![]() Jane describes herself as neither a detective or lawyer but a guide. She explains that Rhonda Eckerly is married to a sexual sadist who beat and raped Rhonda and worse after she tried escaping on her own. Killigan now wants to press charges against her for assault, but when police bring his target into the room, it's not Rhonda. Killigan notifies the police that he was hired to return a runaway wife named Rhonda Eckerly to her husband. ![]() When Killigan attempts to apprehend the woman in a parking garage, she beats his ass so severely that he wakes up in a hospital. His posh target, whom he compares to a French model, changes outfits in the ladies room but this fails to elude him. The story opens in an airport, where private detective Jack Killigan follows a woman headed to baggage claim. Published in 1995, this ambitious blend of crime, woman against nature and mystery also scores points for making a Native American woman its protagonist, a character who considers herself a guide, helping the desperate elude their trackers and disappear. ![]() ![]() Vanishing Act is my introduction to author Thomas Perry and his series featuring Jane Whitefield. I’m avoiding police procedurals and standalone “women in peril'' thrillers to focus on ladies who are amateur sleuths. My Year of (Mostly) Mysterious Women begins with series fiction featuring women detectives. ![]()
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