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"The Boyfriend" is the 22nd crime novel from Thomas Perry, whose work is characterized by tight, clean prose, well-drawn characters and heart-pounding suspense. Much of the new novel lives up to his fans' expectations of another first-class thriller, but in the last few chapters, the wheels come off. Once Moreland senses that someone is on his trail, the brilliant, meticulous killer behaves in ways that are wildly out of character. There's no indication that he is panicking because he remains as cool-headed as ever, yet he makes mistake after mistake, leading to an inevitable, violent showdown that manages to be both dramatic and something of a letdown. ___ Online:
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