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Summary: EXPLOSIVE
Review: A dynamic, most explosive book, made for the modern era, craft for the modern mind, tells of this blood thirsty- mad killer, emotionless with no feeling and even a sense of self. Unleashed, and Loosed in the street of Washington. His goal is to kill in a scheduled blood bath that is to take place 4 times within a single day. Time is of the essence, the FBI and the local police have their hands full, in this New Years eve. Already more than a dozen people have been killed early this morning in the metro station shooting. And more is doomed to be: @ four, eight, and twelve if a demand for $ 20 million is not met before the prescribed hours. "The end is night." Cry the note, which was the only link to the perp, "The Digger is loose and there is no way to stop him." The stand off is on between good and evil, and evil seems to be prevailing, even in death. The perpetrator, entitled the UNSUB (unidentified subject), has been killed on his way to the drop by a truck, a freak accident that leaves the FBI with only a corpse that might as well has a John Doe stamped to his forehead. The body is untraceable, no profile, no connection or identification, and no record. Clean as pure water, nothing to go by, and the worse is yet to come, the digger now can't be stopped, he will continue to kill passed 4:00, 8:00 till midnight... may be, that is why the end is night!!?? A book that will render the mystery lovers capricious, and keep the action ones on the edge of each page. It is more than a page turner, it is also a mind juggler. (3 ½ Stars)
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Summary: You won't cry over this one
Review: A silent, non-descript man enters the D.C. subway on New Year's Eve morning and silently kills 20 people without being noticed, melding into the crowd and mayhem. Shortly thereafter, the mayor receives a letter that the killing will commence every four hours thereafter until $20 million is paid. The catch, the letter-writer is not the killer, but is the only one who can contact the killer and stop the slaughter. On his way to pick up the money, the letter-writer is killed, with the letter serving as the only clue to stopping the killing. With that, Deaver sends the reader on a highly-charged, action-packed thrill ride that we come to expect from the creator of the Lincoln Rhyme series. The FBI calls on Parker Kincaid, former FBI forensic document and handwriting specialist, to help track the shadowy killer before more people meet their maker. Currently in a custody battle for his children, Kincaid reluctantly assists the lead FBI agent, Margaret Lukas, herself with past secrets that could jeopardize the mission. Even Lincoln Rhyme makes an appearance to add flavor to the mix. The pace is frenetic throughout, not letting up even to the last pages. The ruthless killer trying to contact his partner to see if the killing is to continue, Kincaid being lead down one false trail after another, Lukas battling her own demons as well as the D.C. mayor who is trying to save his political career amid the carnage, and a mysterious reporter lurking in the shadows. Enjoy the ride, but you'll need to hang on!
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Summary: You won't cry over this one
Review: A silent, non-descript man enters the D.C. subway on New Year's Eve morning and silently kills 20 people without being noticed, melding into the crowd and mayhem. Shortly thereafter, the mayor receives a letter that the killing will commence every four hours thereafter until $20 million is paid. The catch, the letter-writer is not the killer, but is the only one who can contact the killer and stop the slaughter. On his way to pick up the money, the letter-writer is killed, with the letter serving as the only clue to stopping the killing. With that, Deaver sends the reader on a highly-charged, action-packed thrill ride that we come to expect from the creator of the Lincoln Rhyme series. The FBI calls on Parker Kincaid, former FBI forensic document and handwriting specialist, to help track the shadowy killer before more people meet their maker. Currently in a custody battle for his children, Kincaid reluctantly assists the lead FBI agent, Margaret Lukas, herself with past secrets that could jeopardize the mission. Even Lincoln Rhyme makes an appearance to add flavor to the mix. The pace is frenetic throughout, not letting up even to the last pages. The ruthless killer trying to contact his partner to see if the killing is to continue, Kincaid being lead down one false trail after another, Lukas battling her own demons as well as the D.C. mayor who is trying to save his political career amid the carnage, and a mysterious reporter lurking in the shadows. Enjoy the ride, but you'll need to hang on!
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Summary: once, twice, three times a brilliant thriller
Review: It's 9 AM on New Year's Eve when a killer known as The Digger enters a Washington DC subway station and fires a silenced machine gun into the crowd, killing many, and then escapes in the confusion caused by his crime. Shortly after, the Mayor's office receives a note... $20 million must be paid or even more killing will occur, at 4 PM, 8 PM, and midnight, each massacre occurring in a similarly crowded location... The ransom is left at the place instructed, yet no one comes to collect it. Then, a hit-and-run victim is identified as the mastermind behind the operation, and all of a sudden there is no way of stopping the crazed gunman from killing again, and again, and again... All the FBI has to go on in the note, so they call in the help of Parker Kincaid, a retired forensic document examiner, supposed to be seeing the New Year in with his kids. At first he refuses, but then a change of heart brings him into the investigation and closer to pure psychotic madness than he has ever before been... This is yet another fantastic novel from Jeffery Deaver, packed full of surprises and brilliant characters. (Lincoln Rhyme even makes a brief appearance!) Deaver's plot moves at brilliant pace, and it's fiendishly clever and wholly exciting. It may not be incredibly believable, but I don't read his books because they're realistic. I read them because I know that I will be treated to a completely engrossing, shocking, roller-coaster-ride of a thriller that never slows down right to the final pages (besides, when reading of acts of atrocious murder, it is not comforting to think "wow, this is realistic!"). And with The Devil's Teardrop, Deaver delivers the goods in spades. The book has more twists than the Gordion Knot. Indeed, the final fifty pages contain more action and surprises than most 400+ page novels. The Devil's Teardrop is a book I would unhesitatingly recommend to any thriller fan, as would I almost any book by Jeffery Deaver. He is one of the few writers who supply EVERYTHING I require in a book, and this is one guaranteed to keep you awake until the small hours.
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Summary: There is Nobody to Turn off the Assassin
Review: It's the last day of the year in Washington DC. It's morning rush hour. All of a sudden a man lets loose with a machine gun in the Dupont Circle Metro station. Later a note is delivered to city hall, demanding $20 million or else the Digger, an emotionless and programmed assassin working for a criminal mastermind, will let loose with his machine gun every four hours until midnight. The mayor agrees to pay. Because of the holidays a lot of the FBI brass are not at work. Special Agent Margaret Lukas sees a potential career making case if she can catch the shooter while her chief is away. Then comes a major complication. The Digger's boss, the mastermind, is run over and killed by a trunk on the way to the money drop, so now there is no one to turn him off. Now Lukas has to catch him, post haste. The only lead she has is the ransom note, so she asks for help from Parker Kincaid, a forensic document examiner, who has retired from the FBI and is now facing a custody battle with his selfish ex-wife. He quit the FBI because a case he was working four years earlier had put his children at risk and he promised to never let that happen again. But he calls a sitter after he learns a child has died during metro shooting and goes to work with Lukas and her team, taking the old-fashioned approaching to studying the note with a magnifying glass, including the "devil's teardrops" (the dots above the lowercase i's). But as hard as the good guys work, the Digger always seems to be one step ahead of them. This story really zips along and it has an unbelievable twist at the end that you'll never figure out. Actually, maybe that twist is a bit too unbelievable. Still, it's a rip-roaring read that is impossible to put down. I know, because I read it at the breakfast table, on the way to work, during lunch, in the bath when I got home and well into the evening.
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Summary: Deaver Delivers
Review: Jeffrey Deaver delivers another chiller thriller in "The Devils Teardrop". Imagine yourself partying on New Years Eve of the new millenium in Washington, D.C.....suddenly bursts of bullets hammer everyone & everything around you. Who could be doing these horrid acts every 4 hours and why? Enter Parker Kincaid and Margaret Lukas. Along with an elite hand picked team, these two experts are fighting multiple "dead"-lines by the Digger. I thouroughly enjoyed this book. I liked the intricate character developments. Especially between Parker, a model father, and Lukas, an introspective woman fighting her own demons. And the title? Clever. After learning so much about handwriting analysis....I always watch for dotted "i's". As I anxiously thumbed each page,I kept thinking, "Ah-Hah! Thats it!". Wrong. Riddles abound. Read it & hold on devishly tight! other reading suggestions: "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King , "Messiah" by Boris Starling"....
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Summary: Another Great Deaver book
Review: Let me start with the negative. This story line towards the end falters slighty as it becomes a tad unbelievable. It seems as if he struggled a little in ending the story. Fortunately though, the one negative is out-weighed by the positives. Deaver has created another page turner of twists and turns. This time pitting retired FBI document examiner Parker Kincaid against a maniacal killer who's been unleashed on Washington DC on the eve of the new millenium. The madman, who conrols the killer and has set deadlines for ransom money, has been accidentally killed. Now Parker, teamed with a combined force of FBI and DC police, sets off to battle the killer as well as his own personal demons. With little clues to help, the must find and stop the killer before the next deadline which approaches ever so quickly. Once again Deaver creates charcters that grab your attention, making you feel for them and bond with them. You are instantly drawn into the story from page one. A quick and enjoyable read.
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Summary: Deaver's Best
Review: Of all of Jeff Deaver's books, I enjoyed this one the most. I particularly liked how he incorporated something about handwriting (the devil's teardrop) into a suspense/thriller like this. The characters are interesting, the plot takes the appropriate twists, and the writing held my interest page by page. I highly recommend this novel for anyone who likes something slightly different than the norm.
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Summary: Another Wild Ride By Deaver
Review: Once again Jeff Deaver pulls out all the stops in "The Devil's Teardrop". Deaver takes the reader on another rollercoster ride that does not let up until the very end. His remarkable characters and very scary plot make this one of the best summer paperbacks out there this year. The story centers on shootings that occur on New Year's Eve 1999, in Washington D.C. An extortion note is delivered saying that the gunman will kill again at certain times unless the city pays 20 million dollars. Plus the note claims if the extortionist if caught or killed the gunman will keep on killing. Then the extortionist is killed in a accident, and the FBI headed by Margaret Lucus must find the gunman. She enlists the help of Parker Kincaid a document expert, to track down the gunman through professional assesment of the extortion note. Deaver use the timeline series so well in his book. It is very similar to "The Bone Collector" which there is a race against time before the next killings. All the characters are very well rounded and Deaver's devilish sense of humor pops up a lot in the dialogue. Once again there are many surprise endings so hang on tight!
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Summary: The Devil's Teardrop
Review: Sure wish Mr. Deaver actually READ the Tolkien trilogy before alluding, erroneously, to characters. sigh.....
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