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Summary: Another fine effort-- Perry never disappoints
Review: A) Read this and all the Jane Whitefield novels.B) Track down the earlier Perrys, especially Metzger's Dog, Butcher's Boy, Island, and the others. Read them too. C) Convince a publisher to re-realease them all in a nice uniform edition. D) Coerce some Hollywood studio to make faithful versions of these books-- they're ready to film and will spread Perry's fame even more widely. E) Canonize Perry
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Summary: Blood Money
Review: Although based upon a faulty premise ... a bunch of mafioso entrusting their spoils to one man's memory (duh, what happens when he dies?) ... who cares! I LOVE Jane Whitefield, I want to be Jane Whitefield ... or at least have her as my best friend. It's a treat just to follow her thought processes, "know" her and inhabit her world for a few moments. Jane Whitefield offers us a very entertaining primer on how to come and go as a chameleon and live as a woman of unique principle. More, please!
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Summary: Run for the money
Review: An unusual plot for the series, still engaging but feeling a little out of type. Jane is chased more than running this time. Perhaps this marks the author as being a little used up with this character. Is this why he introduces new protaganists in his most recent effort? Not up to the high standards of the earlier work.
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Summary: No News...
Review: Any Jane Whitefield is better than most anyone else, yet this series has become predictable and Blood Money breaks no new ground. The conclusion winds down without suspense or surprise, and the plot itself paints far too much contrast between the "good guys" and the "bad guys". Author Perry needs a new challenge the next time out!
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Summary: Good, but far from his best
Review: As an avid Perry fan who's been reading the Jane Whitfield stories since the first came out, this is my first disappointment. It's still a decent light read, but somehow Perry loses his way. The biggest flaw is that the lengthy discussions of intramural squabbling among Mafia families doesn't tie in well with the pursuit of Jane and her charges. Perry should have either had Jane take advantage of the mutual mistrust among the families, or made it the central thread of a separate book. Instead, we bounce from the usual cross country hide-and-seek with a series of scenes involving Mafia guys arguing. Perry's shows his strengths in his descriptions of settings, and of some of the characters - notably Bernie Lupus (I can't get over the name) and the young girl Jane is protecting. But, for the first time, he makes the bad guys seem dull. Having produced so many great stories, I'll forgive him for this one and hope that he returns to his usual form. A good summer read. Or read it on a plane. Buy the paperback.
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Summary: Good, but far from his best
Review: As an avid Perry fan who's been reading the Jane Whitfield stories since the first came out, this is my first disappointment. It's still a decent light read, but somehow Perry loses his way. The biggest flaw is that the lengthy discussions of intramural squabbling among Mafia families doesn't tie in well with the pursuit of Jane and her charges. Perry should have either had Jane take advantage of the mutual mistrust among the families, or made it the central thread of a separate book. Instead, we bounce from the usual cross country hide-and-seek with a series of scenes involving Mafia guys arguing. Perry's shows his strengths in his descriptions of settings, and of some of the characters - notably Bernie Lupus (I can't get over the name) and the young girl Jane is protecting. But, for the first time, he makes the bad guys seem dull. Having produced so many great stories, I'll forgive him for this one and hope that he returns to his usual form. A good summer read. Or read it on a plane. Buy the paperback.
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Summary: So where's the mystery?
Review: Blood Money is filled with two-dimensional characters and a money laundering scheme that consumes chapter after chapter with needless detail. All of this at the expense of plot and character. And native Americans can't be too happy with Perry's minimal attempts to portray Jane as a tribal person. Perry throws this in at the beginning, but - like the runners she helps - Jane quickly disappears from the rez.
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Summary: Jane Whitefield takes on the Mafia
Review: How do you give away over 10 billion dollars while still avoiding the Mafia who's searching for you coast to coast? That's the latest problem Jane Whitefield encounters when she has to make Bernie the Elephant and his housekeeper Rita disappear. Bernie has been nicknamed "the Elephant" because of his photographic memory. He knows where a great deal of Mafia money is invested but he's getting older and his memory is starting to falter. Thus, he has to disappear before the Mafia Dons decide he's no longer a help but a liability. Jane figures if all the accounts that Bernie manages are drained off and donated to charity the Mafia will no longer have a reason to look for him. But we're talking close to 14 billion dollars. And to make it worse, the Mafia has found out about Jane and has plastered her picture from one end of the country to the other. I found the premise of this novel intrigueing. Perry handled the whole idea of donating the money to charities in a plausible fashion as well as still keeping the heat turned up on the heroine and her charges. Just when you think they're all home free Mr. Perry throws another monkey wrench into the deal. As usual, Jane is a well drawn character, the plot moves along nicely, and the dialog is believable. Perry, unlike many of today's genre writers, actually puts suspense into the suspense novel. Try this book, I think you'll like it. And then, if you haven't already, find the rest of the Jane Whitefield novels and read them too. You could certainly do a lot worse.
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Summary: Wow -- couldn't put it down!
Review: I have read all of the books in this series, and Blood Money will definately not dissappoint. First, the characters, and they are just that, are more than typical cardboard cutouts. A rarity in so many novels in this genre. Second, the book has a great plot, plenty of surprises, twists and turns, yet doesn't stretch credulity. Finally, the action, and there is plenty is really well paced. Jane Whitefield is one of the best "guides" through a suspense mystery around. Keep bringing her back for more.
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Summary: Blood Money
Review: I have read all of Thomas Perry's book going back to butcher boy, and thoroughly enjoyed them. However this latest edition of Jane Whtifield gets caught up in too many Italian names. Translate, Mafiosos, and the premise that Jane would wander off from her new life on such a weak case is not believable. It is time to retire Jane and invent a new character, or bring back butcher boy.
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