THOMAS PERRY is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series and his most recent standalone novel, The Old Man. He is also the author of The Butcher’s Boy, which won the Edgar Award; Poison Flower, which was named one of the “101 Best Crime Novels of the Past Decade” by Booklist; and Metzger’s Dog, voted one of the best 100 thrillers ever by NPR listeners. He lives in Southern California.