Sadly, the series in which he is featured encompasses only three books published over a. He won the edgar award for the butchers boy, and metzgers dog was a new york times notable book of the year. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Thomas perry is the american author of the jane whitefield crime mystery book series featuring jane, a native american guide who helps the desperate and those fleeing from the enemy vanish. Perry has also started as a coauthor of clive cusslers fargo adventure series. Published in 1982, the butchers boy was thomas perrys debut novel, which won an edgar award in 1983.
His other books include the facechangers, shadow woman, dance for the dead, and vanishing act. Buy the butcher s boy new edition by thomas perry isbn. But when he kills the senior senator from colorado and arrives in las vegas. As the butchers boy works his way ever closer to his quarry in an effort to protect his new way of life, waring is in a race against time, either to convince him to become a protected informantor to take him out of commission for good. Thomas perry exploded onto the literary scene with the butchers boy. Boy, and metzgers dog was one of the new york timess notable books of the. The suspense novel won the 1983 edgar award for best first mystery. Perrys unnamed main figure, the hitman know as the butchers boy, is a fascinating and sympathetic figure a craftsman proud of his trade and proud of his professionalism. This was perrys debut novel and it won the edgar for best. Author thomas perrys complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and. The butcher s boy publishers summary edgar award winner, best first novel, 1983 thomas perry s edgar awardwinning debut novel follows a professional. I first learned about this author when ive read the first book in his butchers boy series which started in the early 1980s. The informant butchers boy, book 3 butchers boy novel.
Thomas perry is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed jane whitefield series, forty thieves, and the butcher s boy, which. The complete series list for butcher boy thomas perry. Butchers boy is one of my very favourite crime novels witty, dark, complicated, full of feints and twists and unexpected moments. Butcher boy series in order thomas perry fictiondb. Buy the butcher s boy by thomas perry online at alibris. An anonymous hitman, called michael schaeffer, in las vegas, nevada, and later in england in the butchers boy series. Thomas perrys character, the butchers boy, is one of my favorite characters in crime fiction. The butchers boy is american novelist thomas perrys first novel, published in 1982. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He has another series called the butchers boy series.