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  • Runner

  • A Jane Whitefield Novel
  • By: Thomas Perry
  • Narrated by: Joyce Bean
  • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (438 ratings)

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By: Thomas Perry
Narrated by: Joyce Bean
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Publisher's summary

After a nine-year absence, the fiercely resourceful Native American guide Jane Whitefield is back, in the latest superb thriller by award-winning author Thomas Perry. For more than a decade, Jane pursued her unusual profession: "I'm a guide...I show people how to go from places where somebody is trying to kill them to other places where nobody is." Then she promised her husband she would never work again and settled in to live a happy, quiet life as Jane McKinnon, the wife of a surgeon in Amherst, New York.

But when a bomb goes off in the middle of a hospital fundraiser, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young pregnant girl who has been tracked across the country by a team of hired hunters.That night, regardless of what she wants or the vow that she's made to her husband, Jane must come back to transform one more victim into a runner. And her quest for safety sets in motion a mission that will be a rescue operation - or a chance for revenge.

©2009 Thomas Perry (P)2009 Tantor

Critic reviews

"[A] deeply satisfying adventure" ( Library Journal)
"Blending the frenetic pacing of a top-notch thriller with Native American mysticism, this entry will more than satisfy longtime fans." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Boring as a textbook

There is no mystery of any kind. This is merely a textbook on detailed tactics of evasion. From good guys down to bad guys, and everyone in between, none of the characters are believable, especially not in their motivations. ("That's a beautiful dress!" exclaims one of the characters, while escaping from a bombing.)

A big deal is made out of the protagonist's native heritage, but it's gratuitous; it doesn't figure in, or add to, the story in any way
and if it has any significance to the protaganist's character, the author fails to make that connection. It comes off like sticking a Groucho Marx nose on an evening gown model.

AUDIO: Bean is adequate, making fewer errors than many, but not excellent. Maybe a C-.

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I kept waiting for it to get better.

It didn’t. Seven hours in I just had to stop. It was difficult not to keep reflecting on all the implausible plot elements or unrealistic character actions. If I had my credit to spend again it would not be here.

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Awful

The premise is improbable. The characters are flat. The story is dull. Don't make this the first Perry book to hear or it probably will be the last.

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I couldn't even finish listening

The story is very strange with the main character seeing ghosts and other apparitions but the worst part is the narration. I couldn't get past the terrible voices and lack of reflection in her voice. I can usually listen to any book while walking my dogs but this one was just plain irritating.

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Waste of a credit

I felt like I wasted my credit. I couldn't even get through the first half of the book. The reader doesn't have any inflection. The book is to detailed and repetitive.

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