The Old Man

<b>THOMAS PERRY</b> is the bestselling author of over twenty novels including the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series <i>Forty Thieves</i> <i>The Bomb Maker</i> and <i>The Butcher's Boy</i> which won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel. He lives in Southern California. <b>NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES</b><br><b></b><br><b>A finalist for the Barry Award for Best Thriller</b><br><br>To all appearances Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big dogs and a grown daughter with a<br>life of her own. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple drivers' licenses savings stockpiled in banks across the country and two Beretta nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run.<br><br>Now the toppling of a Middle Eastern government suddenly makes Dan Chase and the stunt he pulled thirty-five years ago as a young hotshot in army intelligence a priority again. Racing across the country and beyond Chase must reawaken his survival instincts to contend with the history he has spent his adult life trying to escape coming face to face with an army veteran-turned-agent who plays the game just as he once did.<br><br>Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move 'almost faster than a speeding bullet' (<i>Wall Street Journal</i>) and <i>The Old Man</i> is no exception. A former CIA officer living off the grid finds himself on the run in the book which forms the basis for the new Disney+ series starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. An <b>absolute flamethrower</b> [A] <b>harrowing </b>hunt-and-hide adventure . . . Nobody writes chase scenes like Perry Perry drives deep into Jack Reacher territory in this stand-alone [novel] . . . <b>Swift unsentimental and deeply satisfying</b> Save space already on your Thriller-of-the-Year ballot for Thomas Perry's <i>The Old Man</i>. <b>It'll rivet you</b> . . . Author Perry has won praise for his earlier thrillers - and deserves yet another helping for this tasty tale Another <b>delight </b>from a writer who never disappoints There are few better ways to begin a new year than with a Thomas Perry novel . . . <i>The Old Man</i> is certainly one of Perry's better books which is high praise considering that he has yet to write a bad one An <b>absolute flamethrower</b> [A] <b>harrowing </b>hunt-and-hide adventure . . . Nobody writes chase scenes like Perry Perry drives deep into Jack Reacher territory in this stand-alone [novel] . . . <b>Swift unsentimental and deeply satisfying</b> Save space already on your Thriller-of-the-Year ballot for Thomas Perry's <i>The Old Man</i>. <b>It'll rivet you</b> . . . Author Perry has won praise for his earlier thrillers - and deserves yet another helping for this tasty tale Another <b>delight </b>from a writer who never disappoints There are few better ways to begin a new year than with a Thomas Perry novel . . . <i>The Old Man</i> is certainly one of Perry's better books which is high praise considering that he has yet to write a bad one