Where to Start with Thomas Perry
- Best entry point → Death Benefits
- Best standalone → Metzger's Dog
- Start the Butcher's Boy series → The Butcher's Boy
- What fans keep coming back to → The Informant
- Best narrator for Thomas Perry → Sleeping Dogs
- Highest rated by listeners → The Boyfriend (Jack Till #2)
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The Informant
Butcher's Boy • Book 3
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.35 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
The Butcher's Boy returns when the Mafia finally tracks him down after years in hiding. Michael Kramer's performance matches Perry's methodical thriller pacing perfectly.
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The Butcher's Boy
Butcher's Boy • Book 1
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.06 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.21 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Michael Kramer captures the professional killer's cold efficiency as he eliminates a senator and then must escape both the mob and FBI.
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Sleeping Dogs
Butcher's Boy • Book 2
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.22 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.43 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Retired hit man Michael Shaeffer tries peaceful life in England, but his past as the Butcher's Boy catches up through racing, aristocrats, and hidden weapons.
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Death Benefits
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.08 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.33 Audible (983)More about this pick
Insurance analyst John Walker's predictable world crumbles when a colleague vanishes and security consultant Max Stillman appears with dangerous questions. Michael Kramer captures Walker's transformation from number-cruncher to man on the run.
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The Boyfriend
Jack Till • Book 2
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Robertson Dean
★ 3.91 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.11 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Retired LAPD detective Jack Till reluctantly investigates a young girl's murder when police efforts fail, driven by thoughts of his own daughter with Down Syndrome. The personal stakes make this missing person case cut deeper than routine work.
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Fidelity
Jane Whitefield
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.91 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.16 Audible (855)More about this pick
When P.I. Phil Kramer dies mysteriously, his widow Emily discovers their emptied bank accounts and must uncover what he planned to do with their money.
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Metzger's Dog
by Thomas Perry, Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.92 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.12 Audible (594)More about this pick
Leroy 'Chinese' Gordon breaks into a professor's lab seeking pharmaceutical cocaine but finds stolen government papers instead, triggering a comedy of errors. Michael Kramer captures the comic thriller tone as criminal incompetence meets bureaucratic chaos in this beloved Perry novel.
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Dead Aim
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.88 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.2 Audible (499)More about this pick
Robert Mallon's quiet Santa Barbara life explodes when a beach encounter with a mysterious woman triggers his violent past. Perry crafts a thriller where identity and obsession collide with deadly consequences.
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