THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP [SIGNED COPY]

DEAVER , Jeffery

ISBN 10: 034071252X / ISBN 13: 9780340712528

Published by HODDER & STOUGHTON, London, 1999

About this Item

Red boards with gilt titles. 240x160mm.374pp. Signed by the author in name only to title page. A bestselling author powerful suspense novels ie: The Bone Collector was made into Film. Here is a packed New Year Escalator set in 1999 Washington DC. VG/VG [ Book - previous owner bookplate to initial blank end paper with ink name & November 1999. Title page is author's signature, Fine throughout, very slight darker shadings to top corner area of front board, no other defect] Dust Jacket not clipped, spine slightly faded, 2 minor marks to top rear of cover, no loss, no crease. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale[ cover colours are darker/brighter].

Seller Inventory # 129590

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP [SIGNED COPY]
• Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034071252X
• ISBN 13: 9780340712528
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: 1st Edition UK
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions
  • Crime / Thrillers / Espionage
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

Nice, clean copy. /lh

Review

Thriller readers can always count on getting extra value from Jeffery Deaver--strong plots, fascinating research, believable characters, and plenty of surprise endings. Like in The Terminator, the bad guys in The Devil's Teardrop just won't quit, and they create enough havoc in the last 50 pages to fill a whole new book.

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