From the inside flap
“After a nine-year absence, the fiercely resourceful Native American guide Jane Whitefield is back. . .
“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 to live a
happy, quiet life as 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 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 either a rescue operation—or a chance for
revenge.”
Review
Runner takes place several years after the events of Blood Money. In the now, a hit team bombs the hospital where her husband, Carey McKinnon, works—they do this to snatch an on-the-run, older and pregnant teenager (Christine Monahan) who’s fleeing her ex-lover/former employer (Richard Beale) who’s into some shady dealings. Christine is there, trying to engage Jane’s services, which might require some technological updating.
Keeping with previous Jane Whitefield entries, there’s plenty of hateable bad guys, great character development (new and returning characters), action, an engaging story and solid pacing, as well as enough variation in its structure and storytelling to offset it, make it stand out from earlier Whitefield novels. Worth owning, this.
Followed by Poison Flower.
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