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Summary: Two Unrelated Cases, Same Bad Guys
Review: Native American Jane Whitefield from upstate New York is an expert at helping innocent fugitives disappear and this time she's got two seemingly unrelated cases, innocents that need hiding, Timmy Decker and Mary Perkins. Timmy, an eight-year-old who learns after his parents are murdered that they weren't really his parents, but had kidnapped him years earlier, has become the target of strangers fighting for control of a trust fund he never knew he had. Mary Perkins had served time for defrauding savings and loan companies during the Eighties, and is now on the run from killers who are after the money they think she has.Jane takes up both their causes, delving into her bag of tricks to help them evade pursuit, only to discover that the two supposedly unrelated cases are the target of a vicious predator, one whose skills seem to match her own. It almost doesn't make any sense to rate this book, because, in my opinion, Thomas Perry can't write less than five star material. This is a wonderful book and Jane is a super character. You should read this one. Reviewed by Vesta Irene
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Summary: A class act, Perry's Seneca lady, worthy of Hillerman
Review: The first three Jane Whitefield books are the classiest alternative to Tony Hillerman's "Navajo mysteries." Nobody is more fun to read about than Jane Whitefield. She's clever, she's beautiful, she's seriously dangerous to bad guys. Like that Holmes guy, she's been so popular that Perry tried unsuccessfully to get shet of her for three novels. And maybe she will "rise from the dead" once more. Meantime, there are three good novels (*Vanishing Act,* *Dance for the Dead*, *Shadow Woman*) and two better-than-average-but-kind-of-half-hearted ones (*Face-Changers,* *Blood Money*). In each of the last three books, Jane promises her husband that she will stop now. Perry's done two novels since *Blood Money*, and it looks like Jane's last retirement took. What a shame. In *Dance for the Dead*, the action begins on page one, and by page five Jane has fought her way through a gauntlet and five or six key people are dead. From this dazzling start, it's a wild ride of switched identities, super-killers, and Jane's mysto/techno woodlore that brings us, breathless, to a celebration on the Seneca rez. On the way we meet a woman we learn to love almost as much as we do Jane. Wow. Read this book.
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Summary: A great series to read!
Review: There aren't very many authors who write about a woman protagonist that actually has brains, guts and a strong will. Thomas Perry is one author that does. I love reading this series just to see what tricks Jane has up her sleeve. If you haven't read them go, buy and enjoy! They will not let you down.
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Summary: Don't Mess With Jane Whitefield
Review: This is book two of the delightful Jane Whitefield series. She's an attractive, 32 year old Indian who runs her own private "witness protection" program. Thomas Perry brings us a smart, capable protagonist whom bad guys simply should not mess with. Great fun. There is a feeling of ominous dread creeping in at the end of the book, though. It appears that Jane may be on the road to matrimony (which she does, I gather, in the next novel in the series). I really, really do not like this idea. Fans of this series should note that Perry wrote several excellent thrillers before starting his Jane Whitefield books. They are well worth reading.
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Summary: Disappointing Ending
Review: This was the first "Jane" book I've read and while I enjoyed it and will read others, I was very disappointed in the ending - not to give it away (so stop reading here if you haven't read it) but how does Barraclough go from knowing EVERYTHING Jane does early on (the highway scene) to being stupid enough to be trapped in an abandoned warehouse with Jane? Not believeable for me, and disappointing.
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Summary: Jane Whitefield is a force to be reckoned with.
Review: Thomas Perry presents another gripping tale of suspense, revenge and honesty. Timothy Phillips, the only heir to a mega-fortune just wants to live to see his next birthday. Mary Perkins needs to disappear. The only person who can help them both is Jane Whitefield, the Seneca woman who makes people turn into ghosts - in more ways than one. Jane is able to help them both start a new life, but she ends up putting her own in jeopardy. This time she can't help but take her work home with her. Great story about some extremely strong women who together dance for the dead - past, present and future
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Summary: Needs something.
Review: You know when someone is cooking something on the stove and they want you to taste it? You take some off the spoon and it tastes good,but it needs a little something to make it better. Maybe a dash of salt? or pepper? That's the way I feel about Thomas Perry's books. He writes interesting characters, I love Jane W.,and his plots are plausible and engaging, but there is just something missing that I can't quite put my finger on.
I found the romance with Dr. McKinnon to be rushed and contrived. It's not unusual to develop romantic feelings for a long time friend but it is unusual to propose marriage to her right after making love for the first time. It would have read much more realisticly to let this relationship develop over two or more novels.
Dance for the Dead, was my fourth or fifth Perry novel. So far, I haven't been blown away like many other reviewers have. Until Perry finds that dash of something, he'll always be a 3 star writer to me.
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