Runner

✍ Scribed by Thomas Perry

• Publisher: Quercus;Mariner Books
• Year: 2009;2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 220 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Jane Whitefield is a fiercely intelligent, wildly resourceful Native American woman. For ten years, she worked in a most unusual profession, helping people escape from their enemies and become runners, for whom she created new identities. Until she got married and promised her new husband, a surgeon in Amherst, New York, that she would give up her job and settle for a quieter, less dangerous life. But when a bomb explodes in the middle of a hospital fundraiser, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young girl, who's pregnant and has been tracked across the country by a team of hired assassins. That night, regardless of the vow she made to her husband, Jane has to revisit old skills and old contacts. Saving one last victim is going to send Jane off on a mission that could be a rescue operation - or a chance for revenge.

Review

'Breakneck action fascinating on the nuts and bolts of starting a new life with a new identity' Scotsman.

'Perry gradually unravels his mysteries without hyperbole or resorting to gimmicks or contrived climaxes, making his characters tell the story' Sunday Telegraph.

From the Back Cover

For ten years Jane Whitefield helped people escape from their enemies and become 'runners', creating new identities for them that would never be uncovered. Then she married and promised her husband that she would give up her dangerous job. When a bomb explodes in the middle of a reception, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young girl, who is pregnant and has been tracked across the country by a team of hired assassins. That night, regardless of the vow she made, Jane is pulled back into her former life. She has to revisit old skills and old contacts. Saving one last victim is going to send Jane off on a mission that could be a rescue operation - or a chance for revenge. It puts Jane and her protege in more danger than ever.

Library : General
Universes : Jane Whitefield [06]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780547415956