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"A CHALLENGING AND SATISFYING THRILLER. . .[WITH] MANY SURPRISING TWISTS. "
—The New York Times Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who leads people out of the wilderness—not the tree-filled variety but the kind created by enemies who want you dead. She is in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. Thanks to her membership in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe, she can fool any pursuer, cover any trail, and then provide her clients with new identities, complete with authentic paperwork. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern; in fact, she has invented several of them herself.
So she is only mildly surprised to find an intruder waiting for her when she returns home one day. An ex-cop suspected of embezzling, John Felker wants Jane to do for him what she did for his buddy Harry Kemple: make him vanish. But as Jane opens a door out of the world for Felker, she walks into a trap that will take all her heritage and cunning to escape....
"Thomas Perry keeps pulling fresh ideas and original characters out of thin air. The strong-willed heroine he introduces in Vanishing Act rates as one of his most singular creations."
—The New York Times Book Review ONE THRILLER THAT MUST BE READ . . . .Perry has created his most complex and compelling protagonist."
—San Francisco Examiner
A page-turning thriller from the bestselling author of Butcher's Boy. Jane Whitfield makes people disappear. A Native American, she is expert in creating a new identity and life for people who need it. But her latest client is not whom he appears to be. Whitfield tackles this most mysterious of cases with cunning and a deeply-rooted ancestral understanding of the natural world.
So happy to discover this first book of a series. Just when you think you have figured out the next step Perry throws another surprise into the mix.
I also enjoyed the upstate New York references. The touches of ancient Indian lore enhance the main character. Can't wait to start book #2.
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Posted January 20, 2007
This is a super book. I love the whole Jane Whitefield series, and so does my husband. I have also read all of Mr. Perry's other books, and loved them all.
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Posted January 18, 2002
I have been looking for a good mystery series to read, and a relative told me about Thomas Perry... I wasn't sure I'd like his books, because I don't usually read the same things that she does; however, she insisted I take the first two books of the Jane Whitefield series with me on vacation over Christmas break. I read both of them in three days, and wanted more. This book is good, but the second one is even better. I can't wait to read the rest of them. These are better than anything out there! I started getting really bored with other authors, because of the lack of imagination that seems to be so commonplace in novels, but with Thomas Perry, you can tell that he really KNOWS how to write, how to use the English language, and how to kep reeling you in.... He is incredible! If you are looking for a really great book, start with this one, it's the first in a series.... (I think there are 4).......and I know you won't be disappointed.
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Posted August 17, 2011
Wow! This book grabs you by the throat from the first page and never lets up! I couldn't put it down; tons of non-stop action, suspensful twists, fascinating characters and an orignal plot set against an intriguing background. Perry's writing is nothing short of phenomenal; this was the first of his books that I've read but not the last.
If you like this book, you should also try the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.
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"A CHALLENGING AND SATISFYING THRILLER. . .[WITH] MANY SURPRISING TWISTS. "
—The New York Times Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who leads people out of the wilderness—not the tree-filled variety but the kind created by enemies who want you dead. She is in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. Thanks to her membership in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe, she can fool any pursuer, cover any trail, and then provide her clients with new identities, complete with authentic paperwork. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern; in fact, she has invented several of them herself.
So she is only mildly surprised to find an intruder waiting for her when she ...