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by Thomas Perry (Author) "The tall, slim woman hastily tied her long, dark hair into a knot behind her head, planted her feet in the center of the long..." (more)
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As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest highlights the personal price Whitefield pays for doing her secretive, dangerous work. The nail-biting climax takes place on a snowy night in a location that seems tailor-made for film: the rusting remains of a huge steel mill near Buffalo. The denouement may strike some readers as too neat, but it's a minor quibble. With his distinctive protagonist, thoroughly amoral villains and the unrelenting action, Perry scores again. 75,000 first printing; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Jane's attempt to help an orphan boy overlaps with her work for a woman accused of stealing $50 million in Perry's (Vanishing Act, LJ 12/94) latest thriller.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Go Jane!, Mar 1 2004
By Steven J. Rickard (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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I'm not a big fan of mystery/suspense novels, but one dull Sunday afternoon I saw this book sitting on my parents' coffee table, and began flipping through it. The concept hooked me almost at once -- there's something enormously appealing about Jane Whitefield and her endless supply of ingenuity as she helps people create new identities. I read my way through the series and strongly recommend the books to anyone. Sure, Jane's clever escapes and rescues occasionally stretch credulity, but that's part of the fun of reading fiction. I like it when the good guys win, thanks.

I would love to read more about Jane sometime -- it would be interesting to see how she would cope with the increased security of post-September 11th America.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Two Unrelated Cases, Same Bad Guys, Oct 10 2003
By Vesta Irene (the Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
Native American Jane Whitefield from upstate New York is an expert at helping innocent fugitives disappear and this time she's got two seemingly unrelated cases, innocents that need hiding, Timmy Decker and Mary Perkins. Timmy, an eight-year-old who learns after his parents are murdered that they weren't really his parents, but had kidnapped him years earlier, has become the target of strangers fighting for control of a trust fund he never knew he had. Mary Perkins had served time for defrauding savings and loan companies during the Eighties, and is now on the run from killers who are after the money they think she has.

Jane takes up both their causes, delving into her bag of tricks to help them evade pursuit, only to discover that the two supposedly unrelated cases are the target of a vicious predator, one whose skills seem to match her own.

It almost doesn't make any sense to rate this book, because, in my opinion, Thomas Perry can't write less than five star material. This is a wonderful book and Jane is a super character. You should read this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A class act, Perry's Seneca lady, worthy of Hillerman, May 9 2002
By Mick McAllister - See all my reviews
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The first three Jane Whitefield books are the classiest alternative to Tony Hillerman's "Navajo mysteries." Nobody is more fun to read about than Jane Whitefield. She's clever, she's beautiful, she's seriously dangerous to bad guys.

Like that Holmes guy, she's been so popular that Perry tried unsuccessfully to get shet of her for three novels. And maybe she will "rise from the dead" once more. Meantime, there are three good novels (*Vanishing Act,* *Dance for the Dead*, *Shadow Woman*) and two better-than-average-but-kind-of-half-hearted ones (*Face-Changers,* *Blood Money*). In each of the last three books, Jane promises her husband that she will stop now. Perry's done two novels since *Blood Money*, and it looks like Jane's last retirement took. What a shame.

In *Dance for the Dead*, the action begins on page one, and by page five Jane has fought her way through a gauntlet and five or six key people are dead. From this dazzling start, it's a wild ride of switched identities, super-killers, and Jane's mysto/techno woodlore that brings us, breathless, to a celebration on the Seneca rez. On the way we meet a woman we learn to love almost as much as we do Jane.

Wow. Read this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dance for the Dead
A no-nonsense, no-frills, and fast-paced read. Jane Whitefield is a native American Houdini on a life mission to save others. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2001 by Donald

5.0 out of 5 stars A great series to read!
There aren't very many authors who write about a woman protagonist that actually has brains, guts and a strong will. Thomas Perry is one author that does. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2000 by M.V.

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Ending
This was the first "Jane" book I've read and while I enjoyed it and will read others, I was very disappointed in the ending - not to give it away (so stop reading here... Read more
Published on April 30 2000 by karen7020

5.0 out of 5 stars From page 1......
Jane Whitefield comes to us a fully developed character as only Kate Shugak of the Dana Stabenow has before. The action starts (explodes?) from page 1. Read more
Published on Oct 19 1999 by Gerard Michael Burns

5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Perry Knows how to make a heroine come alive.
All the Jane books are FABULOUS. Jane gives me hope that I won't have to continue seeing woman heroines who rely on the male hero.My advice to you is collect them all. Read more
Published on Sep 26 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Action packed from beginning to end. I LOVED IT!
I picked up this book because the cover caught my attention. I was looking for mystery, excitement, danger with a native american flavor. I could not believe my luck. Read more
Published on Feb 21 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Mess With Jane Whitefield
This is book two of the delightful Jane Whitefield series. She's an attractive, 32 year old Indian who runs her own private "witness protection" program. Read more
Published on Jul 18 1998 by Robert Derenthal

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for readers of mystery/thrillers
Jane Whitefield has a unique job. She helps people disappear. But the job doesn't go so smoothly with her latest client, eight-year-old Tommy Phillips. Read more
Published on Sep 30 1997 by Colin M

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delicious New Twist to the Mystery Genre!
Jane Whitefield, in her guise as a guide for people who must disappear is filled with exciting new material. It's the most original offering in mystery books in many years. Read more
Published on Jul 7 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars A Jane Whitefield Novel
It amazes me that a man wrote this book. The female charactersare very well developed, strong and clever. Read more
Published on April 6 1997 by N. Sausser

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