![]() ![]() Perry has created his most complex and compelling protagonist. Vanishing Act is Edgar Award winner Thomas Perry at the top of his form, pitting a heroine like no other against a cunning, implacable enemy in a world where mercy and brutality exist in equal measure and the only way to survive is by one's wits. Perry has created his most complex and compelling protagonist.” - San Francisco Examiner The strong-willed heroine he introduces in Vanishing Act rates as one of his most singular creations.” - The New York Times Book Review “Thomas Perry keeps pulling fresh ideas and original characters out of thin air. 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. 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. So she is only mildly surprised to find an intruder waiting for her when she returns home one day. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern in fact, she has invented several of them herself. 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. She is in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. ![]() 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. many surprising twists.”- The New York Times ![]()
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