Speaking in Tongues

Zusatztext The Buffalo News Deaver hits a home run....A rollicking good read. 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 Psychologist Aaron Matthews, who once used his talent to talk anyone into doing anything to help people, now uses it in a deadly scheme of revenge. His target: former trial lawyer Tate Collier. Matthews knows the easiest way to destroy Collier is to strike at the point of least resistance--which for Tate is his teenage daughter, Megan. When Megan disappears, the sins of Tate's past come back to haunt him. Leseprobe Chapter 1 Crazy Megan parks the car. Doesn't want to do this. No way. Doesn't get out, listens to the rain... The engine ticked to silence as she looked down at her clothes. It was her usual outfit: JNCO jeans. A sleeveless white tee under a dark denim work shirt. Combat boots. Wore this all the time. But she felt uneasy today. Embarrassed. Wished she'd worn a skirt at least. The pants were too baggy. The sleeves dangled to the tips of her black-polished fingernails and her socks were orange as tomato soup. Well, what did it matter? The hour'd be over soon. Maybe the man would concentrate on her good qualities -- her wailing blue eyes and blond hair. Oh, and her body too. He was a man. Anyway, the clothes covered up the extra seven...well, all right, ten pounds that she carried on her tall frame. Stalling. Crazy Megan doesn't want to be here one bit. Rubbing her hand over her upper lip, she looked out the rain-spattered window at the lush trees and bushes of suburbia. This April in northern Virginia had been hot as July and ghosts of mist rose from the asphalt. Nobody on the sidewalks -- it was deserted here. She'd never noticed how empty this neighborhood was. Crazy Megan whispers, Just. Say. No. And leave. But she couldn't do that. Mega-hassle. She took off the wooden peace symbol dangling from her neck and flung it into the backseat. Megan brushed her blond hair with her fingers, pulled it away from her face. Her ruddy knuckles seemed big as golf balls. A glance at her face in the rearview mirror. She wiped off the black lipstick, pulled the blond strands into a ponytail, secured the hair with a green rubber band. Okay, let's do it. Get it over with. A jog through the rain. She hit the intercom and a moment later the door latch buzzed. Megan McCall walked into the waiting room where she'd spent every Saturday morning for the past seven weeks. Ever since the Incident. She kept waiting for the place to become familiar. It never did. She hated this. The sessions were bad enough but the waiting really killed her. Dr. Hanson always kept her waiting. Even if she was on time, even if there were no other patients ahead of her, he always started the session five minutes or so late. It pissed her off but she never said anything about it. Today, though, she found the new doctor standing in the doorway, smiling at her, lifting an eyebrow in greeting. Right on time. "You're Megan?" the man said, offering an easy smile. "I'm Bill Peters." He was about her father's age, ha...

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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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffery Deaver
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2002
• EAN: 9780671024109
• ISBN: 978-0-671-02410-9
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense