Edge

Description

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 ...

Jeffery Deaver is the creator of Lincoln Rhyme, and the author of 26 internationally bestselling thrillers. He lives in North Carolina and California.

'As always in a Deaver novel the plot twistst 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