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The Face-Changers [Audiobook] [CD] (Audio CD)

by Thomas Perry (Author), Joyce Bean (Narrator)
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Jane Whitefield, Thomas Perry's Native American "guide," has recently married Dr. Carey McKinnon and is now retired from helping people disappear from danger. But when her husband's old mentor, a world-famous plastic surgeon wanted by the police for a murder he didn't commit, turns up in Carey's emergency room, Jane steps back into the shadowy world of runners and hunters one more time. In this fourth outing in Edgar-winning Perry's fascinating and innovative series, Jane discovers that someone else is using her name and reputation to take fugitives out of the world, but for very different, and diabolical, purposes. Whitefield's Seneca heritage, plus her unique talents, make her a novel and compelling heroine, and Perry's masterful storytelling makes the most of Whitefield in this suspenseful page-turner. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Jane Whitefield, last seen in Perry's Shadow Woman, is an alluring operative of Indian heritage who helps people disappear. It is an arcane pursuit, involving myriad skills and constant vigilance. In fact, when Jane gets married to surgeon Carey McKinnon, she hopes to give it up and lead a normal life. Unfortunately, McKinnon's mentor, plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Dahlman, who is accused of murdering his assistant and has been shot and wounded by police pursuers, is in urgent need of her services; and since McKinnon is convinced he is innocent, Jane agrees to employ her expertise one more time. Thus begins Perry's latest, which soon begets layer upon layer of deception and intrigue. It seems that Dahlman himself, with a series of operations, had helped someone attain a new identity, and that he is being pursued not by the police but by men intent on killing him for what he knows. But who are they? Re-establishing some of her old creepy contacts, Jane becomes convinced the villains are in the business of frightening people into believing they are in danger, then collecting vast sums to help them vanish. And now that the FBI is after Jane for Dahlman's escape, she is beleaguered on two fronts. This is really a prolonged chase novel, enlivened by some smooth action writing and a remarkable mastery of escape techniques?one would hate to be a debt collector in search of the author. It does seem in the end, however, an overly complex structure that obliges a reader to put up with long passages filled with nothing but the minutiae of pursuit and paranoia. The effect is somewhat claustrophobic, and Jane, for all her toughness and smarts, is not a particularly enlivening companion.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jane is the best..so is Thomas Perry, Feb 27 2004
By KR Kiefer Newman "myth lady" (Moreno Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Face-Changers (Mass Market Paperback)
The skill and mastery of Perry's writing keeps this series fresh. He allows his charaters to really grow and change, to age gently or harshly, or to die. He has made these characters, particularly Jane, real, perfectly drawn, compelling to "watch." I hope that Perry continues to write about these characters. However, if he decides to retire Jane, I recommend his other works for their gritty, dark and very real characters and conflicts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jane Whitefield is Back on the Job, Oct 10 2003
By Vesta Irene (the Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Face-Changers (Mass Market Paperback)
Native American (she's part Seneca) Jane Whitefield has stopped guiding people in danger to safe locations because of a promise she made her new husband Dr. Carey McKinnon. She'd spent the better part of a decade helping those in danger disappear and take on new lives, getting them new papers and teaching them how to stay hidden, now she's finished with that. Or is she?

Now it's her husband of all people who wants her to get back in the saddle and take up her dangerous work once more. His mentor, a famous plastic surgeon, is close to making a medical break though, but he's wanted for a murder he didn't commit. While helping him Jane learns that a group of face-changers are using her name, techniques and underground reputation to prey on innocents in trouble and destroy their lives rather than save them. Jane has to unmask them and put them out of business before they harm anyone else.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling, Sep 7 2000
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This review is from: The Face-Changers (Mass Market Paperback)
I didn't think it possible, but with each new Jane Whitefield book, Thomas Perry creates an even more frightening and exciting scenario than in the previous book. The characters are always fleshed out and believable. Mr. Perry is always worth the time you spend reading his works.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to his usual standards
I've read all of the Jane Whitefield novels so far and this is the first one I found just a bit tedious. Read more
Published on Dec 21 1999 by Old Fisherman

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the previous
Thomas Perry is an amazing writer, but somehow I didn't feel that this latest venture meets his high standards. Read more
Published on Dec 10 1999 by Chad

5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Perry is the best I can't wait for his next book.
Anyone who likes suspense should read this and all of Thomas Perry's other books you will not be disappointed they are hard to put down.
Published on Oct 7 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!
I've read all of the Jane Whitefield novels, and I felt this was the best one. I was worried after Shadow Woman that Jane might retire for good, and the author would find... Read more
Published on May 29 1999 by Tracy Boulet

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Much Filler
This was a good story, but it was fleshed out with too much tedious detail. I've enjoyed all of the Jane Whitefield novels and this was no exception, but it was not my favorite.
Published on May 9 1999 by N. Sausser

5.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing for a Thomas Perry, but great anyway
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Thomas Perry's novels. They are all incredible. I stumbled upon Shadow Woman, then went back and read the first two of the Jane Whitefield series. Read more
Published on May 4 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully fans will go out and search for other Perry books.
I first read "Metzger's Dog" years ago, and had to get up out of bed to finish reading it, as I kept laughing out loud and waking my husband. Read more
Published on April 30 1999 by Jules

5.0 out of 5 stars A page turner very good book.
I liked this book so much I went back and read most of Mr. Perry's other books which I enjoyed very much. A real page turner one I would recommend to anyone.
Published on Feb 21 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, outstanding, outstanding!!!!
Please Mr. Perry don't let Jane retire, not yet. I can't get enough. I became a fan when I just happened upon "Vanishing Act" the first Jane Whitefield novel. Read more
Published on Jan 6 1999 by emma_lacour@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars This novel defines what 'Suspense' is all about.
Every time I sit down with one of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield novels I always forget to set aside enough time to finish it in one reading. Read more
Published on Oct 20 1998 by klickink@onramp.net

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