Dead Aim

By: Thomas Perry

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Robert Mallon has lived for 10 quiet years in affluent Santa Barbara, when an encounter on a beach with a mysterious young woman shatters his peaceful, carefully constructed life. Despite Mallon's desperate attempts, he loses her and becomes obsessed with discovering why. He hires detective Lydia Marks to uncover the secrets of this stranger's life, and what they learn propels them into a terrifying world of sinister secrets and deadly hatreds.

Targeting Mallon is the master hunter Parish, a man with an expert understanding of evil who preys on rich people's desires for dominance and revenge. Mallon is drawn into a lethal struggle with this deadly adversary - and then another, and another, and another.

©2008 Thomas Perry (P)2010 Tantor

Critic reviews

• Audie Award Nominee - Best Thriller/Suspense Audiobook, 2011

“Perry succeeds with Dead Aim on all fronts. It’s both chilling and absorbing, the right mix in a thriller.” (The New York Daily News)

Wow! What an ending!

We loved this book! Toward the middle, I was wondering whether I would, but the ending was amazing. Lots of killing, but how it was done was great. One big sex scene at the biginning that wasn't necessary, but if you can tolorate that, the rest of the book is fantastic.

Main character was a dumb ass.

They f$cked around and found out. Listening to this book, I am thinking that the main character is dumb ass. He wasn't at all and he turned everything upside down.

Interesting premise...

I enjoyed this book, for the most part, because it was based on an unusual premise... Don't want to spoil it for you. Very well written. Sit back and relax... ignore the far-fetched parts... and the the fact that the narrator's female voices sound a bit like Ronald Reagan... and enjoy the ride.

Gripping

I could not put it down. I highly recommend this book. The evil is chilling and the characters are believable.

Over all good story

Good story but ending left some hanging details that leave question marks in the reader’s mind