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Edge [Hardcover]

Jeffery Deaver (Author)
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Book Description

Release Date: 28 Oct 2010
When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler 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.

As tension increases between the family, the situation escalates into a deadly contest between protector and lifter as each tries to outwit the other. And as the lifter closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges, or expose them to a killer in the name of personal revenge . . .

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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (28 Oct 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1444704443
  • ISBN-13: 978-1444704440
  • Product Dimensions: 16 x 3.8 x 23.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 178,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'As always in a Deaver novel the plot twists one way and then the next but the tension is superbly maintained'

(The Times )

'Pacy, well written and full of the author's trademark twists and surprises, this is vintage Deaver'

(Daily Express )

'Passages of tense action alternate enjoyably with this continuing guessing game in a novel that is brilliantly plotted.'

(The Sunday Times )

'The twists and turns from devilish Deaver will have you burning the midnight oil, then using it to set fire to the candle you'll be burning at both ends until you finish this. The seamless narrative delights and the reader is drip-fed information that will invite imaginative minds to head into overdrive . . . This is the perfect accompaniment on a winter's night, curled up on the sofa with a glass of your favourite tipple.'

(Sun )

'He's mesmerising in whatever guise'

(Independent on Sunday Books of the Year )

'There is no one better at wrong-footing the reader.'

(Evening Standard )

'Confirms his status as one of the finest crime writers in the world . . . grabs the reader by the throat from the beginning. Superb.' (Independent on Sunday on THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND )

'The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax . . . If you want thrills, Deaver is your man.' (Guardian on THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND )

About the Author

Jeffery Deaver is the creator of Lincoln Rhyme, and the author of 26 internationally bestselling thrillers. He lives in North Carolina and California.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great characters, 1 minor concern 15 April 2011
By RMartin
Format:Hardcover
Deaver managed something that most books don't - he actually taught me something new. His exceptional detail and insight into the close protection business is fascinating and very realistic. The plot, however, isn't. As other reviews have alluded to, the twists and turns are way over the top and diminish the overall impact. However, that aside the book is probably the best thing I have read for a long time. Fascinating protagonist who needs several more books.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Different but Brilliant 8 Feb 2011
By Wendy Jones TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
This book is not the usual Jeffery Deaver fare but it is brilliant nevertheless. Initially I was unsure but within a few pages I was totally hooked. The main hero Corte, is a man with no feelings which to start with I found a bit unsettling. However, this part of him is vital to the job where he protects people from "lifters" who are trying to extract information from them. He is assigned to protect a family who are in danger, and from the first chapter to the last the surprised and twists and turns just keep coming. All the other characters are extremely well scripted and I found myself loving them and hating them in turns. I really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it.
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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Jeffery Devious 3 Nov 2010
By John Grimbaldeston
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Twists and turns abound as the hero Corte plays cat and mouse games with his opponent Henry Loving in trying to protect the Kessler family from some unknown Mr Big who needs information, and Loving is the ruthless man to extract it. There is a personal element as Loving had previously killed Corte's mentor, but the overriding feature of Corte's character is his lack of emotion - emotion gets in the way of the success of the job and adversely influences the strategic calls needed to beat an equally adept opponent. There is less of a didactic element in this novel - this is no manual on electricity as the last one was - and amazingly for Mr Deaver, barely an acronym; so aspects of his books which can be a little irritating are absent, and the plot benefits accordingly. The plot twists are unguessable as the two protaganists move their human chess pieces around the board, and in many ways this is vintage Mr Deaver - my only minor gripe is with the Kessler family. I know it is to keep the twists going with a limited number of dramatis personae, but how can one relatively ordinary family have so many secrets from each other and so many skeletons rattling about their closet? But great fun: some of the twists are more obvious than others, plenty of potential twists are actually red herrings, and everything is rounded off in a satisfactory way with the bad guys suitably punished and the good guys coming out of it all much stronger than when it began.
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Kept me guessing till the end. I couldn't wait till lunch time so I could read. Deducted 1 star as it was a bit long winded but I will read more of Jeffery Deaver books.
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