Thomas Perry is one entertaining author. Sadly, he died September 15, 2025 (aged 78).

Nightlife is his 2006 book.

Well written, as always. But there’s no real resolution in the battle of the ladies.

A detective’s murder investigation takes a perilous turn when she becomes the elusive serial killer’s next target …

When the cousin of Los Angeles underworld figure Hugo Poole is found shot to death in his home in Portland, Oregon, homicide detective Catherine Hobbes is determined to solve the case.

But her feelings, and the investigation, are complicated when Hugo simultaneously hires private detective Joe Pitt.

As Joe and Catherine form an uneasy alliance, the murder count rises. Following the evidence, Catherine finds herself in a deadly contest with a cunning female adversary capable of changing her appearance and identity at will. Catherine must use everything she knows, as a detective and as a woman, to stop a murderer who kills on impulse and with ease, and who becomes more efficient and elusive with each crime.

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer (2008) is another of his great stories. In fact, the author considers this his best book.

A contemporary retelling of Dumas’s 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

Archer spent 2 years in Belmarsh Prison, featured in this book, for perjury and perverting the course of justice. He writes what he knows.

A pub fight results in a stabbing death.

Danny is wrongly blamed for the murder in a well-orchestrated plot by Spencer (a barrister) and his friends: a popular actor, a drug-addicted aristocrat, and a young estate agent.

Sentenced to 22 years in Belmarsh prison, Danny befriends 2 cellmates, Albert Crann, known as “Big Al,” and Sir Nicholas Moncrieff. 

How can Danny get out of prison? Clear his name? And bring justice to Spencer?

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For me, it’s the ending of the story that makes this a fantastic read.

The courtroom drama is a brilliant conclusion.

Sin City Treachery: An AJ Docker and Banshee Thriller is a light read — but engaging and entertaining.

“Doc” Docker is a medical professional. But the star of the show is his retired police dog, Banshee.

His sidekick Rick is another hilarious character.

Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, hosts an F1 race, the largest sporting event in the city’s history and a prime target for terrorism.

With over a half million people descending on the strip for the event, a bomb detonates in a parking garage days before the race.

In the emergency room, Doc fights to save the lives of a pregnant doctor and her premature baby injured in the blast, spurring him to risk his own life to find justice for the victims.

He is joined by his girlfriend, Lana, a smart, ambitious reporter, his friend and colleague, Rick, and his trained ex police dog Banshee.

Their investigation takes them from a seedy bar to iconic landmarks around Las Vegas and crescendo on the night of the race when chaos reigns in the city.

Sin City Treachery