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de Thomas Perry (Author) "Jack Killigan used the reflections in the dark windows to watch he woman walk quickly up the long concourse, look at her high heels so..." En savoir plus
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Perry's sixth novel (after Sleeping Dogs) is a taut thriller that at times reads like an extended, though flawed, character study of its heroine. Jane Whitefield, half-white, half-Indian member of the Seneca Wolf clan, helps people disappear-people like Rhonda Eckerly, fleeing her abusive husband, or Harry Kemple, hoping to stay alive after witnessing a gangland shooting. Like a one-woman witness protection program, Jane has helped both vanish by giving them new identities and new starts at life. Now an alleged new victim has invaded Jane's upstate New York house: John Felker claims that he's a cop-turned-accountant, is being framed as an embezzler and has a contract out on his life. Almost immediately, the men chasing Felker appear, and Jane leads him farther upstate, to a Canadian Indian reservation where he can build a new life. Jane is an original and fascinating creation. Like Andrew Vachss's series hero, Burke, she operates outside the law, but with a particular slant born of her distinct character and Seneca heritage. Perry tells her story in a trim and brisk manner, moreover, with plenty of action and suspense. It takes Jane far longer than it will most readers to figure out that Felker is other than what he says, however, and while her trusting nature, which borders on gullibility, generates tension, it doesn't mesh with her hard-boiled profession and hunter-like wiles. It's only when the truth behind Felker is revealed, and Jane acts decisively on it, that most readers will regain the respect they've lost for this otherwise likable and unusually intriguing heroine.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.


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Perry is best known for his antihero comic thrillers like Metzger's Dogs (LJ 9/15/83) and The Butcher's Boy (LJ 8/82). Here he has a new hero, a woman who draws on the strengths of her upstate New York Native American tradition to guide those in trouble to safety by creating new identities for them. Her latest case involves an ex-cop turned accountant who has been set up to take a dive for an unknown enemy. After an opening that is a graphic grabber, the cop's recounting of his story and Jane's deciphering of it from her point of view are almost too convoluted. Once the action gets going, however, Perry is back on track, though this novel lacks the comic twists that earmarked his earlier works. The ending is a stunner, with Jane and the bad guy battling it out Indian-like in the North Woods (read the Adirondacks). A cut above average, but not Perry's best. Buy where nonformula thrillers are popular.
--Francine Fialkoff, "Library Journal"
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Tense, Real and Original, Jui 21 2004
Par Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This book was a happy accident for me and I am glad to have discovered Thomas Perry's novels. "Vanishing Act" is an amazing, original story of a half-white, half-Native American woman who acts as sort of a one person "Federal Protection" guide. She helps innocent people in danger disappear. There are several successful clients she meets in the first part of the novel and the dialogue is a true as can be. There is a constant tense feel to the narrative, as not only is this job dangerous, but Jane must prove herself each time, given her race and gender. The ultimate client she helps to disappear turns out to be other than she suspected and she is left to resolve a dangerous and deadly situation. Most impressive in Perry's writing is his attention to detail. Not only are all the Native American rituals and survival techniques explained in detail (and implemented), but his knowledge of the Adirondack Mountains is as accurate as a compass. Jane travels through real existing lakes, ponds, rivers and mountains. It's the kind of book that keeps you up well past midnight just so you can reach the climax and resolution.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 An "A" for originality, Mai 31 2004
Par T. King (Brooklyn, N.Y. United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Jane Whitefield has to be one of the most original and interesting characters I have yet to come across. Though she did seem a little lacking in the personality department, I'm hoping that will change as the series progresses.

While in college, Jane helps a fellow Native American, of questionable integrity, escape some bad guys with even less and stumbles on a career. After performing a string of successful disappearances, Jane is duped into compromising a client's identity. It takes her quite a long time for her to figure out who the bad guy is, most readers of this genre will figure it out right away, but once she does, she gets right on the trail. While the methods she employs to do this all make logical sense, they do require gigantic leaps of faith on the part of the reader. Still, one can't help but to admire her tenacity. The showdown is exciting and suspenseful.

The pacing of the story is a little uneven in places. This is a flaw I've found in every Perry novel I've read, this is my third. In spite of this, I do find him to be an original and entertaining storyteller and will continue to seek out other titles.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 A Good Idea Becomes a Vanishing Act, Mai 13 2003
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While the idea of a female non-detective protagonist is a neat twist in the genre, this female has a personality which is neither attractive nor repelling. She is a zero. It is hard to identify with her. She is humorless. Her next door neighbor is totally implausible once he decides to join the chase. The plot was destroyed by the characters. I was hoping Jane Whitefield would get whacked and save me some pain.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 started good
I could not finish this book.It started out so promising but I found all the detail about the American Indians distracting and so i got bored and quit reading it. Read more
Publié le Aoû 23 2002 par Cheryl

2.0étoiles sur 5 at least start is lively
It all starts good and interesting, however, the plot is centered around dumb actions of the good girl and on otherwise unfounded expectations of the bad guy that she will do... Read more
Publié le Juil 25 2002 par Does Not Matter

3.0étoiles sur 5 People finding new identities
The novel introduces Jane Whitefield when she switches places with another woman and beats the daylights out of a sleazy bounty hunter who thinks he is kidnapping a runaway wife... Read more
Publié le Juil 11 2002 par Fred Camfield

5.0étoiles sur 5 Thomas Perry and Jane Whitefield--a marriage made in Heaven
The first Jane Whitefield novel, *Vanishing Act*, offers a unique protagonist, a brilliant premise, non-stop action, and a conclusion that will have you treading softly the next... Read more
Publié le Mai 24 2002 par Mick McAllister

3.0étoiles sur 5 YOU CAN RUN BUT CAN YOU "HIDE"?
The good news is that the protagonist of this book is a very unique fictional character. The bad news is that the story was a bit convoluted to hold my attention. Read more
Publié le Sep 20 2001 par Nancy Martin

5.0étoiles sur 5 I have only one thing to say...
Jane Whitefield for President.
Publié le Janv. 31 2001

3.0étoiles sur 5 Unbelievable but entertaining.
I enjoyed reading this book, although the story line is unbelievable. Often, I would put the book down and say to myself: "No way". Read more
Publié le Janv. 13 2001

3.0étoiles sur 5 It is not like that in the north woods
The heronine is out in the north Woods in early spring. No food or dry clothing and is able to make a working bow and a set of arrows in a day!!! Read more
Publié le Sep 22 2000 par Elliot

3.0étoiles sur 5 Above Average
This is a decent thriller. However, it drags in spots and when he goes through a stream of concious for several pages, it gets really convoluted. Read more
Publié le Avril 22 2000

2.0étoiles sur 5 dumb
Beginning was promissing, but everything else was a mere predictable disappointment. I hope other books are better.
Publié le Fév 18 2000

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