Pro Bono

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Pub Date Jan 14 2025 | Archive Date Dec 31 2024
Penzler Publishers | Mysterious Press

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Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme—one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience.

Charlie can’t get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at, and has his briefcase stolen. It’s clear that someone doesn’t want him following the trail of the missing money but, as Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare.

A nail-biting tale of conspiracy and pursuit from Thomas Perry, “a dominating force in the world of contemporary suspense thrillers” (Publishers Weekly), Pro Bono will have readers looking over their shoulders as constantly as they keep turning pages.

Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In...


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ISBN 9781613166161
PRICE $27.95 (USD)
PAGES 360

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The author is a true artist, and he’s crafted another very good story. We meet the protagonist as a youth and then again as a lawyer specializing in finances. Two cases dominate the novel as women have been cheated out of their money. The plots in both are well designed, interesting, and entertaining. The characters fit their roles very well, and keep the story moving. Looking forward to the author’s next book already.

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Wow. Thank you for the opportunity to preview Pro Bono by my favorite author. This is a book with many aspects. My head was spinning and when I think I know what’s going on I am totally taken by surprise.
It starts with a con man who has just stolen a woman’s life savings. A bunch of prisoners driving a bus from a job on their way back to prison. And last but not least a young man driving a fast car on the highway and he’s on a mission.
Worlds collide and so begins our novel. That’s all I can say for now except this is my favorite book of the year so far. 5 stars!!!!recommend highly.

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Thomas Perry creates a balanced narrative that goes big but manages to stay grounded and gritty without sacrificing the fast pace of the narrative. Part crime thriller, part mystery, and all suspense, this is a fantastic legal-crime thriller to sink your teeth in.

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