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"A tantalizing thriller about a lethal pairing of two sociopaths who escape detection, in part because they don't fit the serial-killer bill." ""David Wiltse is remorselessly skillful in capturing and holding our complete and breathless attention," said The New York Times Book Review about Prayer for the Dead, the author's first novel featuring former FBI agent John Becker. Now Wiltse brings Becker back in a thriller that breaks all the rules and takes the reader to the edge." "The Edge of show more Sleep reunites John Becker with FBI agent Karen Crist, his former protegee and ex-lover. Crist is at her wit's end: little boys are disappearing, only to turn up murdered at an alarming - and increasing - rate. The killer is in free-fall: out of control, desperate, unchecked." "What Becker and Crist don't suspect is that the murderer in no way fits the standard serial-killer profile. So even when they come face to face with the guilty, neither Becker's instincts nor Crist's training puts them any closer to breaking this chilling streak of crime. Before they come close to unmasking the killer, they will themselves become not so much the hunters as all-too-easy prey." "Fast-paced and hard-driving, The Edge of Sleep is a brilliant novel of the hunter and the hunted that secures Wiltse's reputation as a writer who can keep readers up all night."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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Another superior novel of psychological suspense by Wiltse featuring John Becker, the legendary FBI agent with the customary haunting past.
Though, the novel doesn't offer much in the way of brilliant deductive skills nor fascinating tidbits about investigative techniques that a good police procedural would offer, Wiltse excels in telling a gripping story peopled with interesting characters and amusing banter among different characters.
A compelling novel about a psychopathic duo which was kidnapping and murdering young boys; another solid addition to Wiltse's Becker series.
Though, the novel doesn't offer much in the way of brilliant deductive skills nor fascinating tidbits about investigative techniques that a good police procedural would offer, Wiltse excels in telling a gripping story peopled with interesting characters and amusing banter among different characters.
A compelling novel about a psychopathic duo which was kidnapping and murdering young boys; another solid addition to Wiltse's Becker series.
In de schaduwrijke voorsteden van New York en Connecticut
worden achtereenvolgens zes kleine jongens ontvoerd,
gemarteld en vermoord. Hun verminkte lichamen worden zomaar
op straat achtergelaten.
Met de gebruikelijke procedures komt de FBI geen stap verder
en de zaak wordt toevertrouwd aan agent in ruste John
Becker. Samen met Karen Crist, adjunct-directeur van de
FBI-afdeling die zich met kidnapping bezighoudt, moet Becker
deze gruwelijke misdaden zien op te lossen. Zowel Becker als
Crist kunnen bogen op een uitgebreide praktijkervaring maar
ze komen er al snel achter dat de dader op geen enkele
manier in het standaard serial killer-profiel past.
Dan verdwijnt Jack, het negenjarige zoontje van Karen....
worden achtereenvolgens zes kleine jongens ontvoerd,
gemarteld en vermoord. Hun verminkte lichamen worden zomaar
op straat achtergelaten.
Met de gebruikelijke procedures komt de FBI geen stap verder
en de zaak wordt toevertrouwd aan agent in ruste John
Becker. Samen met Karen Crist, adjunct-directeur van de
FBI-afdeling die zich met kidnapping bezighoudt, moet Becker
deze gruwelijke misdaden zien op te lossen. Zowel Becker als
Crist kunnen bogen op een uitgebreide praktijkervaring maar
ze komen er al snel achter dat de dader op geen enkele
manier in het standaard serial killer-profiel past.
Dan verdwijnt Jack, het negenjarige zoontje van Karen....
Jan 9, 2008Dutch
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- Original title
- The edge of sleep
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters*
- John Becker; Karen Crist
- Dedication*
- Met liefde opgedragen
aan Annie, aan Laura en Lisa en aan Elisabeth - First words*
- Langs de grens tussen Virginia
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)haar lichaam huiverde in zijn armen
- Original language*
- Engels
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