Death Benefits
Thomas Perry
Fiction | Ballantine Books | Paperback | November 2001 | $6.99
| 0-8041-1542-7
ABOUT
THIS BOOK
A careful, methodical young data analyst for a California insurance
company, John Walker knows when people will marry, at what age
they will most likely have children, and when they will die. All
signs point to a long successful career?until Max Stillman, a
gruff security consultant, appears without warning at the office.
It seems a colleague with whom Walker once had an affair has disappeared
after paying a very large death benefit to an impostor. Stillman
wants to find and convict her; Walker is convinced the woman is
innocent. Now Walker teams up with Stillman on an urgent north-by-northeast
race? relentlessly leading to a pay-off that just might shock
the life out of him...
“Compelling . . . A labyrinthine
tale of murder [and] conspiracy.” –People (page-turner of the week)
“MASTERFUL . . . INSURANCE HASN’T BEEN THIS INTERESTING
SINCE JAMES M. CAIN WROTE DOUBLE INDEMNITY.” –The Baltimore Sun
“FAST-PACED . . . A TOTALLY ENVELOPING READ . . . [that]
relies on the wits of the characters rather than the hightech
gadgetry.” –The Denver Post
“RELENTLESS ACTION, SEVERAL INTRIGUING CHARACTERS, AND A
WILD, SURPRISING FINALE.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
AUTHOR
BIOGRAPHY
Thomas Perry won an Edgar for The Butcher’s Boy, and Metzger’s
Dog was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His other books
include Blood Money, The Face-Changers, Shadow Woman, Dance for
the Dead, and Vanishing Act. He lives in Southern California with
his wife and two daughters.
