The Devil's Teardrop

A Novel of the Last Night of the Century

De: Jeffery Deaver

Narrado por: William Dufris

After an early morning machine-gun 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.

©2012 Jeffery Deaver (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Audio

Super disappointed

I have really enjoyed some of his other books, this was disappointing. The story idea was good, and the culprit caught me by surprise, but it just went on too long and I lost the storyline a few times. Others have reviewed it well so I decided to listen, but I just felt it dragged in parts.

Exceptional Reading

This was an exceptionaly read book. The reader did a wonderful job of switching voices! The only problem I had was with his pronounciation of the Potomac River. If you are going to read something aloud ask the locals on how to pronounce the names of landmarks. The river is pronounced puh-toe-mik. It was very annoying. Take a little time to do some research.

Good listen.

Not a cookie cutter thriller. Exciting and unpredictable. I also recommend The Stone Monkey. Give them other a try.

Tedious

Sometimes Deaver needs to dispense with the minutia of the investigative process and just tell us a good story. This is one of those times. The details of the investigator's personal life were an unnecessary distraction; abridging them would help maintain a more suspenseful story. The CI101 is also far too detailed. It sometimes felt like we left a novel and entered a textbook. The strung out ending just made me want to say "enough". Not one of Deaver's best efforts.

Great Book

Once again, a great book from Mr. Deaver. He has the ability to keep you on the edge of your seat and didnt fail this time.

Jeffery Deaver at his most interesting read .

Would you consider the audio edition of The Devil's Teardrop to be better than the print version?

Have never read Deaver , only found him on Audio . I like Audio .

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

More Jeffery Deaver .

Too much incredulity even for fiction

This listen has a major turn about four-fifths of the way through the listen and I was initially bothered by it. But as the story continued to unfold I disliked it less. The detective work and the action segments strained credulity but not enough to completely turn me off. The narrator did a good job of making each character identifiable but the author created a dialogue for Digger, the bad guy, (click, click etc.) that not even the best of narrators could rescue. And this narrator didn't get close. It was terribly annoying. Deaver is a great author so even his subpar work is passable. This was subpar and passable. If you can purchase the book on a sale, it's worth it. Lots more I could say but I think I've said enough. Average.

Just when you think it's almost over.....

Loved this book. Deaver has so many twists and turns, it keeps you guessing. He portrayed the Digger wonderfully. The singing was a great touch. Every mystery reader needs to read/ listen to The Devil's Teardrop. The characters are such that you feel you know them.

Good but not his most riveting

For some reason I found my mind wandering while listening to this book which doesn't usually happen with other Jeffrey Deaver books

Great Read

Awesome book as always Jeffrey Deaver keeps you on the edge of your seat! Very suspenseful and what a surprise ending!