The Devil's Teardrop
After an early morning machinegun attack by a madman called the Digger leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C., subway, the mayor’s office receives a message demanding twenty million dollars by midnight or more innocents will die. It is New Year’s Eve, and with the ransom note as the only...
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After an early morning machinegun attack by a madman called the Digger leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C., subway, the mayor’s office receives a message demanding twenty million dollars by midnight or more innocents will die. It is New Year’s Eve, and with the ransom note as the only evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon retired FBI agent and the nation’s premier document examiner Parker Kincaid to join the manhunt for the Digger—or for hundreds, the first moments of the new year will be their last on earth.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780671038441 (0671038443)
Publish date: April 1st 2000
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 451
Edition language: English
Interesting idea, altho' some of the leaps of intuition leading to the solution were a bit unbelievable. In the wake of a mass shooting in Washington DC, a letter is received that promises more of the same to come in short order unless a substantial ransom is paid within just a few hours. Takes pl...
The Devil’s Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver, is a standalone novel, featuring Special Agent Margaret Lukas and document examiner Parker Kincaid. The story is set in a time frame of less than 12 hours on the last day of the previous millennium i.e. 31.12.1999. The novel starts with a lone gunman, calling ...
3.5 starsRead this years ago but I remembered it being pretty good. Plus there is this one puzzle about, uh, birds on the roof -- which I couldn't guess. Out of topic, I know :p
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