Jane Whitefield gets dumb
Written: Feb 26 '00
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Pros: Well-written, as always
Cons: Horribly plotted, for the first time
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| jorn's Full Review: Perry, Thomas |
I've been a Thomas Perry fan since his first, The Butcher's Boy, but I didn't really think he'd found his niche until he started the Jane Whitefield series.
This is a genre I assume he invented-- instead of watching crimes being plotted or criminals being sought, this series is based on a model of 'paranoid hyper-planning'. The trick is that Jane outsmarts the bad guys who are trying to find her and her clients, by always thinking one step ahead and inventing plausible tricks to throw them off the scent.
"Blood Money" for me is the first total-loser in this series. It makes all the mistakes Perry has been so great at avoiding-- Jane's motives are less credible, her plans are full of gaping holes, she throws around tens of thousands of dollars as if she were a Pentagon contractor, and there's an endless string of last-minute escapes due entirely to the criminals' sitting around with their thumbs up their butts.
I assumed for almost the entire book that there was going to be a twist where her clients turned out to be not-at-all what they seem... but no such luck. It's just a case of Perry losing interest, I fear.
Recommended:
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Member: Jorn Barger
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