num_pages: 384
description: A careful, methodical young data analyst for a California insurance company, John Walker knows when people will marry, at what age they will most likely have children, and when they will die. All signs point to a long successful career—until Max Stillman, a gruff security consultant, appears without warning at the office. It seems a colleague with whom Walker once had an affair has disappeared after paying a very large death benefit to an impostor. Stillman wants to find and convict her; Walker is convinced the woman is innocent. Now Walker teams up with Stillman on an urgent north-by-northeast race—relentlessly leading to a pay-off that just might shock the life out of him. . . .
language: English
title: Death Benefits
titlecomplete: Death Benefits
characters: Mary Catherine Casey, John Walker, Max Stillman
genres: Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Action, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 1790
places: Coulter, New Hampshire, Pasadena, California, Miami, Florida, San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books