The Tree of Light and Flowers

Jane Whitefield

By: Thomas Perry

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

A violent car crash brings on the premature birth of the baby that Jane Whitefield and her husband have hoped for, but it also shatters the period of calm in their lives like an earthquake triggering a tectonic shift. Within weeks, Jane's peaceful time as a new mother in a safe, harmonious home starts to revert to her harrowing previous life. She had spent over a decade rescuing and sheltering people from dangerous foes, taking them to new locations, and teaching them to live under new identities. It was something that she'd hoped to never have to do again.

Nearly simultaneously, as though the events were connected, people who are thousands of miles apart in vastly different circumstances start to move. Some of them are in terrible need of help finding a route to safety. Some are dedicated to serving justice. Others are determined to capture the woman who makes people disappear so they can force her to reveal where their potential victims are now. All of these travelers are soon on their way to the old house in western New York.

Suddenly the people requiring Jane's special skills include not only multiple fugitives, but also Jane herself, her husband, and their newborn, as the danger she faces comes from people who know how to find her. She'll need to use everything she's ever learned in order to survive.

©2026 Thomas Perry (P)2026 Highbridge Audio

Janeʻs Hobsons choice dilemma.

Loved the story of Jane and her family. So many years have passed since she helped her last person. Also love how Harry kept on popping up to help Jane.

Jane, of course!

I was so glad to finally hear the ending after Jane and Kerry had their baby! Thank you for writing this ending! I’m of course, I can see future books with May!

Thank you Mr. Perry

I have been a fan of the Jane Whitefield series for many years and I just realized that there was a new book that had dropped in the series. I like to alternate between the audio version and the print version and this is one time that I was very glad that I did because the print version contained some information that was not included in the audio version.

There were two letters at the end of the story - one from the author, Thomas Perry and another from his wife of 45 years. Apparently, Mr. Perry recently passed away so this book is truly the end of the Jane Whitefield series and it was done in a way that gave the readers some wonderful closure.

For those readers who have followed Jane throughout her life, to see her where she is at this point - happily married and with a new baby - it is a long way from where we first met her.

Unfortunately, there are people and things from her past that have not stayed dead. Jane has several disasters that all congregate at the same time making this a non stop thriller from beginning to end.

Thank you Mr. Perry for the wonderful world that you created.

Great read by the late Thomas Perry!

I have been a Thomas Perry fan for 30 years and his Jane Whitefield series is my favorite. This last book was a satisfying thrill and bittersweet.
Thank you, Thomas Perry, for your interesting characters, sweat inducing suspension, thrilling plots and most of all for creating smart, strong female protagonists.
More often than not, female protagonists in mysteries and thrillers are portrayed as confused, uncertain and walking around in a fog. It's a cheap, sexist and lazy technique to build suspense. Mr. Perry was none of those and the world of fiction is all the better for his contributions. He will be missed but I so grateful he shared his enormous talents!