The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0792799836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 580 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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No Tears Upon Purchasing This Deaver Book Beverly A. Martin 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 a manly Mr. Mom, comes to the rescue. I was thrown by both Deaver' s numerous red herrings and the absence of any clues (Did I miss them?) whatsoever a. The best Deaver yet! 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 do the same at the next time slot. If the master mind dies, then the killings will continue.What Deaver has done, which is one of my favorite things abo. A formulaic, forensic-science thriller. Solipso 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 movie "Bone Collector." In Rhyme's stories everything in a crime scene comes into play. In "The Devil's Teardrop," however, Lincoln Rhyme makes only a br
--Dick Adler. We also learn many amazing facts about paper, ink, and handwriting analysis, and watch as a relationship slowly and reluctantly develops between Kincaid and the FBI agent in charge. 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. Thriller readers can always count on getting extra value from Jeffery Deaver--strong plots, fascinating research, believable characters, and plenty of surprise endings. All this as the devious Deaver leads us down several garden paths overflowing with dead bodies. 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. Like in The Termin
With the ransom note as the only evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon retired FBI agent and the nation's premiere document examiner Parker Kincaid, to join the manhunt for the Digger -- or for hundreds, the first moments of the new century will be their last on earth.. subway, the mayor's office receives a message demanding twenty million dollars by midnight or more innocents will die. New Year's Eve, 1999. After an early morning machine-gun attack by a madman man called the Digger leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C