Death Benefits A Novel of Suspense

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. . . .

<b>Thomas Perry</b> won an Edgar for <i>The Butcher’s Boy</i>, and <i>Metzger’s Dog</i> was a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of the Year. His other books include <i>Blood</i> <i>Money</i>, <i>The Face-Changers</i>, <i>Shadow Woman</i>, <i>Dance for the Dead</i>, and <i>Vanishing Act</i>. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.