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The Devil's Teardrop (1999)
It's New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999, and Washington, D.C., is under siege. Early in the day, a grisly machine gun attack in the Dupont Circle Metro station leaves dozens dead and the city crippled with
fear. A note delivered to the mayor's office pins the massacre on the Digger, a robotlike assassin programmed to wreak havoc on the capital every four hours — until midnight. Only a ransom of $20 million
delivered to the Digger's accomplice — and mastermind — will end the death and terror. But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route
to the money drop.
With the ransom note as the single scrap of evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner in the
country. Somehow, by midnight, they must find the Digger — before he finds them.
Reviews:
"Deaver is at his best here, slowly revealing layer after layer of a twisting and turning
plot and building in suspicion and tension very carefully, so that eventually there seems to be something suspicious about each character. " – Booklist
"Thriller readers can always count on getting extra value from Jeffery Deaver --strong plots, fascinating research, believable characters, and plenty of surprise endings." – Amazon.com
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