Thomas Perry: Strip (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
A strip club owner named Manco Kapak has been robbed by a masked gunman while placing his cash receipts in a bank's night-deposit box. Kapak is determined to find the culprit, and make him pay. After a month of investigation Kapak's goons settle on the innocent but tough-as-nails Joe Carver, who is furious that he's been falsely accused. Meanwhile the real culprit and his new girlfriend believe they've found a whole new profession, robbing Kapak of his strip clubs' cash.

As the case explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of a brewing gang war over Kapak's little empire, ploughing into territory more strange and violent than he could ever have imagined.

Thomas Perry: Strip. Quercus, ISBN: 9780857380241 (December, 2011), 1545 KB (ca. 353 p.), £4.99.

Thomas Perry: Strip (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
An aging but formidable strip club owner, Claudiu "Manco" Kapak, is robbed as he places his cash receipts in a bank's night-deposit box. Enraged, he sends his henchmen out to find a suspect who is spending lots of cash and is too new to Los Angeles to realize he's stolen from a gangster. Their search leads to Joe Carver, an innocent who evades capture and sets out to make Kapak wish he'd chosen someone else. Meanwhile, the real culprit, Jefferson Davis Falkins, and his girlfriend Carrie seem to believe they've found a whole new profession: robbing Manco Kapak.

Lieutenant Nick Slosser, the detective in charge of the puzzling and increasingly violent case, has his own troubles, including worries about how he's going to afford to send the oldest child of each of his two bigamous marriages to college without making their mothers suspicious. As this odd series of difficulties explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of a gang war over Kapak's empire, while Falkins and Carrie journey into territory more strange and violent than either had imagined.

Thomas Perry: Strip. A Novel. Mariner Books, ISBN: 9780156035590 (May, 2011), 344 p., $14.95.

Thomas Perry: Strip (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Claudiu 'Manco' Kapak is a strip club owner. When placing his cash receipts in a bank's night-deposit box, he is robbed by a masked gunman. Kapak is determined to find the culprit and make him pay. After a month of investigation Kapak's goons settle on Joe Carver, an innocent but hardly defenceless newcomer who evades capture, furious at being wrongly accused. Meanwhile the real culprit and his new girlfriend believe they've found a whole new profession, robbing Kapak of his strip club's cash. As the case explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of an escalating gang war over Kapak's little empire, ploughing into territory more strange and violent than he could ever have imagined.

Thomas Perry: Strip. Quercus, ISBN: 9781849162661 (October, 2010), 320 p., £7.99.

Thomas Perry: Strip (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
A strip club owner named Claudiu 'Manco' Kapak has been robbed by a masked gunman while placing his cash receipts in a bank's night-deposit box. He sends his half-dozen security men out to search for a suspect who is new enough to LA not to know he was robbing a gangster. After a month of investigation Kapak's goons settle on Joe Carver, an innocent but hardly defenceless newcomer who evades capture, and who is capable of making Kapak wish he'd chosen someone else. Meanwhile the real culprit and his new girlfriend believe they've found a whole new profession, robbing Kapak of his strip clubs' cash. As the case explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of a brewing gang war over Kapak's little empire, journeying into territory more strange and violent than he could ever have imagined.

Thomas Perry: Strip. Quercus, ISBN: 9781849161671 (May, 2010), 320 p., £18.99.

Thomas Perry: Strip (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
An aging but formidable strip club owner, Claudiu "Manco" Kapak, has been robbed by a masked gunman as he placed his cash receipts in a bank's night-deposit box. Enraged, he sends his half-dozen security men out to find a suspect who is spending lots of cash and is new enough to Los Angeles not to know he was robbing a gangster.

Their search leads them to Joe Carver, an innocent but hardly defenseless newcomer who evades capture and sets out to make Kapak wish he'd chosen someone else. Meanwhile, the real culprit, Jefferson Davis Falkins, and his new girlfriend Carrie seem to believe they've found a whole new profession: robbing Manco Kapak.

Lieutenant Nick Slosser, the police detective in charge of the puzzling and increasingly violent case, has his own troubles, including worries about how he's going to afford to send the oldest child of each of his two bigamous marriages to college without making their mothers suspicious.

As this odd series of difficulties explodes into a triple killing, Carver finds himself in the middle of a brewing gang war over Kapak's little empire, while Falkins and Carrie journey into territory more strange and violent than either had imagined.

Thomas Perry: Strip. Harcourt, ISBN: 9780151015221 (May, 2010), 344 p., $26.00.