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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780743445856
ISBN number: 0743445856
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 496
Printing Date: December 01, 2003
Publishing house: Pocket Star
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From the creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Cork O'Connor mystery series comes a haunting, atmospheric, conspiracy thriller.
When President Clay Dixon's father-in-law -- a former vice president -- is injured in a farming accident, First Lady Kate Dixon returns to Minnesota to be at his side. Assigned to protect her, Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen soon falls under Kate's spell. He also suspects the accident is part of a trap set for Kate by David Moses, an escaped mental patient who once loved her. What Bo and Moses don't realize is that they're caught in a web of deadly intrigue spun by a seemingly insignificant bureaucratic department within the federal government. Racing to find answers before an assassin's bullet can kill Kate, Bo soon learns that when you lie down with the devil, there's hell to pay.
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Bo Thorsen is a secret service agent assigned to the very first lady's detail when she goes to visit her injured father who was a former Minnesota Senator Tom Jorgensen. Bo thinks the senator's accident may have been planned. In the background are the U.S. President, his re-election campaign and his strained relations with the very first lady. When a mental patient and assassin, David Moses escapes the widening implications of the accident, the very first lady's safety, and the president's re-election seem to be related in some way.
The most interesting character I think is the mental patient David Moses, smart, scary and who has had an unspeakable horror of childhood. David is the best drawn and as a result over balances the book. "The Devil's Bed" begins with an exciting prologue, and begins with a gripping pace. Events seem to fall over one another. The book gives a good background on Bo, who has so much in common with David, but as a child was taken back rather than permanently abandoned. About at the halfway point in the book, it starts to lose focus. It gets a little bit too much into government, conspiracy, agencies, and politicians.
I would recommend this book to people who like thrilling stories about blood and psychotic people that escaped from mental institutions. If you do not like horror books and movies then you probably shouldn't read this book.
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I adore Wm. Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series and didn't know what to expect from this stand-alone. Wow! This is a terrific thriller with so many surprising twists and turns, I had a hard time putting it down until I was finished.
Though very different than Krueger's other writing, this is an exciting read with marvelous characters! Highly recommended.
Marilyn Meredith, author of Wishing Makes It So and Wingbeat, the latest in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series.
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"When you lie down with the devil, there's hell to pay." This is the theme of this unorthodox tale of political intrigue. The beginning is a trap filled with torture, fear, and revenge. It covers the incumbent president who is seeking reelection, playing dirty politics, while his wife goes back to Minnesota to face a drama of her own. The mental patient who loved her once long ago is staging a long-planned vendetta.
In Washington, John Llewellyn, the president's chief-of-staff, is a tall, grey-haired man who wears gray suits. "He had a long face with deep lines like empty gullies ran. The irises of his eyes were so dark they ate his pupils." Sounds like Abraham Lincoln re-incarnate to me.
Wayne White from Ohio had been a war hero and nominated as his party's choice to run for the presidency against Clay Dixon. He is now a widower, but as per usual in today's elections, a scandal sheet was released showing a twenty-year-old 'domestic abuse charge.' As a result, he withdrew from the race.
Bobby Lee, one of President Dixon's oldest friends, is now the White House chief counsel. He's jealous of Llewellyn's influence on his friend. He "knows politics better than anyone on Capitol Hill. I'm heading into a tough battle to hold on.... Llewellyn's the man who knows how to make that happen."
The very first lady, Kate, takes a breather from the campaign to return to Minnesota where her father has been injured in a serious fall. The U. S. Secret Service tags along for her protection not realizing that David Moses, called "Nightmare," has plans of his own. This rough-and-ready story has assassins, traps, bureaucratic dissension, trauma, death, and blood all mixed up into a grab bag for those who enjoy such violence and filthy language.
William Kreuger "understands the eternal battles that draw good people into bad deeds. He understands heartbreak and hope. He understands ... gentleness." I love a gentle man. He has written IRON LAKE, PURGATORY RIDGE, and BOUNDARY WATERS.
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This is a really good mystery in which some people aren't what they seem, or even should be. I liked it so much that I am sharing it with friends.
I have been a Krueger fan since I read Iron Lake. While this is a story of other characters, it is equally well written and full of twists.
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I have been a fan of Krueger since I picked up his very first book. But this one is a disappointment. I have given it four stars where the story really only merits three, in my opinion. But Krueger is terrific at pushing the action and the story along and even after I had decided the plot and the premise were rather ridiculous, I couldn't stop reading. This man can write! Too bad this one had only the writing.
I won't go into the plot as other reviewers have done so in detail. As well, as delineating some of the more unrealistic twists and turns of the convoluted story.
Krueger is a good writer and I do hope he returns to his usual standards with his subsequent book.
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