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Summary: one of his best!
Review: I have read several books by Jeffrey Deaver; he is one of my favorite writers, and I found this to be one of his best books. Other excellent books by him are "A Maiden's Grave", "The Bone collector" and "The Coffin Dancer". "The Devil's Teardrop" is exciting and spooky and will raise the hairs on the back of your neck and keep you turning pages until the wee hours. I look forward to more like this one!
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Summary: Sheer Brilliance
Review: The first Jeffery Deaver novel and perhaps the first suspense novel i have ever read, just happened to be "The Devil's Teardrop" It scared the living daylights out me. It was so brillaintly written and the characters were so in depth that I felt like I was actually there(old I know, but that's just how I felt.) I have since read almost every Jeffery Deaver novel and he never fails to suprise me every time. Some writers, i can tell who "did" it after the first 100 pages. Jeffery Deaver manages to bring out a character that no one would suspect, not even remember but he fits it so magically into the plotline. The ending took me by suprise and I have not been able to read anything but mystery novels. Jeffery Deaver can be compared to greats such as Stephen King and Tami Hoag. Each leaders in thier own sub-genere. He also goes so deep into his characters that he reseacrches paper and taught me things I never knew. AMAZING!!!!! I would recommend this book to anyone who can read and knows what a psyco is. A++ in my opinion and I can not say I've enjoyed a book more than this. With a catchy title, deep characers, interesting plotline, and enough bodies as there are days in a year, "the devil's teardrop" is a page a minute up-all-night thriller!
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Summary: Wow...
Review: This was an excellent book. Lots of twists in the plot. Great to listen to in the car.
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Summary: ..New Year's Eve....mass murder as the clock is ticking.....
Review: Jeffrey Deaver is fast becoming one of my favorite writers. He is not for the feint of heart or for those who will sulk when they can't out think him..or for those who want simplicity. The sheer pleasure is in trying to get the answer before he tells you. "There are three hawks on a farmers roof......."His research is meticulous and soooo very interesting! I came away not only with the sense of enjoyment, but with the certainty that once again I had learned many things from him. Parker Kincaid, the document inspector is an excellent character...full of knowledge, full of a sense of justice, very likeable and fascinating in the way he, as a single father raises his children. Lukas is the counter-point to Kincaid. A seemingly ice cold woman, who is all business.....FBI business...and in charge of finding The Digger....the mass murderer who for all intent and purposes is invisible. Yet, he kills ruthlessly and without feeling and will continue to do so every four hours on the Eve of 2000 unless he is stopped. Flawless forensics,relentless research ,tantalizing twists and intensive interaction between characters and law enforcement agencies make for endless enjoyment. The Empty Chair is the next Deaver novel I will be into...so don't call me for a few days..
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Summary: A Thriller To Beat All Thrillers
Review: After hitting us right between the eyes with technical details in the Lincoln Rhyme books, Deaver has chosen a new branch to fascinate us with. Forensic handwriting expert Parker Kincaid is called out of retirement to examine a ransom note left by a terrorist who is threatening to shoot crowds of people every four hours. The fact that a practical demonstration of the killers' efficiency has already been carried out only increases the suspense of this taut thriller. Jeffery Deaver once again uses his knowledge of advanced FBI forensic techniques to try to bring the terrorist down, providing a thriller in the true sense of the word. This is one of Deaver's best books yet and I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys fast-paced stories full of edge of the seat drama and mayhem.
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Summary: A real Page turner
Review: This book is gripping to the end...Jeff Deaver did a great job of misleading me as to who the actual perpetrator was. It seemed like there were constantly new riddles introduced and that Deaver constatnly turned the story by 180 degrees. I highly recommend this item.
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Summary: Okay if you don't need logic to enjoy your read
Review: Well constructed characters and a lot of action carry the beginning of this story, but it simply disintegrates at the never-ending end. The willing suspension of disbelief which is essential for the success of a good fiction read becomes more and more difficult as the book progresses. Unexplained details (a character who is described as a "miracle worker" is a repeated deus ex machina whom the author inartfully uses to tie up loose plot ends, e.g.), impossible coincidences (an ex-con known to the protagonist just happens - out of the absolute ether - to have the drop dead connection to the bad guy) and unresolved plot lines (what happened to the social worker and the ex-wife? They simply disappeared!) sink this book. Deaver is a talent but it is not evident here. If this was a first novel, it would be tagged with a slew of "Thanks but no thanks" letters from any publishers to which it was sent. Too bad.
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Summary: Over-rated and Poorly Realized
Review: This is my first Jeffrey Deaver book, and with all the buzz his works receive - not to mention the success of his Lincoln Rime novels - I had high expectations. To put it succinctly, I was disappointed in the extreme. "Teardrop" shows Deaver with a nice command of the language, a deft ability at solid characterization, and a penchant for cliffhanger plotlines, but if this book is any indication, these skills are not matched by an ability to write a cohesive and believable story. The book moves along reasonably well for the first half, but rapidly slides downhill after that. The story's resolution and the continued involvement of its protagonist, retired forensic document examiner Parker Kincaid, hinge on wildly unbelievable coincidences and leaps of intuition; the completely implausible ability of a supporting character to "fix" any socially or politically awkward situation; and the introduction of evidence and motivation seemingly at random. The identity of the villain seems to pop out of thin air, and his nefarious plan is so intricate as to be laughable. Worse, the villain's apprehension is dependent on a coincidence that so stretches the bounds of credibility that it actually made me angry that the author expected me to buy it. The hype surrounding this book is mystifying to me. If you want to read a solid, entertaining page-turner with excellent characters and a plot you can swallow, read John Sandford's "Prey" series, and leave the Deaver on the shelf. This was my first taste of Jeffrey Deaver's work, and probably my last.
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Summary: It ain't a Lincoln Rhyme novel, but it's high on forensics!
Review: After reading 'The Coffin Dancer' and realizing that I had finished easily one of the best murder/mystery/forensic novels of all-time, I figured that I had really been missing out all of these years walking past the Jeffery Deaver novels on the shelfs at the bookstores...when I saw 'The Devil's Teardrop' I figured that I would be in for the same intellectual literary roller coaster that I had just experienced, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. As good as Mr. Deaver is at giving you the most trivial fragment of forensic information in order to solve a murder or prevent another one, I just couldn't get into the endless information we learned about paper and ink. And when I say endless, I mean you learn more in this book than most folks could learn on the topic in a lifetime. In my opinion, it was just too much. Now I find myself feeling odd by thinking this way because I normally LOVE the forensic side of a murder/mystery. The scientific explantion of evidence that Deaver used in 'The Coffin Dancer' was electrifying, but it was constantly changing from one crime scene to the next, but with this novel, it pretty much stayed the same (with some additions along the way). On this small complaint alone I rated this only 4 stars. Other than that, this is a tour-de-force of a mystery based on a terrifying topic of what could go wrong on the first day of the new century...I also enjoyed the characterization of The Digger, although at times the credibility of this person seemed thin to say the least. All in all, I enjoyed 'The Devil's Teardrop' a lot, however it wasn't up to the true genius of the Lincoln Rhyme novels and how absolutely amazing it is to me that Deaver has managed to turn a quadraplegic into a 1st rate crime solver and a literary hero to boot. Deaver has a fast moving plot that keeps you interested to the conclusion, while not as surprising as some of his other books, was satisfying anyway. I guess my problem was NOT being able to judge this book without comparing it to another one of his books...I guess if I didn't do that, it was a really good read.
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Summary: Twistin'the night away
Review: what a twist! fabulous book - highly recommended. don't miss this one.
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