Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs by Thomas Perry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780679410645.

He came to England to rest. He calls himself Michael Shaeffer, says hes a retired American businessman. He goes to the races, dates a kinky aristocrat, and sleeps with dozens of weapons. Ten years ago it was different. Then, he was the Butchers Boy, the highly skilled mob hit man who pulled a slaughter job on some double-crossing clients and started a mob war. Ever since, theres been a price on his head. Now, after a decade, theyve found him. The Butchers Boy escapes back to the States with more reasons to kill. Until the odds turn terrifyingly against him . . . until the Mafia, the cops, the FBI, and the damn Justice Department want his hide . . . until hes locked into a cross-country odyssey of fear and death that could tear his world to pieces . . . "Exciting . . . Suspenseful . . . A thrillers job is to make you turn the pages until the storys done and your eyes hurt and the clock says 3 a.m. . . . I wouldnt try to grab this one away from somebody only half-way through. No telling what might happen." -- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World From the Paperback edition.