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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 ...
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Detective Bryan Kessler is a Washington, D.C., cop, sidelined to a desk years ago after an injury on the street when he was a patrol officer. His current assignment is in Financial Crimes, whose investigations are routine at best--so it's a surprise when intelligence surfaces that he's been targeted by a "lifter," in underworld parlance a person who "lifts" information from people, through whatever means necessary. And the lifter who's after Kessler is one of the most troubling in the business: a seasoned, though mysterious, pro, Henry Loving. He'll do whatever's necessary to get somebody to talk. He's skilled at torture (subtle, as befits his style), but he vastly prefers to get an "edge" on his targetleverageby kidnapping or endangering a target's spouse, siblings, friends, co-workers and children. While the FBI, SEC and other organizations race to learn which of Kessler's seemingly insignificant cases is making somebody so uneasy they've called in a lifter, the task of keeping the cop, his wife and daughter alive falls to our protagonist. Corte is a senior officer with a little-advertised federal agency whose sole purpose is to provides personal security for at-risk witnesses, suspects and the like. Corte is, of necessity, a loner and a mystery man, who exists outside the normal world
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警官のkessler一家が、凶悪な誘拐犯から狙われる。理由は？ 脅迫班をやっとった黒幕は？
家族を守る主人公と犯人の、だましあい、探り合いが次々と展開する。
どんでん返しに次ぐどんでん返しで、息もつけない。あまりに多すぎて、ちょっと疲れた。
そして、最後のどんでん返しには、アングリ。
でも、やっぱり面白かった。
家族を守る主人公と犯人の、だましあい、探り合いが次々と展開する。
どんでん返しに次ぐどんでん返しで、息もつけない。あまりに多すぎて、ちょっと疲れた。
そして、最後のどんでん返しには、アングリ。
でも、やっぱり面白かった。
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Edge won't disappoint Deaver fans.
2010/11/4
形式:ハードカバー
The first Jeffrey Deaver novel I read was 1997's The Bone Collector. Since that time I have been an on and off fan of his. It isn't the quality of the books he writes but often a function of time and what else is out there demanding my attention in the book line. I also tend to get bored with long series of novels as in the Lincoln Rhyme novels.
Edge, Deaver's latest thriller, has appeared at just the right time and is also a stand-a-lone novel. As such, it provides a refreshing opportunity to meet new characters in new situations. The premise of the story is full of real possibilities making it an even better read. Coming on the heels of the very successful Burning Wire, Edge is Deaver's second book of 2010 and that is a treat.
Corte (yes he goes by just a single name) works for a Federal organization that is never identified. Corte's job is to protect individuals who are in possession of sensitive, dangerous, or highly profitable information. Corte's opposite, Henry Loving, is a "lifter"; a collector if information who uses any means necessary to gather what he wants. Henry is Loving is not someone you would want to meet if he has an interest in something you know.
Corte's latest assignment is Ryan Kessler, a Washington, D. C. detective who, for reasons that aren't important here, becomes Loving's target. That is the outline of the story.
Deaver is an experienced and highly capable spinner of tales. Edge is rapid fire decision making and action that will keep you turning pages and is a pretty fair extension of Deaver's line of hit novels. The are plot twists and surprises galore. Like many successful novelists today, Deaver has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of plot ideas. I hope the creative well doesn't run dry anytime soon.
Could this be the beginning of a new Deaver series? Maybe.
I recommend.
Peace to all.
Edge, Deaver's latest thriller, has appeared at just the right time and is also a stand-a-lone novel. As such, it provides a refreshing opportunity to meet new characters in new situations. The premise of the story is full of real possibilities making it an even better read. Coming on the heels of the very successful Burning Wire, Edge is Deaver's second book of 2010 and that is a treat.
Corte (yes he goes by just a single name) works for a Federal organization that is never identified. Corte's job is to protect individuals who are in possession of sensitive, dangerous, or highly profitable information. Corte's opposite, Henry Loving, is a "lifter"; a collector if information who uses any means necessary to gather what he wants. Henry is Loving is not someone you would want to meet if he has an interest in something you know.
Corte's latest assignment is Ryan Kessler, a Washington, D. C. detective who, for reasons that aren't important here, becomes Loving's target. That is the outline of the story.
Deaver is an experienced and highly capable spinner of tales. Edge is rapid fire decision making and action that will keep you turning pages and is a pretty fair extension of Deaver's line of hit novels. The are plot twists and surprises galore. Like many successful novelists today, Deaver has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of plot ideas. I hope the creative well doesn't run dry anytime soon.
Could this be the beginning of a new Deaver series? Maybe.
I recommend.
Peace to all.
10 人中、10人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Novel has a lot of problems, but works in the end
2010/12/1
形式:ハードカバー
Jeffrey Deaver's THE EDGE is at times compelling, and then quite boring. But at the end, it comes together in an ultimately rewarding experience. Deaver takes the reader to Corte, an agent of a secretive government organization charged with keeping people safe. Corte is the shepherd assigned to guard Ryan Kessler, his wife, Joanne, sister-in-law Maree, and daughter Amanda. He's protecting them from the "lifter" Henry Loving, a man paid to find people and extract information from them. While Corte is keeping the Kesslers safe, he's also trying to discover who the primary is; who hired Henry Loving.
As the novel opens, Corte is trying to keep the Kesslers safe and Loving is trying to kill them. So, we get several scenes of cat and mouse, and action as Corte fights off Loving. With so much violence and mayhem going on, it seems improbable that all the main characters survive. I found myself skimming through the needless action to get to more story.
Thankfully, Deaver moves away from the action and more into the story. Who in Kessler's family is Loving targeting? Is it Ryan, the cop injured in the line of duty. Could it be his devoted wife, the active daughter, or the ditsy photographer sister-in-law.
My opinion of the novel definitely changed in the last half, for the better. This is a novel Deaver fans should check out as they eagerly await his next: the new James Bond novel.
As the novel opens, Corte is trying to keep the Kesslers safe and Loving is trying to kill them. So, we get several scenes of cat and mouse, and action as Corte fights off Loving. With so much violence and mayhem going on, it seems improbable that all the main characters survive. I found myself skimming through the needless action to get to more story.
Thankfully, Deaver moves away from the action and more into the story. Who in Kessler's family is Loving targeting? Is it Ryan, the cop injured in the line of duty. Could it be his devoted wife, the active daughter, or the ditsy photographer sister-in-law.
My opinion of the novel definitely changed in the last half, for the better. This is a novel Deaver fans should check out as they eagerly await his next: the new James Bond novel.
14 人中、12人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Not Worth Reading
2010/12/2
形式:ハードカバー
Although I like all of Deaver's other novels to varying degrees, this one was a complete waste. His action scenes are as well-written and gripping as ever, but they are only occasional seasoning in an otherwise unbelievable, boring novel in which there is not a single character about whom we can actually care. His main character is fascinated by board games, about which we have to learn way too much, and which Deaver apparently fails to realize makes him a very uninteresting person. The biggest problem, however, is the plot itself. Deaver can't make up his mind until he runs out of characters who is really in need of protection in this book. The more he switches the object of the need for protection to another character, the less believable the book becomes. By the end, not only do we not care about any of the characters, but we are astounded at how ridiculous his choices have become. Awful! It was a relief to reach the end.
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