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The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield #4)
by
Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield, legendary half-Indian shadow guide who spirits hunted people away from certain death, has never had a client like Dr. Richard Dahlman. A famous plastic surgeon who has dedicated his life to healing, the good doctor hasn't a clue why stalkers are out for his blood. But he knows Jane Whitefield's name--and that she is his only hope. Once again Jane performs...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
March 29th 1999
by Ivy Books
(first published 1998)
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This was a really unusual thriller that I really enjoyed. This is actually the 4th in the series of Jane Whitefield novels -- I'll need to find the others in the series. Jane Whitefield is a legendary half-Indian (Seneca) shadow guide who spirits hunted people away from certain death... In this one she is trying to save the life of a prominent doctor who was framed for the murder of one of his colleagues after performing plastic surgery on a man who disappears. A group of baddies are using Jane'...more
It has been several years since I read a book in this series. The last one I read--Blood Money--left me cold for a reason I can't remember. Perhaps I had OD'd on them having read three of them one after the other. I picked this one up on a whim. It was good except for a few small points.
One is Perry's tendency to 'head hop' from one character to another in a chapter, usually at the end but sometimes in the middle. Finding myself suddenly in a new person's head for a few paragraphs after being in...more
One is Perry's tendency to 'head hop' from one character to another in a chapter, usually at the end but sometimes in the middle. Finding myself suddenly in a new person's head for a few paragraphs after being in...more
I love this series. It is exciting and different from the usual serial killer/police procedural or legal thriller that i often read.
Jane Whitefield is an Indian "guide" who helps people in danger to disappear. This is the fourth book in the series and Jane has almost met her match. Someone is impersonating her for profit. It is taut and tense and Jane must face danger from every direction.
There are many twists and lots of action for thriller fans. The premise is a little wild but Perry makes it...more
Jane Whitefield is an Indian "guide" who helps people in danger to disappear. This is the fourth book in the series and Jane has almost met her match. Someone is impersonating her for profit. It is taut and tense and Jane must face danger from every direction.
There are many twists and lots of action for thriller fans. The premise is a little wild but Perry makes it...more
The fourth book in the excellent Jane Whitefield series, which began in 1995 (7 books as of 2012), is as competent and interesting as its predecessors, but lacks the punch of the earlier books. Jane is no longer a single woman, free to act on her own without answering to anyone. She has been married for more than a year and put her past behind her. Her past is an enigmatic one - she guided people from places where others were trying to kill them to places where they could live safely and anonymo...more
Suspenseful, exciting, brilliant....another great "Jane Whitefield" novel from Thomas Perry.
This time Jane is happily married and has retired from her previous "guide" duties. She's enjoying the life as the stay at home wife of Dr. Carey McKinnon. It's been a year since her last job when she receives an urgent phone call from her husband asking her to meet him at the hospital where he works as a surgeon. She arrives to find the hospital overrun by police cars and press vans.
Her husband has a ne...more
This time Jane is happily married and has retired from her previous "guide" duties. She's enjoying the life as the stay at home wife of Dr. Carey McKinnon. It's been a year since her last job when she receives an urgent phone call from her husband asking her to meet him at the hospital where he works as a surgeon. She arrives to find the hospital overrun by police cars and press vans.
Her husband has a ne...more
It was so terrific to be reacquainted with Jane Whitefield! It's so nice to visit with old friends, no? This particular novel seemed to have a more convoluted plot than others, but that could be just my memory [failing]. Jane thought she was out of the game, that she'd left her "runners" in order to devote herself to hearth & home, family (quite extended) and husband. Not so. Good thing she didn't have time to get too rusty. Somehow, Jane's husband "gets it" when she leaves for weeks at a ti...more
Not as good as Shadow Woman, IMO - about halfway through the book, it seemed to become sort of mechanical, less personally involving -- difficult to grasp what Jane's plan was, and care what happened to any of the other characters. Still a fascinating concept, and Perry's got to have a twisty mind to plot out all the pitfalls he puts in Jane's way, and the very ordinary ways she gets out of them (not ordinary in my life, thank goodness, but "ordinary" as in "not requiring superhero skills.")
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This is my first Jane book I have read. I really loved it! I think I will got back and read the first 3. This was a good book with a great twists and turns. I loved Jane. She is smart bold woman who stands up to some of the most ruthless villains. I liked the little medical parts that were part of this story. It added an extra side element that I really enjoyed. I would recommend this book and I think I will go pick up the first part of this series.
I didn't know this was a series when I read it. In the middle of the book, Perry delivers a whole bunch of backstory (if I remember correctly), but the story was a doozy. Jane Whitfield, the protagonist, helps people disappear by erasing their identity and supplying them with a new one. I loved this book, so much that I bought the hardcover in college - when I couldn't afford to spend the money. Plenty of good suspense to keep you reading through the night.
I'm a big fan of Thomas Perry but have not read any of the Jane Whitefield books. This first I've read is fourth in the series but stands alone fairly well. I'm looking forward to getting all the others (in proper order) and reading through the entire series. I enjoy the detailed descriptions of planning and intense, realistic thought processes of both the pro- and antagonists, as well as the extremely intricate plots.
Thomas Perry's ingenius Native American heroine, Jane Whitefield, is lured back into the shadowy world of runners and hunters by an organization that is using Jane's name, reputation, and techniques not to save lives but to destroy them.
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Love the fast paced action and smart moves by this female main character, Jane. Cool to be Jane!! Athletic, smart, beautiful, she takes care of the rest of the flowed world. If you get tired of the similar format of the typical who done it... although this is a mystery, suspense it is different and certainly not typical. Read any of Jane Whitefield novels and you will be hooked too.
The next in the Jane Whitefield books, which takes place after she's married. Her husband asks her to hide a surgeon who mentored him in med school. The guy has been framed by people who have taken over Jane's identity and now the FBI is after him too. Many very creepy people in this story, and just every-so-slightly unbelievable in parts. But still good.
I've read most of the Jane Whitefield series, and I believe I now have had enough. Jane is a "guide" who helps people who are in trouble to disappear. Jane is able to confound the most sinister plotters and is almost preternaturally prescient. I think I'm probably tired of her. This last book was just overkill.
I enjoyed this book so much I "read" two more after it by the same author with Jane Whitefield as the central character. I would give the series a 3 1/2 star rating. The series is a really good audio book listen. It is fast paced. There are some parts that are a little off the wall.
I listened to a badly narrated Audible edition which probably affected my opinion of the book itself, but I don't think I'd have given it more than a three in any case. The characters were flat and the plot was intriguing enough at times, but I'll bet that I'll have forgotten most of it in a few months.
This was not quite what I thought it was going to be like but was an enjoyable thriller. it had lots of twists and turns and centred around a character called Jane who had been involved in helping people disappear and make new lives for themselves.
Interesting stories of a different twist. A woman that hides people in trouble, getting them to safety and providing a new identity. Not a action-packed, or shoot 'em up, or thriller type of stories, but still interesting in a subdued sort of way. Tough to explain, but I like them all the same. I'm a poet and I don't know it. ha-ha!
I don't know why but this book of the series didn't have the forward motion as the previous books. Sort of like slogging through a sandy beach on a windy and cold day.
I Love these books! Jane Whitefield is so awesome! You can't help but love her. The plots in each book get more complex & I find myself getting more & more interested as I read each page! These books are worth reading!
Jane Whitfield is a Native American who rescues people in need and takes the out of the world. She helps them escape from people trying to hurt them and gives them a new life as someone else. In the Face-Cangers, she is asked to go back to work by her husband and help his old mentor.Jane never took money but tells her people that someday they will be ina position to help her. In this book,she discovers people who do what she does but charge large amounts of money .She needs to unmask them in ord...more
I really enjoyed this book. Jane Whitefield series is one of my favorites. I am originally from NY and am part Seneca, so the rich cultural history is a special bonus for me.
I don't think I have ever read a Thomas Perry novel before, but I see this is a series with Jane Whitefield in it, so I will probably look for the first one. It was a good mystery and I couldn't figure it out until the very end.
while this is my second favorite mystery series, it is just as fascinating as the mallory series by7 carol o'connell.
I have loved all of the Jane Whitefield books! This is the first I read and I'm so glad I found the series.
I thought I'd read all the Jane Whitefield books and was delighted to discover one that I hadn't read!
This is the 2nd to last book in the series....not as good as the first three.
I'd give this 3.5 stars but rounded up. I had read the first three books in this series a long time ago and just recently became aware that three more books have been written since. These are enjoyable but not amazing. I kind of wish they'd get to the point quicker and in this book in particular it ended quite suddenly.
The least favorite of the Whitefield novels finds a redundant tale of bore. 2 of 10 stars
Given to me by mama on Christmas 2009
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Thomas Perry was born in Tonawanda, New York in 1947. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester in 1974. He has worked as a park maintenance man, factory laborer, commercial fisherman, university administrator and teacher, and a writer and producer of prime time network television shows. He lives in Southern California with his wife...more
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