Title: The devil's teardrop
Subtitle: a novel of the last night of the century
Description: "It's New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999, and Washington, D.C., is under siege. Early in the day, a grisly machine gun attack in the Dupont Circle Metro station leaves dozens dead and the city crippled with fear. A note delivered to the mayor's office pins the massacre on the Digger, a robotlike assassin programmed to wreak havoc on the capital every four hours - until midnight. Only a ransom of $20 million delivered to the Digger's accomplice - and mastermind - will end the death and terror.

But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route to the money drop. With the ransom note as the single scrap of evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner in the country. Somehow, by midnight, they must find the Digger - before he finds them."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Assassins, Police, Forensic sciences, Serial murders, Government investigators, Fiction, United States, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mass murder, Forensic scientists, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Serial murders, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Forensic pathologists, fiction, Sachs, amelia (fictitious character), fiction, Rhyme, lincoln (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Places: Washington (D.C.)