The Devil's Teardrop

Informationen zum Autor Jeffery Deaver is the #1 internationally bestselling author of forty-four novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme,  The Bone Collector , was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie and a hit television series on NBC. He’s received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers’ Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. He has been named a Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. Klappentext 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. Leseprobe The Devil’s Teardrop 1 The Digger’s in town. The Digger looks like you, the Digger looks like me. He walks down the wintry streets the way anybody would, shoulders drawn together against the damp December air. He’s not tall and not short, he’s not heavy and not thin. His fingers in dark gloves might be pudgy but they might not. His feet seem large but maybe that’s just the size of his shoes. If you glanced at his eyes you wouldn’t notice the shape or the color but only that they don’t seem quite human, and if the Digger glanced at you while you were looking at him, his eyes might be the very last thing you ever saw. He wears a long, black coat, or a dark blue one, and not a soul on the street notices him pass by though there are many witnesses here—the streets of Washington, D.C., are crowded because it’s morning rush hour. The Digger’s in town and it’s New Year’s Eve. Carrying a Fresh Fields shopping bag, the Digger dodges around couples and singles and families and keeps on walking. Ahead, he sees the Metro station. He was told to be there at exactly 9 A.M . and he will be. The Digger is never late. The bag in his maybe-pudgy hand is heavy. It weighs eleven pounds though by the time the Digger returns to his motel room it will weigh considerably less. A man bumps into him and smiles and says, “Sorry,” but the Digger doesn’t glance at him. The Digger never looks at anybody and doesn’t want anybody to look at him. “Don’t let anybody . . .” Click. “. . . let anybody see your face. Look away. Remember?” I remember. Click. Look at the lights, he thinks, look at the . . . click . . . at the New Year’s Eve decorations. Fat babies in banners, Old Man Time. Funny decorations. Funny lights. Funny how nice they are. This is Dupont Circle, home of money, home of art, home of the young and the chic. The Digger knows this but he knows it only because the man who tells him things told him about Dupont Circle. He arrives at the mouth of the subway tunnel. The morning is overcast and, being winter, there is a dimness over the city. The Digger thinks of his wife on days like this. Pamela didn’t like the dark and the cold so she . . . click . . . she . . . What did she do? That’s right. She planted red flowers and yellow flowers. He looks at the subway and he thinks of a picture he

Product details

• Authors: Jeffery Deaver
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.12.2010
• EAN: 9781439195116
• ISBN: 978-1-4391-9511-6
• Dimensions: 109 mm x 192 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Pocket Star Books
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy