, Prescott hunts the killer, an elusive adversary who is as smart, as methodical, as deadly as he is. The only way to conduct this pursuit is to goad the killer into believing that he must kill Roy Prescott. It is a contest fought from one end of the country to the other, and both men understand that when it's over, only one of them will be alive.

### Front Jacket

BRILLIANT . . . A BONA FIDE NAIL-BITER . . . Thomas Perry's cerebral thrillers unfold methodically, in extremely sharp focus. His attention to detail is so intense that it generates its own brand of quiet suspense.  
"-The New York Times  
Roy Prescott is all alone in the world, living lies, making plans, meticulously going about his job. Prescott's job is to hunt people down . . . and then to kill them. Now he has been hired to find a monster-a man who is as alone as he is, as smart, as methodical, as deadly, and even more arrogant. Prescott knows that to find this monster he must get inside his head, get him angry, and force him to come after him. Soon he gets his wish. With a little luck, the killer even makes a mistake-trying to prove a point to Prescott. But Prescott needs no proof. He already knows what he's up against. He knows that innocent people are going to die. The only question now is which one of them will get the first shot-which one will get the last. . . .

"From the Paperback edition.

### Author Biography

_New York Times_ bestselling author **Thomas Perry** won an Edgar Award for _The Butcher's Boy_, and _Metzger's Dog_ was one of the _New York Times_'s Notable Books of the Year. His other books include _The Face-Changers_, _Shadow Woman_, _Dance for the Dead_, and _Vanishing Act_. Thomas Perry died in 2025.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 0.94 x 7.86 x 6.66 IN

**Publication Date:** February 14, 2006

## Details

- **Price:** 27.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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