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The Boyfriend
Written by Abigail Barnette
Narrated by CJ Bloom
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Though life hasn't turned out at all the way Sophie Scaife planned, things couldn't be better. With her devoted husband and deliciously sadistic Dom, Neil Elwood, and their fiercely protective and passionate boyfriend, El-Mudad ibn Farid ibn Abdel Ati, Sophie is living a romantic, naughty fairytale she could never have imagined in her most wicked dreams.
But when El-Mudad wants to take things to the next level, the threesome find that keeping their serious commitment hidden won't be possible forever. Blending two already unconventional families into one proves challenging, especially under the critical eye of disapproving loved ones-and not-so-loved ones.
Now, Sophie must juggle her roles as guardian to Neil's granddaughter and sudden stepmother to two teenaged girls, her tenuous connection to her newly-discovered biological half-sisters, and the impending marriage of her mother to their former chauffeur, all while coming to terms with a dreaded milestone birthday. And thirty might be her most tumultuous year yet . . .
Contains mature themes.
But when El-Mudad wants to take things to the next level, the threesome find that keeping their serious commitment hidden won't be possible forever. Blending two already unconventional families into one proves challenging, especially under the critical eye of disapproving loved ones-and not-so-loved ones.
Now, Sophie must juggle her roles as guardian to Neil's granddaughter and sudden stepmother to two teenaged girls, her tenuous connection to her newly-discovered biological half-sisters, and the impending marriage of her mother to their former chauffeur, all while coming to terms with a dreaded milestone birthday. And thirty might be her most tumultuous year yet . . .
Contains mature themes.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved this series, I need more of this steamy series
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My opinion of any Thomas Perry book should be given no credence whatsoever. I've read every one of his books and enjoyed them all. This one may be one of the very best. The Boyfriend is an assassin who has a big contract to off a bunch of different people around the country. His MO is to find a high priced hooker and become her Boyfriend. This is just a great story, really nicely told. I hope Perry writes a million more books. I'll buy them all right now.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really enjoyed this book. Fast paced and the characters were interesting. I have not read the first of the series and felt this one stood alone. I didn't feel like I was missing anything from not read the first book of the series. I'm sure I would know more about Jack Till and his daughter Holly. It's a good murder mystery and I would recommend it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5really great read, enjoyed every minute of it, would definitely recommend reading!
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Very creepy serial killer who you do not want as your boyfriend.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I do like Thomas Perry. I've read most of his other books (both the Butcher's Boy and Jane Whitfield series are excellent) and was pleased to get this one as an advanced reader copy. It introduces a new character, Jack Till, ex-homicide detective, who is hired (for a considerable amount of money, which, given what they already know about their daughter, surprised me they would want to discover more,) to find the killer of their high-priced escort daughter, Catherine.
The Boyfriend has all the ingredients of a first rate thriller: a competent assassin, beautiful escorts who are getting killed as cover for the assassin's work (we learn this, and the identity of the killer, early in the book so it's not a spoiler,) and a driven P.I., an ex-homicide cop. The chase is on. This book does not disappoint and lives up to Perry's other books. Very enjoyable.
One mild complaint. It would seem that each new detective has to have some personal travail. In Jack's case, it's his Down Syndrome daughter with whom he has a charming relationship, but about whom he is totally freaked out paranoid that some monster he put in jail years before will take the trouble to hunt down and harm. I long for the days of just a good-old investigatory police procedural or detective story that focuses on the investigation without unnecessary and unrealistic baggage of dysfunctional families, personal threats to families, etc.
Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy in return for my always independent reviews. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I am a great Thomas Perry fan and read this book in two days. The plot of a private detective pursuing the murderer of call girls who seem to be clones of each other is intriguing, especially when their deaths become linked to high profile assassinations. However, the entire plot unraveled in the last quarter of the book. There seemed to be a total disconnect with the previous events. I just don't think such a savey antagonist would have burdened himself with the two new characters he encounters. Perry's writing is exciting so I think that the book is worth reading, but not worth rereading which I do with his other novels.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I've read a number of terrific reviews of this book and couldn't wait to read it. The book delivered and was a great read.Retired LAPD homicide detective, Jack Till, is hired by the parents of their daughter who worked as a female escort.Till discovers that there were other female escorts of the same description killed in other cities and in each city there was another murder. He surmises that the killer made friends with the escort, stayed at her place while planning his main target. Once that was accomplished, he murdered the escort so she couldn't identify him.This is a well written story with good insight into Till's motivation and relentlessness to find the killer. He has a daughter the same age as many of the victims. His daughter lives at a group home with Down Syndrome.The plot is carefully laid out and the story will catch the reader's attention from page one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is definitely a great read for those who enjoy a lot of twists of turns in the story.
Fast paced with constant action. Multiple characters introduced throughout; all comes together toward the end. Really enjoyed this book. Very well written.
I was given this book from GoodReads. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Those familiar with Thomas Perry's best selling 'butcher boy' series will remember Jack Till, retired LAPD homicide detective turned private investigator. He's an appealing protagonist – middle-aged, attractive, caring father of a Downs Syndrome adult daughter, and clever and sharp as only a Perry hero can be.Till, who had only a supporting role in Perry's 'Silence' steps to the fore in 'The Boyfriend,' where he finds himself on the track of a call-girl murdering psychopath.The personals ad might read 'beautiful very agreeable strawberry blonde seeks man who has needs to be met....if you've got the money I've got the time.' But perhaps unfortunately for them, these lovely blondes are also lonely young women isolated by their calling and easy prey for a handsome stranger looking for a place to stay that's 'off the books.' What better way for a professional killer to stay in a strange city while he arranges his next hit? It's a free lodging with multiple benefits. Unfortunately, of course, at the end of his stay, the only person who can describe him must be dispatched.As usual, Perry's novel is divided between hunter and prey. Chapters describe Till's hunt and the planning and execution of the killer's agenda.Perry's novels are usually a bit more gripping than 'The Boyfriend.' Here there's just a tad too much recitation of everyday events to achieve the needed fast pace. There was no point at which I couldn't have walked away from the novel if a better book had come along.Perry is an able writer and 'The Boyfriend' is far better than many other mysteries currently on the market, but it's not Perry at his best.(A free reviewer copy was provided.)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a smart, straight forward, detective, action, thriller novel, highlighted by an intelligent P.I. and equally intelligent and deadly criminal. These two face off in a book that will hold you hostage till the last page. The savvy ex-cop turned private investigator, Jack Till, reluctantly takes a case that the police don't seem to have time for. The parents of a murdered young woman want Till to find her killer. The problem is, she was a highly paid prostitute working on her own using the internet to score her john's. The police seem to see it as a low priority case and are not pushing to solve it. Till knows it will take lots of time and money to track down this girl's killer. What he doesn't know is she is not the killer's first victim. As it turns out, she is only collateral damage for a highly paid, highly skilled assassin. This is my first introduction to Thomas Perry's books, but it won't by my last. Book provided for review by Amazon Vine.