Hero

By Thomas Perry

Book Overview

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 takes her job seriously providing security for wealthy and high-profile Hollywood stars. 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 between two people who know more about how to take down one's enemies than anyone else in the business.Justine finds herself up against both a hardened killer and the fickle media landscape that can turn on her just as quickly as it celebrated her in this high-stakes thriller from the author of The Old Man.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613164777
• ISBN13: 9781613164778
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.0"