Authors: Thomas Perry
ISBN-13: 9780804115414, ISBN-10: 0804115419
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: Reprint
Thomas Perry won an Edgar for The Butcher’s Boy, and Metzger’s Dog was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His other books include The Face-Changers, Shadow Woman, Dance for the Dead, and Vanishing Act. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.
Jane Whitefield, the fearless "guide" who helps people in trouble disappear, 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. The deceptively simple task of hiding the girl propels Jane into the center of horrific events and pairs her with Bernie the Elephant, the Mafia's moneyman. Bernie has 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, only to face the unprecedented problem of what to do with that much money.
In Blood Money the story moves quickly, with even minor characters drawn believably, so that a great range of individuals populates a story of intrigue and suspense. It's an all nighter, for sure.