Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
A classic thriller from New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver featuring the intricate forensic detail, masterful plot twists, and harrowing breakneck pace that made A Maiden's Grave, The Bone Collector, and The Coffin Dancer national bestsellers.

It's New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999, and Washington, DC, 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.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. A Novel of the Last Night of the Century. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781668012932 (March, 2023), 496 p., $9.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (UK 2016)

From the Publisher:
A roller-coaster standalone thriller set in Washington, DC - a graphology expert has to find a mass killer before he strikes again.

DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD.

9am, 31st December. A man gets onto the packed escalator of a metro station and fires a silenced machine gun through a paper bag. He escapes without being spotted in the chaos that follows.

A note is delivered to the mayor of Washington, D.C., demanding $20 million, or the writer will instruct the gunman to strike again, at 4 pm, 8 pm and midnight. The mayor decides to pay up. But then a man is killed in a hit and run accident - and his fingerprints match the ones on the note.

With the brains behind the operation dead, there's no way of stopping the gunman killing again, and again, and again... The only evidence the FBI have is the note. And Parker Kincaid, forensic document expert, is the only man who can stop the killer. But he's running out of time...

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781473631960 (November, 2016), 496 p., £8.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
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.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. Pocket Star, ISBN: 9781439195116 (December, 2010), 496 p., $9.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
At 9 am on 31st December a man gets onto the packed escalator of a metro station and fires a silenced machine gun through a paper bag. He escapes without being spotted in the confusion caused by dozens of killed and injured people. A note is delivered to the mayor of Washington, D.C., demanding $20 million, or the writer will instruct the gunman to strike again, at 4.00, 8.00 and midnight. The mayor decides to pay up. But then a man is killed in a hit and run accident - his fingerprints match the prints on the note. With the brains behind the operation dead, there's no way of stopping the gunman killing again, and again, and again...

The only thing the FBI have to go on is the note. And Parker Kincaid, forensic document expert, is the only man who can stop the killer.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340712538 (May, 2000), 486 p., £5.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
New Year's Eve, 1999. An early morning machine-gun attack by the Digger, an emotionless, robot-like madman, leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C., subway system. In a message to the mayor's office, a criminal mastermind demands twenty million dollars by midnight or the capital will again be at the mercy of his accomplice. But en route to the money drop, the devious extortionist is killed in a freak accident. The Digger, without orders to desist, prepares for his midnight massacre. With the ransom note as the only evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner, to join the manhunt. By midnight, they must track down the Digger - or for hundreds, the first moments of the new century will be their last on earth.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. A Novel of the Last Night of the Century. Pocket Star Books, ISBN: 0671038443 (March, 2000), 451 p., $7.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
At 9 am on 31st December a man gets onto the packed escalator of a metro station and fires a silenced machine gun through a paper bag. He escapes without being spotted in the confusion caused by dozens of killed and injured people. A note is delivered to the mayor of Washington, D.C., demanding $20 million, or the writer will instruct the gunman to strike again, at 4.00, 8.00 and midnight. The mayor decides to pay up. But then a man is killed in a hit and run accident - his fingerprints match the prints on the note. With the brains behind the operation dead, there's no way of stopping the gunman killing again, and again, and again...

The only thing the FBI have to go on is the note. And Parker Kincaid, forensic document expert, is the only man who can stop the killer.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 034071252X (October, 1999), 374 p., £9.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop (USA 1999)

From the Publisher:
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.

In The Devil's Teardrop, Jeffery Deaver delivers the same intricate forensic detail, masterful plot twists and harrowing breakneck pace that made A Maiden's Grave, The Bone Collector and The Coffin Dancer national bestsellers. The Devil's Teardrop is destined to continue Jeffery Deaver's bestselling track record and thrill his legions of fans worldwide.

Jeffery Deaver: The Devil's Teardrop. A Novel of the Last Night of the Century. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0684852926 (August, 1999), 396 p., $25.00.