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Thomas Perry

Born

in Tonawanda, New York, The United States

January 01, 1947

Died

September 15, 2025

Website

http://www.thomasperryauthor.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Thomas Perry was the author of 25 novels. He was born in Tonawanda, New York in 1947. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester in 1974. He had worked as a park maintenance man, factory laborer, commercial fisherman, university administrator and teacher, and as a writer and producer of prime time network television shows.

Thomas Perry lived in Southern California.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 149,849 ratings · 13,501 reviews · 93 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Old Man 4.12 avg rating — 13,521 ratings — published 2017 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butcher's Boy (Butcher's Boy, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 8,640 ratings — published 1982 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 7,902 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Informant (Butcher's Boy, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 5,487 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burglar 3.62 avg rating — 6,139 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance for the Dead (Jane Whitefield, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 4,981 ratings — published 1996 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Small Town 3.90 avg rating — 4,899 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Dogs (Butcher's Boy, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 4,299 ratings — published 1992 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eddie's Boy (Butcher's Boy #4) 4.25 avg rating — 4,141 ratings — published 2020 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Runner (Jane Whitefield, #6) 4.12 avg rating — 4,083 ratings — published 2009 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I love you' is what people say when they have run out of words and can't say anything else. It is like reaching out a hand in desperation.”
― Thomas Perry

tags: shadow-woman

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“Bombs were not just weapons. They were something more, expressions of the bomber's thoughts about you, his predictions of your behavior - what you would see, even what you would think and feel. He'd staged a presentation designed to fool you. He didn't even know your name, but you were the one he was really after. Bombs were acts of murder, but they were also jokes on you, riddles the bomber hoped were too tough for you, chances for you to pick wrong when it was almost impossible to pick right.”
― Thomas Perry

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“Holy shit! It wasn't them; it was him!”
― Thomas Perry, Sleeping Dogs

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February 2022 Poll

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Which Crime, Mystery or Thriller would you like to read in February?

He Was A Liar: A twisty psychological thriller with a shock ending by Daniel Hurst

30 votes, 23.1%

The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski

27 votes, 20.8%

The Body on the Beach (Fethering Mystery #1) by Simon Brett

17 votes, 13.1%

The Naturalist (The Naturalist #1) by Andrew Mayne

17 votes, 13.1%

The Butcher's Boy (Butcher's Boy #1) by Thomas Perry

15 votes, 11.5%

The Wicked Bible by Sharon L. Dean

13 votes, 10.0%

The Ritual Bath (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #1) by Faye Kellerman

11 votes, 8.5%

130 total votes

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