Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield #1) 
This was a pretty good suspense novel with a very original premise. Jane Whitefield is a Seneca Native who helps people in trouble disappear and start fresh lives with new identities. Recently I read a very good review about Dance For the Dead, the second in this series, so I figured I'd better read this one first. Even though I could pretty much see what was going to happen I still enjoyed it. Those of you who enjoy a good chase will love this one.
Listening to this was like eating at a good restaurant; the appetizer was OK, the main course fantastic, but a roach crawled onto the last bite of dessert. I didn't care for the description & almost didn't read this because I really hate the whole Indian mysticism thing, but there wasn't much of that. Unfortunately, it started & ended with some - the end being the worst. I've really liked every other book that Perry wrote, so I took a chance. It was a great story for the most part, but

The beginning and the end are the best parts of this novel by far. Its a shame that the rest is not nearly as good. 5 of 10
This is my first Thomas Perry novel. It will not be my last.I am not usually enamored of female protagonists in crime thriller fiction. I'm in love with Jane Whitfield, though. Half Seneca, she has chosen to be a tribal member and acts accordingly. She has the ability to imagine how her ancestors, who inhabited the upstate New York area she lives in, were able to live and prosper before the coming of the Europeans.She makes a living by helping people vanish. A career, she stumbled into when she
I've read and enjoyed so many of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series, so I finally got my hands on this first book in the series. The book does contain a history of the character, a Native American Seneca - I was particularly interested in this because I have Seneca in my family tree. So I was very interested in the history aspect of the book, but some readers may not be as interested in this background information, which you can easily skip past, but I don't recommend that. It does help
Jane Whitefield is a kick-ass and take no names heroine. She is my new fav. Those that are Tony Hillerman fans might like Jane as well, but without the woo-woo. Jane helps people step off the grid...way off the grid. As never to be heard from again and she is very, very good at what she does. But when a smooth talking tall dark man comes into Jane's life even she can't seem to see the forest for the pair of dark eyes looking into hers. So when he needs help to disappear she can't seem to break
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Original Title: | Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield, Book 1) |
ISBN: | 0804113874 (ISBN13: 9780804113878) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Jane Whitefield #1 |
Characters: | Jane Whitefield |
Setting: | Tonawanda, New York(United States) Western New York(United States) |
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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....Identify Appertaining To Books Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield #1)
Title | : | Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield #1) |
Author | : | Thomas Perry |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
Published | : | March 2nd 1996 by Fawcett Books (first published January 1st 1995) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Crime. Audiobook |
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This is the first Thomas Perry book I've read, and I really liked it. It took me a little bit to get into it because I had just finished a western book and I kept thinking I was reading that book. I think it's because the MC, Jane Whitefield, is Native American, and she tells a lot of the history of tribes and it just sounded too familiar. I can't say I was "confused" but I definitely wish I'd read it farther apart from when I read my western. I like that our heroine is one of those kick-assThis was a pretty good suspense novel with a very original premise. Jane Whitefield is a Seneca Native who helps people in trouble disappear and start fresh lives with new identities. Recently I read a very good review about Dance For the Dead, the second in this series, so I figured I'd better read this one first. Even though I could pretty much see what was going to happen I still enjoyed it. Those of you who enjoy a good chase will love this one.
Listening to this was like eating at a good restaurant; the appetizer was OK, the main course fantastic, but a roach crawled onto the last bite of dessert. I didn't care for the description & almost didn't read this because I really hate the whole Indian mysticism thing, but there wasn't much of that. Unfortunately, it started & ended with some - the end being the worst. I've really liked every other book that Perry wrote, so I took a chance. It was a great story for the most part, but

The beginning and the end are the best parts of this novel by far. Its a shame that the rest is not nearly as good. 5 of 10
This is my first Thomas Perry novel. It will not be my last.I am not usually enamored of female protagonists in crime thriller fiction. I'm in love with Jane Whitfield, though. Half Seneca, she has chosen to be a tribal member and acts accordingly. She has the ability to imagine how her ancestors, who inhabited the upstate New York area she lives in, were able to live and prosper before the coming of the Europeans.She makes a living by helping people vanish. A career, she stumbled into when she
I've read and enjoyed so many of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series, so I finally got my hands on this first book in the series. The book does contain a history of the character, a Native American Seneca - I was particularly interested in this because I have Seneca in my family tree. So I was very interested in the history aspect of the book, but some readers may not be as interested in this background information, which you can easily skip past, but I don't recommend that. It does help
Jane Whitefield is a kick-ass and take no names heroine. She is my new fav. Those that are Tony Hillerman fans might like Jane as well, but without the woo-woo. Jane helps people step off the grid...way off the grid. As never to be heard from again and she is very, very good at what she does. But when a smooth talking tall dark man comes into Jane's life even she can't seem to see the forest for the pair of dark eyes looking into hers. So when he needs help to disappear she can't seem to break
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