The Old Man

by Thomas Perry

First published 2017

Dan Chase lives quietly in Vermont with his two dogs. He calls his grown daughter regularly and seems like any other sixty-year-old widower. But Chase keeps multiple driver's licenses, money in banks nationwide, and two Beretta Nanos hidden in his spare bedroom. He has spent thirty-five years running from his past. As a young army intelligence operative, Chase went to Libya on a covert mission to help rebels. When the operation went wrong, he made choices that created deadly enemies. Now someone wants him dead. Chase must use the survival skills that kept him alive for decades. He faces armed killers, car crashes, and a dangerous romance. A chase through snow tests everything he has learned about staying alive. The past he tried to escape has found him again.

Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water

Setting: Vermont, Libya

Period: 1980s

352 pages · Hardcover · Mysterious Press

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