The Left-Handed Twin

Jane Whitefield Series, Book 9

By: Thomas Perry

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Jane Whitefield helps people disappear. Fearing for their lives, fleeing dangerous situations, her clients come to her when they need to vanish completely - to assume a new identity and establish a new life somewhere they won't be found. And when people are desperate enough to need her services, they come to the old house in Western New York where Jane was raised to begin their escape.

It's there that, one spring night, Jane finds a young woman fresh from LA with a whole lot of trouble behind her. After she cheated on her boyfriend, he dragged her to the home of the offending man and made her watch as he killed him. She testified against the boyfriend, but a bribed jury acquitted him, and now he's free and trying to find and kill her.

Jane agrees to help, and it soon becomes clear that outsmarting the murderous boyfriend is not beyond Jane's skills. But the boyfriend has some new friends: members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood. When they learn that Sara is traveling with a tall, dark-haired woman who makes people vanish, the Russians become increasingly interested in helping the boyfriend find the duo. They've heard rumors that such a woman existed - and believe that, if forcibly extracted, the knowledge she has of past clients could be worth millions.

©2021 Thomas Perry (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

It was good enough

Not Janes best outing but still interesting. Annoyed that the narrator consistently mispronounced’feral’ and ‘Appalachian’.

Best Ever

I almost quit reading less than 10 minutes from end because I was so upset at the ending but glad I didn't abandon the book! The Russian mafia is after Jane when they learned of the most recent "disappearance" Jane Whitefield was helping with. They don't care about the girl but recognize that Jane's information about the many people she helped escape death would be a good source of income from those looking for the escapees. She enters the 100 mile wilderness at the north end of the Appalachian Trail and 4 highly trained Russians follow. She defeats these four but more come looking for her even finding her safe house.

The narrator I enjoyed very much. Left off one star because to me the Russian woman's voice often sounded like Jane's lovely soothing voice.

Long chase story with unsurprising ending.

Too much like the Old Man; same story of the chase. No surprises. Unlikely ending.

my dream author - thank you, I wit for each "Jane"

book, I held this one for a while, and hope that Mr. Perry honors us with another novel soon. i am endlessly amazed at what a
n excellent job T. Perry does writing from a female's point of view, and the Native American filled lore sprinkled throughout is like your first bite into a custard filled 🍩 donut, sweet, delish and wholly satisfying.

another great story..

more wordy and less action i thought but lived up yo the high caliber writing Perry always puts forth

Weak storyline and lots of repetition

I've listened to the full series quite recently, so they are fresh in my mind. This one was the least enjoyable. Other reviewers have mentioned the repetition, which probably accounted for 25% of the book. Some of it is necessary for anyone new to the story. But there was even repetition within this book, which showed sloppy editing at best. I am giving Joyce Bean 5 stars because she did a valiant job with horrible material to work with.

3-5/5 stars

Full review coming soon.I thought the audiobook was okay but not great.the story felt repetitive at times especially about Jane and the details of how she has helped other change identities and go into hiding. Also since Janewas supposed to be in here30s, the audio narrator didn’t hit a 30 year old IMO. JoyceBean’s voice seemed more like a mature woman in her 60s which I found off putting.

An exceptionally good book.

Only two books have really blown me away in my life. The first was The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer and now this book. Everything about the story, the writing, the realisticness of the story is perfect. A must read/listen for all.

Great story for fans, so-so narrator

I listened to and read the actual book. (listening in the car and while doing chores). The story is suspenseful and keeps you guessing. Great ending. If you read the prior Jane books, you've been on this journey with her, and it's nice to know she's still going strong. The narrator was just okay. I almost stopped listening to return the book when I heard the monotone voice she was using for Jane. Why would you not do a better job on the voice for the main character? All in all, a good book.

It's Jane Whitefield......

An easy read, fast paced, met my expectations. Perry writes great books & everyone else copies his characters. ( Truth: Whitefield is my favorite! Unbeatable! )