The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) - Deaver, Jeffery

The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Deaver, Jeffery

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1999

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.