Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin (UK 2023)

From the Publisher:
Jane Whitefield helps people disappear. Now the bad guys want to do the same to her.
Jane's clients come to her for new identities when they're fleeing desperate situations. It's how she meets Sara, a young woman in serious danger who needs to escape. Sara's violent boyfriend found out about her lover, and murdered him in front of her. The killer was acquitted despite Sara's testimony, and now he's trying to find her to silence her permanently.

Jane can easily outsmart him, but he has supporters: a Russian organised crime brotherhood. On learning Sara is travelling with a tall, dark-haired woman who 'disappears' people, the Russians become incredibly interested, for Jane's knowledge of past clients could be worth millions. In a bloodthirsty chase ending up in Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness, one thing is certain: only one group will survive this.

Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin. Head of Zeus, ISBN: 9781803284897 (May, 2023), 321 p., £9.99.

Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
Jane Whitefield helps people disappear.
Fleeing desperate situations, Jane's clients come to her for new identities, new lives where they won't be found. And when people need Jane's services, they come to the old house in rural New York where she was raised.

It's there Jane finds Sara, a young woman in serious trouble. Sara's boyfriend found out she had a lover, then made Sara watch as he murdered the man. Acquitted despite Sara's testimony, now he's trying to find her and kill her.

Jane can easily outsmart the boyfriend, but he has new friends: a Russian organised crime brotherhood. On learning Sara is with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the Russians become incredibly interested. They believe Jane's knowledge of past clients could be worth millions.

So begins a bloodthirsty chase through the northeastern US, ending up in Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. Only one thing is certain: just one party - Jane or her pursuers - will emerge alive.

Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin. Head of Zeus, ISBN: 9781803284873 (July, 2022), 321 p., £20.00, eBook £11.99 (?).

Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
"Another stunner from a modern master." -- Booklist (Starred Review)
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a wild chase through the Northeast
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 rural 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 disappears people, 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.

Thus begins a bloodthirsty chase that winds through the cities of the northeast before finally plunging into Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. But in a pursuit where nothing can be trusted, one thing is certain: only one party -- Jane or her pursuers -- will emerge alive.

Thomas Perry: The Left-Handed Twin. A Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781613162590 (November, 2021), 321 p., $25.95, eBook $17.49.