Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (562 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743561031 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 4 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A grisly machine gun attack in the Washington, D.C. subway system leaves dozens dead and the city crippled with fear. Only a ransom of 20 million dollars delivered to his accomplice -- and mastermind -- will end the death and terror. New Year's Eve, 1999. But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route to the money drop. With the ransom note as the single scrap of evidence, Special Agent Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner in the country. Somehow, by midnight, they must find the Digger -- before he finds them.. A note delivered to the mayor's office connects the massacre to the Digger, an emotionless assassin programmed to wreak havoc on the capital at four-hour intervals, until midnight
Like in The Terminator, the bad guys in The Devil's Teardrop just won't quit, and they create enough havoc in the last 50 pages to fill a whole new book. He is a frighteningly invisible character with serious brain damage, who methodically obeys a set of instructions from an unknown handler. But it's New Year's Eve, 1999, and the Digger has begun a reign of terror--promising to shoot into crowds in Washington, D.C., every four hours until he's paid $20 million. Thriller readers can always count on getting extra value from Jeffery Deaver--strong plots, fascinating research, believable characters, and plenty of surprise endings. As Kincaid searches an odd ransom note for clues (and tries to maintain a low profile so that his vindictive ex-wife won't get custody of his young kids), we get to know the Digger better. --Dick Adler. All this as the devious Deaver leads
No Tears Upon Purchasing This Deaver Book No Tears Upon Purchasing This Deaver Book -- New Year's Eve and the clock is ticking down for everyone ushering out the old year and welcoming in the new.but, wait! A mass murderer is on the loose in DC, complicating horrifically the final hours of the old year and even timing his crimes toward the new. Deaver creates suspense on the first page of this novel and carries the reader through one tight spot after another. Parker Kincaid, a handwriting expert and former FBI agent, now . "The best Deaver yet!" according to Juli. The devils teardrop is, in my opinion, one of the best books Deaver has put out thus far. My favorite thing about Deaver and all of his writings is that he puts a tremendous amount of research into the topic he's writing about; in this case, Forensic Document Examination.The premise of the novel is unique a hit man has been hired to kill as many people as possible at given, pre-determined time frames for the sum of $20 million dollars. If the demands are not met, the killer will d. A formulaic, forensic-science thriller. This is a formulaic mass-market novel, focusing on detectives investigating a spree of mass murders.The best thing about this particular author of the detective genre is his forensic science. That is, crime scene investigation. I am not a criminalist, and I am therefore not an expert judge on the accuracy of Jeffrey Deaver's science. For me, though, it is convincing enough and always interesting.Deaver's most frequent hero is Lincoln Rhyme, portrayed by Denzel Washington in the mo