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Pro Bono

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A tenacious attorney grapples with a dangerous group of thieves in this new thriller from the author of The Old Man.

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.
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    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2024

      Perry's (Hero, a Booklist best thriller of the year) latest features Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren, who's skilled at recovering embezzled and hidden assets. He's currently tracking down missing money for a young widow, and he recognizes the con that targeted his own widowed mother. He quickly finds himself in danger as he investigates, but it's too late to walk away now. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Kirkus

      December 15, 2024
      A lawyer who takes on a pro bono case earns his payment many times over in this lumpy but irresistible thriller. Three years after George Ellis left a party he was hosting and never returned, his wife, Vesper, notices that some of his investment accounts have been shrinking instead of growing. Suspecting fraud, she consults Charles Warren, who's been recommended by a mutual friend. Charlie turns out to be an excellent choice for several reasons. He's both an attorney and accountant, so he's good with numbers. He's hard to bully, as any number of bankers and potential assailants learn to their cost. And he has both sympathy for the victims of fraud and extensive criminal experience, which began long ago when he raced after his fleeing stepfather, Mack Stone--who'd plundered the accounts of Charlie's mother--running him off the road into a fatal crash that's never been tied to Charlie except by Andy Minkeagan and Alvin Copes, two convicts who turned up at the scene of Mack's accident ahead of the police, ran off with his financial papers, and are still bent on finding a way to cash in on their discovery. In fact, Charlie and Vesper are surrounded by so many lowlifes in pinstripes that it's a good thing they have each other. As the story goes on, though, the obstacles to Charlie's legal victories seem to fall away, and readers familiar with Perry's knack for steering his tales in new directions they never saw coming may wonder what will happen during those last hundred pages. A series of completely new threats against a completely different person, that's what. A model of suspense, though not of construction.

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    • Booklist

      January 1, 2025
      Perry has crafted more than 20 high-octane thrillers, including The Butcher's Boy, which won an Edgar Award in 1983. Here, Perry pits a heroic lawyer, whose mission is to rescue his clients from all forms of fraud, against a highly organized and dangerous ring of criminals. They have weapons and strategy; he has only basic survival instincts and his financial savvy to protect himself. Attorney Charles Warren takes on clients (often divorced or widowed) who seek his help after noticing their accounts slowly draining away. The lawyer's motivation runs deep--his stepfather scammed his mother out of her life savings years ago. Now, a beautiful widow consults Warren about financial irregularities in her accounts. Someone steals the widow's records from Warren's car, the widow herself goes missing, and Warren is plunged into a protracted, gasp-inducing series of chase scenes and narrow escapes, pursued by very savvy assailants. Fascinating financial crimes information, delivered by an extremely likable, resourceful hero, enhances this crafty game of cat and mouse.

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