The Devil's Teardrop
$38.14
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2016
Summary
At 9 am on 31st December, a man gets onto the packed escalator of a metro station and fires a silenced machine gun through a paper bag. He escapes without being spotted in the confusion caused by dozens of killed and injured people. A note is delivered to the mayor of Washington, D.C., demanding $20 million, or the writer will instruct the gunman to strike again, at 4:00, 8:00, and midnight.
The mayor decides to pay up. But then a man is killed in a hit-and-run accident – his fingerpr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473631960 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473631963 |
| Author: | Jeffery Deaver |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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‘Principal characters unusually vivid and sympathetic…. Rapidly paced, wholly engrossing tale’ - Publisher’s Weekly
Principal characters unusually vivid and sympathetic…. Rapidly paced, wholly engrossing tale - Publisher’s Weekly
Jeffery Deaver’s fiendish new suspense thriller … Amazing as it sounds, Deaver makes the intellectual puzzle the most thrilling part of his high-anxiety drama, which twists, turns and leaves us weak - The New York Times Book ReviewDeaver is a terrific storyteller, and he takes the reader on a rollercaoster of suspense, violence and mystery - Daily TelegraphAn engrossing thriller…cogent plotting, smooth characterisation and (best of all) psychological profiling of his villains is all nonpareil - The TimesAnother winner - Crime Time reviewA top-rate thriller that will have you reading well into the early hours of the morning - Bolton Evening NewsThe master of the plot twist is back - Coventry Evening TelegraphAbout The Author
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of two collections of short stories and 29 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel Carte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim.
A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers’ Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.
Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California.
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