| Death Benefits: A Novel of Suspense Contributor(s): Perry, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804115427 ISBN-13: 9780804115421 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: 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. . . . |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 4.22" W x 6.89" (0.41 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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| Publisher Description: 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. . . . |