The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century »

Wisely taking the advice given to him by legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane -- "People don't read books to get to the middle. They read to get to the end" -- Jeffery Deaver has earned a reputation for prodigious pacing and slick suspense with his string of bestselling Lincoln Rhyme thrillers.

New Year's Eve, 1999. Washington, D.C. is under siege. A grisly machine gun attack in the Dupont Circle Metro station leaves dozens dead. A note delivered to the mayor's office pins the massacre on the Digger, a robotlike assassin. Only a ransom of $20 million will end the terror. FBI agents must find the Digger before he finds them....

People Magazine

Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense.