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Edge
Jeffery Deaver
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Edge
Synopsis
When a Washington, D.C. police detective is targeted by Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Loving is a ruthless 'lifter', hired to extract information from his victims, and he will use whatever means necessary including kidnapping, torturing or killing their family.Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. He also knows just how brutal the lifter can be - six years earlier, Loving killed someone close to him.The situation soon escalates into a deadly contest between protector and lifter as each tries to outwit the other . . .
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781444704464
- Category:
- General
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2011-09-15
- Publisher:
- Hodder Paperback
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 544
- Pagination:
- 544 pages
- Dimensions (mm):
- 197x130x35mm
- Weight:
- 340g
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Four Stars
page turner
05/05/2012
Edge is the 12th stand-alone novel by Jeffrey Deaver. Set in Washington DC, this gripping tale starts with a prologue in which a lifter, Henry Loving, tortures and kills a government personal security officer, Abe Fallow, for information about locations of people in the witness protection scheme. Fast-forward six years, and Loving has targeted DC police detective, Ryan Kessler and his family; Fallows protg, Officer Corte is the one assigned to protect (shepherd) the family. Under Cortes care are Ryan, his daughter, Amanda, his wife, Joanne, and her sister, Maree. Matters are complicated by the fact that no-one can quite figure out what information Loving is intent on lifting from Kessler and for whom, but Corte has the able assistance of Claire duBois, his own protg. He also has mostly useful help from FBI agents and interference from the Attorney Generals department, as well as a Senate Enquiry into unwarranted wiretaps threatening. In this riveting novel, Deaver gives the reader a plot with plenty of twists, lots of tension, convincing characters and credible dialogue. He provides a wealth of interesting information about witness protection: the nicknames used, like hitter, lifter, clone, principal, primary and shepherd; the use of behaviour psychology, observation and communication; the resources used, like electronic devices, technical backup, accommodation, vehicles, weapons and surveillance equipment. Deaver also touches on game playing and tactical moves. Corte is perhaps a little too unemotional, but the plot ensures this is a page-turner.
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