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Product Description: When Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban street in the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an emptied bank account and a lot of questions. How could Phil leave her penniless? What was he going to do with the money? And, most of all, who was he if he wasn’t the man she thought she married? Jerry Hobart has some questions of his own. It’s none of his business why he was hired to kill Phil Kramer. But now that he’s been ordered to take out Kramer’s widow, he figures there’s a bigger secret at work—and maybe a bigger payoff. As they race to find the secret that Phil Kramer so masterfully hid, both Hobart and Emily must question where their true loyalties lie and how much they owe those who have been unfaithful to them. In Fidelity, Thomas Perry delivers another riveting thriller. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-04
Fidelity
Thomas Perry's newest novel is riveting from the first page - or, more accurately, the second page, for that's when Phil Kramer is murdered in an ambush. Kramer, a 45-year-old LA p.i., leaves behind a wife, Emily, who in short order discovers that in the last year of his life, her husband has left her virtually penniless, with only several hundred dollars left in personal and business bank accounts. Emily is clueless, as are, literally, the police.
This narrative line is juxtaposed with one which introduces Jerry Hobart, the man who was paid to kill Kramer. But nothing that happens after that point can be anticipated by the reader. These story lines do not stay separate for long, as all too soon Jerry is brought within Emily's orbit, in ominous fashion.
The author, with the attention to detail that is the hallmark of his novels, has again delivered one that is original and wholly absorbing, as Emily tries to uncover the truth behind her husband's killing. She, and the reader, are wholly unprepared for the answers. In addition to giving us a suspenseful book [so much so that the conclusion is nearly anticlimactic], the author presents, in various guises, the question as to the degree of responsibility that fidelity imposes and, conversely, how much is that responsibility diminished when the fidelity is no longer there. A real page-turner, and recommended.
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Date: 2008-06-28
Fidelity; Thomas Perry
Not his best, but a good read. I will read it again, as I do all books that I buy. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-16
close, but no cigar.
I have been a fan of Thomas Perry's novels since The Butcher's Boy. He does so many things so well that it is disappointing to read a Perry novel that is only a little better than average.
His professional killer was closer to ordinary than those in past efforts and the character development of his heroine struck me as flat. There were potential story lines that were left incomplete. It seemed to me that this novel could have been improved with some extra work. Perhaps Perry was looking ahead to Jane Whitfield's reemergence and neglected the necessary work on Fidelity that would have taken it out of the "wait for paperback" category. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-03
Fidelity by Thomas Perry
Great read from Perry. This novel grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn't let go. I don't want to give anything away but there was one surprising twist after another. Highly recommended. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-02
save your money
years ago thomas perry was an excellent if unnoticed writer of thrilling fiction...unfortunately, he found a gimick involving an indian female who helped people get lost...i bought this book from amazon in the hope that he had gone back to his early style of work...i was wrong and wasted my money on a silly, poorly conceived and insultingly "plotted" bit of pulp |
