Devil's Fear drops.... (The Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery Deaver)

Member Name: Dezza

Product:	The Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery Deaver
Date:	07/02/01 (24 review reads)
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Advantages: Tense, leaves you guessing

Disadvantages: The ending's a bit loopy...

This Deaver bloke is a bit of a psycho!
Having read a couple of his books, you get a real feel for this author's mind, and, well, I'd not want to bump into him in a dark alley! Scary bloke.
The Devil's teardrop centres round an ex-FBI documents agent.
He's called in to help with a New Year's Eve case with a "pay or my accomplice shoots the public at regular times" threat.
Except that the ransomer is killed, leaving the shooter loose.
You see, unless he hears from the ransomer, he keeps killing! In addition, the killer, all we are told is he’s “The Digger” and that he is not a particularly sharp person. In fact, pretty damn cold…

The Ex-FBI agent is Parker Kincaid, who spends his time studying documents in his home for clients, and looking after his two kids.
Taking the case on New Year’s eve is a real choker, as he has to lie to his children, to not worry them about the case.
So we embark on a chase of the Digger, trying to gain clues where there seem to be none, to guess his next shooting locations.
It is truly intense, the time limits until each shooting mean it is a real grasp for the agents to second-guess.
And they do not get it right every time either.

If you like the idea of the plot, there is also a HUGE twist near the end, which all good books should have.

The real beauty is that “Devil's..” draws the reader into a deep world of FBI thinking and really gives insight into the thoughts and mindsets of the characters.
Very good!

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