Some minor flaws, but Perry certainly can write a good thriller.

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	• Pursuit Thomas Perry Blackstone Audiobooks, 2006 average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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Some minor flaws, but Perry certainly can write a good thriller.

Sometimes "Do what you love and the money will follow." takes people down unusual paths. James Varney discovered early on in life that he craved adventure; the biggest adventure is killing people and getting away with it. He's made a very successful career out of his craving.

Roy Prescott is a specialist. His job is finding killers and stopping them. He does this by learning all he can about the killer, and knowing what the killer is going to do next. When thirteen people are killed in a restaurant in Louisville, Roy Prescott is eventually called in to figure out the why and the who. Varney becomes the biggest challenge of his career. He knows that nothing will stop Varney from killing again and again.

As in any investigation, leads are pursued which go nowhere. Of the thirteen bodies, only one was the intended victim. The rest are collateral damage. It takes a while for Prescott to figure out which of the bodies is the true intended victim; this changes the course of the investigation completely.

Prescott and Varney are almost evenly matched. Varney challenges Prescott, after Prescott questions his abilities and doubts his history. This would be a much more pleasant prospect if they were chess masters or tennis players. Varney kills two police officers, just to show Prescott what he's capable of. Unfortunately for quite a few more truly innocent bystanders, Varney is a guiltless killer and has no qualms about doing what he does best. The body count at the end of PURSUIT is quite high.

Perry can write thrillers as well as anybody out there. PURSUIT has some minor flaws, which I didn't really notice until I was finished reading the book. Varney puts up with a lot of crap from some people in Cincinnati, more than one would expect, even under the circumstances. His emotional collapse under the pressure from Prescott seems (again, in retrospect) surprising. But none of that bothered me when I was reading PURSUIT. I just kept reading, which is what Perry is so good at getting a reader to do.

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Great Read...for Two Thirds of the Story

Pursuit started off great. Great characters. Great pace. Good amount of action. Unlike another reviewer, I thought the background information included greatly enhanced the characters. Also, unlike another reviewer, I felt the capture/getaways were completely plausible given the characters.

Unfortunately, about 2/3 of the way through, the story slows down to a near snail's pace, for an implausible plot twist. I understand what the author was going for, but frankly he didn't sell it that well. Not given the personalities he had so carefully built up in the earlier part of the novel.

Both the hunter and the prey take time out and spend months in one place. Varney knowingly being ripped off by cohorts. His inertia I would probably buy if he didn't spend so much time extolling his hate. Yet, he does nothing about it. Not a good sell given the Varney portrayed until that point.

And why Prescott spends weeks in one place cultivating a false identity and life on what *may* be a lead is plain inexlicable.

As another reviewer said, at this point I was ready for the novel to just be over.

Too bad. It *was* going really well.

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Just what I wanted.

This book was mailed promptly and received very quickly. It was exactly as specified and I am completely satisfied.

I Agree with JD Schaefer (above)

I came on here to write a review. I just finished this book. I read JD Schaiefers review and had nothing more to add. Yes, it was a good set up. It hooked me and I actually read the entire thing to find out what happens but it wasn't a joyful journey to the end rather it was a plodding ponderous - "when will it finally end?" kind of trip.
I may try one of his earlier novels like another reviewer suggested.
They can't all be winners I guess!

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