The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield)

Native American (she's part Seneca) Jane Whitefield has stopped guiding people in danger to safe locations because of a promise she made her new husband Dr. Carey McKinnon. She'd spent the better part of a decade helping those in danger disappear and take on new lives, getting them new papers and teaching them how to stay hidden, now she's finished with that. Or is she?Now it's her husband of all people who wants her to get back in the saddle and take up her dangerous work once more. His mentor, a famous plastic surgeon, is close to making a medical break though, but he's wanted for a murder he didn't commit. While helping him Jane learns that a group of face-changers are using her name, techniques and underground reputation to prey on innocents in trouble and destroy their lives rather than save them. Jane has to unmask them and put them out of business before they harm anyone else.Reviewed by Vesta Irene

I first read "Metzger's Dog" years ago, and had to get up out of bed to finish reading it, as I kept laughing out loud and waking my husband. It is a gripping, suspenseful, rocket-ride of a read, but with the notable difference from most thrillers in that it is a heck of a lot of fun, too. Perry manages to make the most technical subject easy to understand with his clear, concise writing, and the sly humor catches you by surprise. I'd never read anyone who could blend suspense and humor so well, and became an instant fan. Finishing one of his books always brings a sense of sadness, and anticipation for the next one.I am always willing to travel down whatever road Thomas Perry's imagination wants to take me. The Jane Whitefield novels are wonderful, start at the beginning with "Vanishing Act".

Great characters make great thrillers. Just as Stephen Hunter has created a great character in Bob "the Hammer"; Thomas Perry has Jane Whitefield. She is always just one step ahead of her adversaries and one step ahead of the readers. This speed train ride of a novel never slows down and the plot is a joy.

Thomas Perry has developed a fascinating heroine in Jane Whitefield. I may not believe it possible for a REAL Jane to exist, but I truly do love to read about this fictional one, and I have followed her development in each of Perry's books with greater and greater interest. Her Indian heritage has added depth to her character. Above all, Perry crafts a novel with inventiveness and a beautiful use of language. I may not believe in Jane, but I love her all the same. Readers who enjoy finely written tales should love Perry's fey heroine.

Jane Whitefield, a Seneca Indian, has spent the last ten years as a guardian, an occupation that helps people in life threatening danger, obtain new identities. It is a dangerous job because she would accompany her clients when they were on the run. She finally quit out of respect for her new spouse, Dr. Carey Mckinnon, who pleaded with her to stop her dangerous avocation. Following a year of serene, domestic bliss, Carey asks Jane to assist a patient of his, falsely accused of murder, with vanishing. The mark is a dedicated medical research genius that Carey believes humanity needs kept alive. Jane joyfully reclaims her old life, but has a different problem to contend with than in the past. Someone is masquerading as her and that person wants to insure that Jane is permanently removed from the playing field. Jane Whitefield is an amazing heroine because she is an everyday person doing extraordinary things. THE FACE-CHANGERS is one of the best Whitefield books to come out in this stupendous, unique series, primarily because of the heroine's needs to settle down, yet do whatever for someone she loves. Thomas Perry is a very talented author, who has written an outstanding story. Harriet Klausner