Blood Money: A Novel - Hardcover

Book 5 of 10: Jane Whitefield

Perry, Thomas

 
9780679453048: Blood Money: A Novel

Synopsis

Jane Whitefield leaves her quiet life as a newlywed to rescue a young girl fleeing a deadly mafioso and, to stop a growing evil, is forced into an uneasy alliance with a mafia hitman with a photographic memory to steal a fortune from the mob

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About the Author

<br><b>Thomas Perry</b> won an Edgar for <b>The Butcher's Boy</b>, and <b>Metzger's Dog</b> was one of <i>The New York Times'</i> Notable Books of the Year. His other books include <b>The Face-Changers, Shadow Woman, Dance for the Dead</b>, and<b> Vanishing Act</b>. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

From the Inside Flap

Perry just keeps getting better," said Tony Hillerman, about Sleeping Dogs--and in this superb new novel by one of America's best thriller writers, Jane Whitefield takes on the mafia, and its money.<br><br>Jane Whitefield, the fearless "guide" who helps people in trouble disappear, make victims vanish,has just begun her quiet new life as Mrs. Carey McKinnon, when she is called upon again, to face her toughest opponents yet.  Jane must try to save a young girl fleeing a deadly mafioso.  Yet the deceptively simple task of hiding a girl propels Jane into the center of horrific events, and pairs her with Bernie the Elephant, the mafia's man with the money.  Bernie has a photographic memory, and in order to undo an evil that has been growing for half a century,he and Jane engineer the biggest theft of all time, stealing billions from hidden mafia accounts and donating the money to charity.  Heart-stopping pace, fine writing, and mesmerizing char

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