The Face-Changers (1998) is the 4th book in the Jane Whitefield series. Perhaps the best, so far.

Jane Whitefield is a Native American who has made a career out of helping people disappear.

Jane had quit and gotten married in book #3.

BUT, her husband’s mentor, plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Dahlman, is wrongly accused of murder.

Jane agrees to employ her expertise one more time.

Thus begins Perry’s latest, which soon begets layer upon layer of deception and intrigue. It seems that Dahlman himself, with a series of operations, had helped someone attain a new identity, and that he is being pursued not by the police but by men intent on killing him for what he knows.

But who are they?

Re-establishing some of her old creepy contacts, Jane becomes convinced the villains are in the business of frightening people into believing they are in danger, then collecting vast sums to help them vanish.

And now that the FBI is after Jane for Dahlman’s escape, she is beleaguered on two fronts. This is really a prolonged chase novel …

Dead in the Water (1997) is #3 in the Stone Barrington series. Unlike the first two books, this one is mainly a courtroom drama.

It’s just as good — perhaps better.

While on vacation on the tropical island of St. Marks, Barrington unexpectedly has to defend an American woman, Allison Manning, accused of murder.

She claims her husband died of a heart attack while they sailed across the Atlantic.

Racing to prove the young widow innocent of any wrongdoing pits Stone against a determined protector standing on the verge of becoming the next Prime Minister of St. Marks.

While hoping he doesn’t lose the new love of his life to his own newfound ambition, Stone uses every skill in his possession to protect his client.

Like the other books, there is plenty of gratuitous sex — if you like that kind of thing. 😀