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Vanishing Act

Title: Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield Novels)
Author: Thomas Perry
Year First Published: 1996
Page Count: 368
Synopsis: "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

Hamlette
Profanity Violence Sexual Content
Nothing terribly gory. Characters have sex, but it is not explicitely described.
Characterization Plot Overall Rating
The protagonist especially was fully realized and intriguing. I guessed some of the plot twists before they happened. Enjoyable and fast-paced.


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Focus Murder Readability Moderate
Focus White Collar Crime Setting North America
Main Character Female Setting Earth Based
Main Character Adult Time Period Contemporary
Number of pages 300-400 Type Suspense

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