The Butcher's Boy
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| Author | Thomas Perry |
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| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 1982 |
The Butcher's Boy is a 1982 book written by American author Thomas Perry. The suspense novel won the 1983 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.
The book has been reprinted several times and was followed by three more novels in the "Butcher's Boy" series: Sleeping Dogs (1992), The Informant (2011), and Eddie's Boy (2020).