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Poison Flower: A Jane Whitefield Novel
Written by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Joyce Bean
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Poison Flower, the seventh novel in Thomas Perry's celebrated Jane Whitefield series, opens as Jane spirits James Shelby, a man unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. But the price of Shelby's freedom is high. Within minutes, men posing as police officers kidnap Jane and, when she tries to escape, shoot her.
Jane's captors are employees of the man who really killed Shelby's wife. He believes he won't be safe until Shelby is dead, and his men will do anything to force Jane to reveal Shelby's hiding place. But Jane endures their torment and is willing to die rather than betray Shelby. Jane manages to escape but she is alone, wounded, thousands of miles from home with no money and no identification, hunted by the police as well as her captors. She must rejoin Shelby, reach his sister before the hunters do, and get them both to safety.
In this unrelenting, breathtaking cross-country battle, Jane survives by relying on the traditions of her Seneca ancestors. When at last Jane turns to fight, her enemies face a cunning and ferocious warrior who has one weapon that they don't.
Jane's captors are employees of the man who really killed Shelby's wife. He believes he won't be safe until Shelby is dead, and his men will do anything to force Jane to reveal Shelby's hiding place. But Jane endures their torment and is willing to die rather than betray Shelby. Jane manages to escape but she is alone, wounded, thousands of miles from home with no money and no identification, hunted by the police as well as her captors. She must rejoin Shelby, reach his sister before the hunters do, and get them both to safety.
In this unrelenting, breathtaking cross-country battle, Jane survives by relying on the traditions of her Seneca ancestors. When at last Jane turns to fight, her enemies face a cunning and ferocious warrior who has one weapon that they don't.
Author
Thomas Perry
Thomas Perry is the New York Times bestselling author of nearly thirty 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. Follow Thomas on Facebook at @ThomasPerryAuthor.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent dramatic story with several, nay many, unexpected twists and turns!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5BOTTOM-LINE:Over the top for violence.PLOT OR PREMISE:Jane breaks an innocent man out of jail but the real criminals grab her and torture her to talk. She doesn't, of course, which sets off a long series of other events..WHAT I LIKED:The crooks figure out that Jane is a pro, and that others must know who she is, so a lot of other hunters from previous books show up again. She ends up managing almost three fugitives at the same time -- the original, a stray she picks up along the way, and herself..WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:The storyline is a bit hard to follow, as well as the original crime itself, the reason for everything getting started, and the logic behind how the medical supply stuff was all supposed to work. Equally, some parts seem almost like a dumb Sylvester Stallone or Bruce Willis movie where the good guy gets tortured, and a short while later, is ready to rock and roll again. .DISCLOSURE:I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow him on social media.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is yet another Jane Whitfield books. They are pretty much all the same and I cannot get enough of them. I'm just going to learn to live with the fact that Jane is going to try to help someone, get in huge piles of very dangerous trouble and I will worry about her until 10 pages from the end of the book when everything works out.
If I had another right here right now, I'd be reading it instead of writing this. Is there a 12 step program? - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jane didn’t seem to be the same person she was in the last six books…maybe it was just me, but she seemed out of character. Perhaps it’s because she's sadder… wiser…and more mature than in previous books. Overall it was another good story in this series. It would be unfair to reveal too much more about the plot. One of the appeals of this series and the character of Jane Whitefield is Thomas Perry’s ability to keep you from ever being able to second guess what will happen.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A top notch Jane Whitefield thriller you won't want to put down.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Addictive reading. fun!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful addition to the Jane Whitfield Series. See my full review at puretextuality.com
4.5 Stars - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Too violent and too preposterous
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I love this series and have missed Jane so much! She's been happily married and mostly out of the "disappearing" business. But everyone once in a while a case she can't refuse shows up. This time, she's compelled to help a wrongly accused and convicted man escape from jail and start a new life. Unfortunately, those who are guilty of the crime would really like him to stay put. When Jane gets caught and tortured by the bad guys, she's determined to keep the secrets of her client and all of those she's helped guide.Once again, Perry keeps us on our toes and entertained by the process of becoming a new person and avoiding detection at all costs. This books has more focus on Jane and her capture and escape attempts that usual which only reinforces the lengths she will go to to protect her clients. There's a bit of side-story about the toll Jane's missions are taking on her marriage - I'm torn between wanting to know more about Jane's personal life and knowing that part of the point of Jane is that the books are not about her.Overall, not my favorite in the series but entertaining and I'm already waiting for Jane's next adventure.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've been trying to remember the name of this series and this author for ages and finally identified it when I found this galley to review. It's always been a fun series - a sort of female version of Lee Childs' Jack Reacher series. Like Reacher, Jane Whitfield is hyper-prepared and impossible to beat - not necessarily grounded in reality, but I don't read thrillers for reality.Pure escapist mind candy with some caveats. Most of this book, unlike others in the series, is a non-stop brutality fest with Jane playing avenging angel. The level of violence makes a lot of this not so fun to read, perhaps particularly because much of the violence is torture committed against the main character. In fact, the first third of the book is all about this torture. The rest follows Jane's revenge. It's a good read, but if you're squeamish I wouldn't recommend it.Not the best entry in the series - okay, but not great.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Poison Flower is one of Thomas Perry's "Jane Whitefield" Books. Ms. Whitefield hides people as her mission. She takes people who are targeted for abuse or death and sets them up with a new identity in a place where they are safe. In Poison Flower she helps James Shelby a man framed for his wife's death escape from jail. She also helps Iris a lady she met in an abused women's shelter. She runs into complications though because the man who framed Shelby is a very powerful criminal who sends professional killers to kill Shelby. They find Jane and torture her but she doesn't reveal where Shelby is. As you can guess she escapes her tormenters and turns the tables on them and heads out to find the employer. I didn't really care for the book at first. She suffers horrific torture but shrugs it off, it was about halfway in before it got interesting when the turning the tables phase begins.. Even then the whole book was predictable and not very suspenseful. I give it two stars out of five. Sorry!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Jane Whitefield married Dr. Carey McKinnon, they both hoped that she could leave behind the former life where she helped people disappear. It worked, for a while. She became a model surgeon's wife: working on committees and raising money for the hospital. They thought about having a child. But eventually, someone desperately needed her help and she couldn't say "no". As Carey thinks to himself at one point during the story "To her, saving people was just something a person did, if she happened to have the skills".This book begins with the third "runner" Jane has helped since her marriage. James Shelby was framed for the murder of his wife. The people who set him up try to have him killed in prison, and he is taken to court to testify against his attacker. Posing as an attorney, Jane helps him escape, then acting as a decoy,she is captured, taken to a remote warehouse and tortured. She manages not to reveal where James is, but her captors do learn who she is. When they discover that many powerful people would like to get revenge against her, they decide to auction her off to the highest bidder.Jane Whitefield makes all of her cunning and intelligent moves seem like simple common sense. She is so attuned to the world around her: the people, the animals, trees and even physical structures, that she is able to anticipate almost exactly what will happen in any situation. Her actions are almost always calm and measured and planned. She has the enviable ability to focus on whatever task she happens to be doing, yet still remain aware of her surroundings. Many of these traits can be ascribed to her upbringing as a Seneca, and her study of Native American history and folklore. It's only a tiny spoiler to reveal that there's a wonderful chapter in the book when Jane goes to the riverbank and gives a tribute to the Jo-Ge-Oh, the little people, as thanks for helping her to return alive. Make sure to set aside a block of time to read this book. Once you open it, you won't want to put it down until you reach the end. *FTC Full Disclosure: Many thanks to the publisher, and to NetGalley for providing me an e-galley to review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5erry can sure write and I always felt Jane was one of his most interesting characters. In this novel Jane is a victim herself, shortly after doing what she is know for and that is helping someone escape, she is captured buy the same people she is helping save someone from. Jane is an exceptionally strong woman, which I like, and I love her Indian background and the way she draws strength from it. Fast paced, and through it all the reader will be rooting for Jane,
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jane Whitefield helps people disappear.James Shelby was framed for his wife's murder. Now the people who set him up want him dead. He is in prison and called to testify on another matter. While waiting to testify, Jane stages his escape.Jane is caught by the people who want Shelby. She's wounded and taken to a secluded place where they intend to torture her to reveal where Shields is.Jane reaches back to her Seneca Indian history and is able to withstand the punishment but at a terrible price. When it's found that other people are looking for her, for depriving them of the person they were ready to harm, they decide to have an auction. The highest bidder gets Jane so they can have their own revenge.The author has set the table well. We feel sympathy for the characters that Jane is helping and hope she will succeed and the antagonists punished.This is an enjoyable story with a lesson about how much good one woman can do for people who are left without any help. It is a lesson for us all.