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Although Deaver's brilliant, wheelchair-bound forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme makes a guest appearance, the muscular scientist in charge here is Parker Kincaid--an expert in document analysis who'd much rather be checking the authenticity of letters from Thomas Jefferson than figuring out when a crazed shooter known as the Digger will strike again. 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. 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. He is a frighteningly invisible character with serious brain damage, who methodically obeys a set of instructions from an unknown handler. 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. All this as the devious Deaver leads us down several garden paths overflowing with dead bodies. --Dick Adler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The Digger's in town. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
MILLENIUM MADNESS...,
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This review is from: Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century (Audio CD)
Author Jeffrey Deaver does it again! This is an immensely entertaining, page turning read for all thriller enthusiasts. The story line centers around an unknown killer unleashed upon Washington, D.C.. Known as the "Digger", this maniacal killer proceeds into D.C.'s Metro Station at 9:00 AM on New Year's Eve 1999 and begins a shooting spree that leaves many dead. The Digger has been instructed by an unknown criminal mastermind accomplice to kill hordes of people at clocked intervals on the eve of the millennium, unless a twenty million dollar demand for ransom is met. The ransom note is the only communication from this criminal genius who alone can control the actions of the killer. D.C.'s mayor agrees to pay the staggering ransom, but on the way to the drop, the accomplice appears to have been killed in a freak traffic accident. Who can now stop the "Digger" from his appointed rounds?Enter Parker Kincaid, document examiner extraordinaire and former FBI agent. Kincaid has been called back as a consultant to assist the FBI who need to stop the killer before he kills again. Kincaid is a wonderful, fully fleshed character. A single parent with his own share of troubles, he is as interesting as is Lincoln Rhyme, another of Deaver's characters around whom several of his books have revolved. Interestingly enough, Rhyme has a cameo appearance in this book which should give Deaver's fans an added kick while reading this book. Like Rhyme, Kincaid is a master of deductive reasoning and is a thinking person's detective. It is interesting how his analysis of the ransom note provides clues for the FBI to follow up in their quest to stop the killer before it is too late. The book is filled with numerous plot twists and turns, which should provide even the most jaded devotees of thrillers with a satisfying read. This action packed book keeps the reader guessing. Just when you think it's all over, you are yet once again surprised. The only criticism is that the end of the book strains the imagination. It almost borders on the absurd. Yet such is Deaver's writing that this does not impact unduly on the absolute enjoyment one will get from reading this book. It is a riveting read!
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Devil's Teardrop (Mass Market Paperback)
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 Stars)
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There is Nobody to Turn off the Assassin,
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This review is from: The Devil's Teardrop (Mass Market Paperback)
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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