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“Compelling . . . Nobody writes a chase better than [Thomas] Perry.”—The Washington Post Book World

Jane 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. . . .

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“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

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“Compelling . . . Nobody writes a chase better than [Thomas] Perry.”—The Washington Post Book World

“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

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As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest highlights the personal price Whitefield pays for doing her secretive, dangerous work. The nail-biting climax takes place on a snowy night in a location that seems tailor-made for film: the rusting remains of a huge steel mill near Buffalo. The denouement may strike some readers as too neat, but it's a minor quibble. With his distinctive protagonist, thoroughly amoral villains and the unrelenting action, Perry scores again. 75,000 first printing; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Jane Whitefield, the ingenious Native American heroine of the celebrated novel Vanishing Acts, 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.

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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Thomas Perry's ingenius Native American heroine, Jane Whitefield, returns to fight for the lives of two people who have lived under false pretenses for years. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Jane Whitefield, a 32-year-old Seneca woman, is a unique mystery protagonist whose expertise is helping people in danger disappear. Whitefield is a combination of toughness, panache, and sensuality, traits that help her solve this complex mystery. Narrator Joyce Bean's performance is engaging. She mixes her pace and tones adeptly, allowing listeners to fully appreciate the richness of Whitefield's character. Equally effective is Bean's portrayal of 8-year old Timmy Phillips, whom Whitefield is trying to protect after the murder of his adoptive parents. While the story is wordy and the ending a bit too pat, overall, this is an entertaining novel that benefits from Bean's narration. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The tall, slim woman hastily tied her long, dark hair into a knot behind her head, planted her feet in the center of the long courthouse corridor, and waited. A few litigants and their attorneys passed her, some of them secretly studying her, more because she was attractive than because she was standing motionless, forcing them to step around her on their way to the courtrooms. Her chest rose and fell in deep breaths as though she had been running, and her eyes looked past them, having already dismissed them before they approached as she stared into the middle distance.

She heard the chime sound above the elevator thirty feet away. Before the doors had fully parted, three large men in sportcoats slipped out between them and spun their heads to stare up the hallway. All three seemed to see her within an instant, their eyes widening, then narrowing to focus, and then becoming watchful and predatory, losing any hint of introspection as they began to move toward her, one beside each wall and one in the middle, increasing their pace with each step.

Several bystanders averted their eyes and sidestepped to avoid them, but the woman never moved. She hiked up the skirt of her navy blue business suit so it was out of her way, took two more deep breaths, then swung her shoulder bag hard at the first man’s face.

The man’s eyes shone with triumph and eagerness as he snatched the purse out of the air. The triumph turned to shock as the woman slipped the strap around his forearm and used the momentum of his charge to haul him into the second man, sending them both against the wall to her right. As they caromed off it, she delivered a kick to one and a chop to the other to put them on the floor. This bought her a few heartbeats to devote to the third man, who was moving along the left wall to get behind her.

She leaned back and swung one leg high. The man read her intention, stopped, and held up his hands to clutch her ankle, but her back foot left the ground and she hurled her weight into him. As her foot caught him at thigh level and propelled him into the wall, there was the sickening crack of his knee popping. He crumpled to the floor and began to gasp and clutch at his crippled leg as the woman rolled to the side and sprang up.

The first two men were rising to their feet. Her fist jabbed out at the nearest one and she rocked him back, pivoted to throw an elbow into the bridge of his nose, and brought a knee into the second man’s face.

There was a loud slapping sound and the woman’s head jerked nearly to her left shoulder as a big fist swung into her cheekbone. Strong arms snaked around her from behind, lifted her off her feet to stretch her erect, and she saw the rest as motion and flashes. The first two men rushed at her in rage, aiming hard roundhouse punches at her head and face, gleeful in the certainty that she saw the blows coming but could do nothing to block them or even turn to divert their force.

Two loud, deep voices overlapped, barking for dominance. “Police officers! Freeze!” “Step away from her!” When her opponents released her and stepped away, she dropped to her knees and covered her face with her hands. In a moment, several bystanders who had stood paralyzed with alarm seemed to awaken. They were drawn closer by some impulse to be of use, but they only hovered helplessly nearby without touching her or speaking.

The judge’s chambers were in shadow except for a few horizontal slices of late-afternoon sunlight that shone through the blinds on the wood-paneled wall. Judge Kramer sat in his old oak swivel chair with his robe unzipped but with the yoke still resting on his shoulders. He loosened his tie and leaned back, making the chair’s springs creak, then pressed the PLAY button on the tape recorder.

There were sounds of chairs scraping, papers shuffling, and a garble of murmured conversation, so that the judge’s empty chamber seemed to be crowded with invisible people. A female voice came from somewhere too close to the microphone. “This deposition is to be taken before Julia R. Kinnock, court stenographer at 501 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, at ten … seventeen A.M. on November third. The court’s instructions were that if there is an objection to the use of a tape recorder, it will be turned off.” There was silence. “Will the others in the room please identify themselves.”

“David M. Schoenfeld, court-appointed counsel to Timothy Phillips.” Schoenfeld’s voice was smooth, and each syllable took too long to come out. Judge Kramer could almost see him leaning into the microphone to croon.

“Nina Coffey, Department of Children’s Services, Los Angeles County, in the capacity of guardian for a minor person.” Kramer had read her name on a number of official papers, but he had never heard her voice before. It was clear and unapologetic, the words quick and clipped, as though she were trying to guard against some kind of vulnerability.

“Kyle Ambrose, Assistant District Attorney, Los Angeles.” As usual, the prosecutor sounded vaguely confused, a pose that had irritated Kramer through six or seven long trials.

Then came the low, monotone voices that were at once self-effacing and weighty, voices of men who had spent a lot of time talking over radios. They started quietly and grew louder, because the last part of each name was the important part.

“Lieutenant James E. Bates, Los Angeles Police Department.”

“Agent Joseph Gould, Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

There was some more shuffling of papers and then Julia Kinnock said, “Mr. Ambrose, do you wish to begin?”

Ambrose’s parched, uncertain voice came in a beat late. “Will you state your name for the record, please?”

There was some throat clearing, and then the high, reedy voice of a young boy. “Tim … Timothy John Phillips.”

Schoenfeld’s courtroom voice intoned, “Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask that the record show that Lieutenant Bates and Agent Gould here present have verified that the deponent’s fingerprints match those of Timothy John Phillips, taken prior to his disappearance.”

The two voices muttered, “So verified,” in the tone of a response in a church. Amen, thought Kramer. Schoenfeld had managed to sidestep onto the record with the one essential fact to be established in the case from Schoenfeld’s point of view.

Ambrose’s voice became slow and clear as he spoke to the boy. “You are to answer of your own accord, You are not to feel that you are in any way obligated to tell us things you don’t want to.” Judge Kramer could imagine Ambrose’s dark eyes flicking to the faces of Schoenfeld, the lawyer, and Nina Coffey, the social worker. It was a confidence game, as Ambrose’s legal work always was. The kid would have to answer all of the questions at some point, but Ambrose was trying to put the watchdogs to sleep. “Mr. Schoenfeld is here as your lawyer, so if you have any doubts, just ask him. And Mrs. Coffey will take you home if you’re too tired. Do you understand?”

The small, high-pitched voice said, “Yes.”

“How old are you?”

“Eight.”

“Can you tell me, please, your earliest recollections?” Judge Kramer clenched his teeth.

“You mean, ever?”

“Yes.”

“I remember … I guess I remember a lot of things. Christmas. Birthdays. I remember moving into our house in Washington.”

“When was that?”

“I don’t know.”

A male voice interjected, “The lease on the Georgetown house began four years ago on January first. That was established during the murder investigation. He would have been four.” The voice would be that of the F.B.I. agent, thought the judge.

“Do you remember anything before that, in another house?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

“When you moved in, was Miss Mona Turley already with you?”

“I don’t know. I guess so.”

“Who lived there?”

“My parents, me, Mona.”

“Did you have relatives besides your parents? Cousins or uncles?”

“No, just my grandma.”

“Did you ever see her?”

“Not that I remember. She lived far away. We used to send her a Christmas card every year.”

“Did you?” There was the confusion again, as though Ambrose were hearing it for the first time and trying to fathom the implications.

“Yeah. I remember, because my daddy would put my handprint on it. He would write something, and then he would squish my hand onto a stamp pad and press it on the card, because I couldn’t write yet.”

Ambrose hesitated, then said gently, “Do you remember anybody else? Any other grown-ups that, you were with?”

“You mean Mr. and Mrs. Phillips?”

“Yes.”

“I know about them. I don’t think I ever saw them.”

“So when you say your ‘parents’ you mean Raymond and Emily Decker?”

“They were my mother and father.”

Judge Kramer’s brows knitted in distaste. This was typical of Ambrose. Get on with it, he thought. An eight-year-old’s distant recollections weren’t going to get Ambrose anything in a criminal investigation. Such meticulous, redundant questioning had bought him an inflated reputation as a prosecutor—laying the groundwork for an unshakable, brick-hard case. It looked like magic to juries, but to Judge Kramer and the opposing attorneys who knew where he was going, it was like watching an ant carrying single crumbs until he had a hero sandwich.
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From the Publisher

One of the reasons that I love Thomas Perry's Jane Whitfield books is that they are filled with so much arcane information about the darker side of life. Perry fills you in on how to fabricate a life, steal a car, or set up a bank account using someone else's Social Security Number. This is why I read books. I am way too much of a nice girl to find these things out on my own. Jane Whitfield is a nice girl with an edge. A Native American from Upstate New York, Jane takes people with problems and helps them to disappear. She gets them out of trouble and sets them up in a new life. In DANCE FOR THE DEAD, Jane rescues two "clients," a small boy whose millionaire parents have been killed and a woman accused of embezzlement. Perry's account of how the two cases intertwine and the mechanics of it all is truly fascinating.

Amelia Zalcman, Director, Contracts Adminstration --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Kirkus Reviews

An explosive second outing for Jane Whitefield, the Senecan specialist in helping people disappear (Vanishing Act, 1995). The story kicks off with a whoosh as Jane succeeds in saving the life of her latest client, eight-year-old Timothy Phillips, by producing him in an L.A. court that's about to declare him dead so that whoever's been plundering his trust fund can breathe easy. Once Timmy's story is read into the record, he's safe, but it's been a high-casualty operation, and Jane's in no mood for getting accosted at the airport by Mary Perkins, who begs Jane to help her elude the killers following her. It isn't until the two women are halfway across the country that Jane has the time to hear Mary's story: During the unregulated '80s, she bilked unwary banks of millions through a pyramid of lovingly detailed real- estate schemes, and now that she's already done time for the feds, who weren't able to shake the money loose from her, some monstrous freelancer has decided to take a turn. Jane gets Mary parked in a new town with shiny new credit cards, and even takes a few days back in her upstate New York hometown to entertain a marriage proposal from her hitherto platonic friend Dr. Carey McKinnon, but then it's back to business as she goes after the trustee who's been looting Timmy Phillips's estate. The looting, though, turns out to be even deeper and deadlier than she imagined--and it naturally leads her straight back to Mary and the ominous, insatiable security firm that's getting closer and closer to her. The plotting is a miracle of unrelenting tension; the breathless, knowing prose is pitch-perfect; and Jane's fierce righteousness is perfectly balanced by a mind-boggling wealth of detail about how to plunder trusts, defraud banks, and disappear. Five more of Jane's adventures are already stockpiled for annual release. Truly a treasure for Random--as long as they never let the peerlessly devious author get behind them. (First printing of 75,000) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Library Journal

Jane's attempt to help an orphan boy overlaps with her work for a woman accused of stealing $50 million in Perry's (Vanishing Act, LJ 12/94) latest thriller.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Booklist

Jane Whitefield has an uncommon career as a freelance "disappearer." When someone is in a jam and needs a safe haven, Jane finds it for them. Jane's newest case involves an eight-year-old who will inherit millions as long as he remains alive until the will is probated. The villains after his fortune have already killed his parents, his nanny, and a lawyer and are hot on the trail of the kid. Then Jane encounters smart, attractive Mary Perkins, a former banker and consummate con artist who has stolen a cool $50 million in a savings-and-loan scam. So far, Mary has managed to keep herself hidden from the folks who want the money back, but she's running out of time and disguises, and she figures only Jane can help. In a plot with more action than an Indiana Jones adventure, more suspense than Psycho, and more clever twists and tricks than a James Bond flick, Perry keeps his readers on the edges of their seats for more than 300 pages. A taut, tense, superbly written thriller that will satisfy even the most demanding reader. Emily Melton --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Thomas Perry is the bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series, The Old Man, and The Butcher's Boy, which won the Edgar Award. He lives in Southern California.

Joyce Bean is an accomplished audiobook narrator and director. In addition to being an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, she has been nominated multiple times for a prestigious Audie Award, including for Good-bye and Amen by Beth Gutcheon. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004G5ZY74
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ivy Books; 1st edition (April 6, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1592 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 418 pages
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THOMAS PERRY is the author of 23 novels including the Jane Whitefield series (Vanishing Act, Dance for the Dead, Shadow Woman, The Face Changers, Blood Money, Runner, Poison Flower, and A String of Beads), Death Benefits, and Pursuit, the first recipient of the Gumshoe Award for best novel. He won the Edgar for The Butcher's Boy, and Metzger's Dog was a New York Times Notable Book. The Independent Mystery Bookseller's Association included Vanishing Act in its "100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century," and Nightlife was a New York Times bestseller. Metzger's Dog was voted one of NPR's 100 Killer Thrillers--Best Thrillers Ever.

Thomas Perry was born in Tonawanda, New York in 1947. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester in 1974. He has worked as a park maintenance man, factory laborer, commercial fisherman, university administrator and teacher, and a writer and producer of prime time network television shows. He lives in Southern California. His website: www.thomasperryauthor.com

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No matter what Jane does, he's one step ahead

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2020

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"Dance for the Dead," the second in the Jane Whitefield series, tosses the reader in the middle of the action. People with resources and instincts apparently as prescient as Jane's want to kill the little boy she's promised to protect. And Jane has miscalculated. Two she works with die, but she saves the kid. Author Thomas Perry then dives into the meat of the story. Jane meets Mary Perkins, who needs her help but initially doesn't rise to the level of a victim Jane normally deals with. But there's more to Mary's problems than Jane realizes. And the adversaries Jane faces are formidable, keeping a step ahead no matter how she tries to cover her tracks. But Jane is smart and calculating. And that's the allure of the character. She's no victim. She makes things happen. And when situations go bad, as they often do, she's ready with another plan. Perry's a pro, and his writing and detail, especially about Seneca history and practices, is constantly engaging. I read this as the third novel in the series and I immediately picked up the next.

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Anne M. Stewart

Native American woman helps people in danger disappear

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020

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I've been a long time follower of this series and just purchased the Kindle version to read the book again. The heroine, Jane Whitfield, is a cunning Native American woman who uses her wits and a Seneca form of marshal arts to fight the thugs pursuing her and her clients. Her mission, to relocate innocent people who have no one else to turn to to reach safe harbors. The strength she uses to overcome the evil is culled from her dreams and her warrior ancestors. Can she defeat the criminals who want to kill her and her clients? The stories all center around Western NY, the traditional lands of the Seneca Indians, but involve travel all over the country while the story unfolds.

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V. A. Woodman

How can the Dead can Dance?

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2018

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Jane Whitfield could have been a character in a Tony Hillerman novel. I admire this character, her toughness combined with her compassion for "disappearing" people she deems worthy. She's "all-in" risking her life for those she engages. Twists and turns, attention to detail, astute observations of human nature and foibles fill the pages. She could have been a con-man, but she chose instead to use her gifts for good, often outside the boundaries of the law. Perhaps my most enjoyable experience derives from Thomas Perry's having done his homework on Native American culture and traditions over the centuries. The author's protagonist reminds one of Hillerman's Navajo Policeman and medicine man, Jim Chee. She sees the world as it is, yet through the eyes of her people, reflecting mystically on the old days, before Europeans arrived to claim the continent. She embodies the spirit of her people that once made them a great Nation. Perry supplies enough encounters with a remnant of native Americans who have embraced their traditional identity and practice. I strongly recommend Dance of the Dead!

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Another zinger - loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2018

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When I started this my second Thomas Perry novel, I thought it couldn't possibly match the intensity of his first novel, Vanishing Act. Fortunately for me, Dance for the Dead, was equally riveting. Although I didn't like the character Mary Perkins at all when she was first introduced, she really grew on me. I felt like watching her character grow and to someone who is more than she dreams she could be stronger, more courageous, more caring, it was like watching a missed opportunity revisited and done right. I'd really like to watch more about little Timmy, and hope he gets to actually grow up one day. So I'll continue reading the series to see where it leads Jane Whitefield on her next great adventure.

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Great Jane Whitefield Story

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020

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Jane Whitefield is a unique female protagonist made all the more unique by coming from the mind of a male author. Jane describes her calling: "I'm a guide. I show people how to go from places where someone is trying to kill them to other places where nobody is." Jane and her stories are so well written I can visualize her actions and believe she is capable of doing what she says. If I'm ever in trouble I hope I can find someone just like Jane to help me.

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C. K. Harrell

Exhilarating - White-knuckle - Terrifying --Satisfying

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2012

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"Dance for the Dead" Jane Whitefield Series is the second book in the series & believe me it is packed full of action, mysticism, suspense, intrigue & conspiracy with every bend & turn. Jane is cunning, intelligent, devoted & has a unique ability to help her clients "vanish". The writer weaves the history of the Native American people of the region & their struggle to exist with mastery in every chapter. Jane Whitefield is a half Seneca Native American "guide" - a person that hides people from pursuers. It could be anyone like Timmy Phillips an 8 year little boy that has a multi-million dollar inheritance that is in grave danger from a master mind that is out to steal his inheritance & his life. Jane has laid out a plan & everything is in order - - just an uncomplicated day at the assigned courthouse to resolve the fact that Timmy is really alive & will need a court appointed person to handle his inheritance. Then all hell breaks loose and Jane's perfect plan unravels landing her in jail, the two people that were Timmy's so called parents-caregivers are dead. Now Jane has to delve deep into her Seneca heritage & training & come up with a reliable plan to insure Timmy's safety. Just when Jane is almost home free she is approached by Mary Perkins in the airport. She realizes that with a few twists and turns she can hide Mary and get back home - - the home of her parents & grandparents & her Native American Heritage. Maybe even see her long-time friend. Soon she discovers that Timmy is not safe & neither is Mary Perkins. The puzzle is intriguing - suspenseful - terrifying when she plays cat and mouse with some seriously sadistic people that do not blink an eye to assault & molest a woman to get the answers that they want or murder an innocent child.
Hang on for a ride that will chill you to the bone when Jane constructs a plot to trap the one man that is behind this conspiracy to steal money from some innocent & not so innocent people. You will be caught in the spell and won't be able to put the book down until you come to the end. Then you will start all over at the beginning because it is so power packed that you will want the chilling ride.

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Good reading

Reviewed in Germany on July 2, 2017

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A book about a strong woman making tough decisions. I strngly recommend bot starting it as a bedside reading, as it is difficult to out down. Any more would be sppoilers.

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