Books with title The Face-Changers: A Jane Whitefield Novel

“Compelling . . . Nobody writes a chase better than [Thomas] Perry.”—The Washington Post Book WorldJane Whitefield is the patron saint of the pursued, a Native American “guide” who specializes in making victims vanish. Calling on the ancient wisdom of the Seneca tribe and her own razor-sharp cunning, she conjures up new identities for people with nowhere left to run. She's as quick and quiet as freshly fallen show, and she covers a trail just as completely. But when a calculating killer stalks an innocent eight-year-old boy, Jane faces dangerous obstacles that will put her powers—and her life—to a terrifying test. . . .Praise for Dance for the Dead“Spellbinding . . . Terrific . . . Jane Whitefield may be the most arresting protagonist in the 90s thriller arena. . . . Thrillers need good villains, and this one has a formidable SOB who is cold-blooded enough to satisfy anybody's taste.”—Entertainment Weekly“A terse thriller . . . Perry starts the story with a bang.”—San Francisco Chronicle“One of the most engaging heroines in contemporary suspense.”—The Flint Journal

2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Margaret WhittonWith this stunning new novel of suspense, one of America's best writers of thrilling fiction moves to an entirely new level of brilliance and craftsmanship. "The books keep getting better," said Lawrence Block about Thomas Perry's Shadow Woman. But now, in The Face-Changers, Perry combines in a special way the superb storytelling, rich characters, and fine writing that have made his work so highly praised. The courageous and ingenious Jane Whitefield has worked as a "guide" for over a decade, helping people in danger disappear. Now she has promised her new husband, Dr. Carey McKinnon, that she will never work again. But then Carey's mentor, a famous plastic surgeon, seeks him out, desperate and pursued, wounded and wanted for murder. Carey asks Jane to perform her dangerous magic one last time. But as Jane tries to save her husband's friend, she uncovers the perverse activities of the Face-Changers: Using Jane Whitefield's name, reputation, and techniques, they are destroying human lives rather than saving them.

Jane Whitefield, the ingenious Native American heroine of the celebrated novel Vanishing Act, returns in Dance for the Dead to pursue her unusual profession. She helps people disappear by creating new identities for them -- identities that prevent them from being discovered by their enemies. But this time she must fight for the lives of two people who have lived under false pretenses for years.The first is an innocent child: It is only after eight-year-old Timmy Decker's parents are brutally murdered that he learns they were not his parents at all; they were, in fact, his kidnappers. Timmy Decker is declared to be Timmy Phillips -- and he becomes the prize in a violent struggle in which faceless strangers vie for control of the enormous trust fund Timmy never knew he had.The second fugitive is neither innocent nor a child: Mary Perkins admits she served time for defrauding S&Us during the 1980s, but she is evasive about her current predicament. Jane is sure of only one thing: Violent men are searching for Mary Perkins, and they will not give up until they find her.As Jane uses her wits to preserve the lives of her two charges, she begins to suspect that what she faces is not two unrelated cases but a contest with a single cunning enemy -- a vicious predator who becomes more terrifying and powerful with each kill.Edgar -- winning writer Thomas Perry surpasses himself with Dance for the Dead, giving us a superb thriller in which the fiercely intelligent, wildly resourceful Jane Whitefield confronts the most frightening adversary of her life.

When eight-year-old Timothy Decker finds his parents brutally murdered, it's clear the Deckers weren't the intended victims: Timothy's own room - ransacked, all traces of his existence expertly obliterated - is the shocking evidence. Timothy's nanny, Mona, is certain about only one thing. Timmy needs to disappear, fast. Only Jane Whitefield, a Native American “guide” who specializes in making victims vanish, can lead him to safety. But diverting Jane's attention is Mary Perkins, a desperate woman with S&L fraud in her past. Stalking Mary is a ruthless predator determined to find her - and the fortune she claims she doesn't have. Jane quickly creates a new life for Mary and jumps back on Timmy's case... not knowing that the two are fatefully linked to one calculating killer.