'His likeable and deftly drawn characters, the nimbleness of his plot and his relentless attention to detail make this too good a book to miss.' - The Age, Australia on GARDEN OF BEASTS 'Probably the best book he's written ... Enough of Deaver's trademark twists to satisfy his most diehard fans ... A great read' -- Observer 'A departure for Deaver, whose strong suspense novels have always been set in contemporary America, but an experiment that works beautifully ... More than just a spy novel or a what if tale, this is a consummate thriller witha sure grasp of history and human emotions' -- Guardian 'Full on action for Deaver devotees and gripping stuff' - Daily Mirror 'the master of plot twists and intrigues' -- Daily Telegraph, Australia on GARDEN OF BEASTS 'A cracking good tale that kept me glued to the page' -- Poisoned Pen 'Jeffery Deaver has said he wants his established readership to follow him to a different place. Go with him ... This is prime Deaver - the tension and sense of imminent danger heightened by it being set over just a few days. Skilled characterisation results in an unlikely achievement. His two protagonists - a hired gun and a senior policeman in Hitler's Germany - are likeable and well drawn. As the narrative shifts between them, the reader cheers for both.' -- South China Morning Post 'Everything is not what it seems iin this exciting, superbly researched thriller' - City Life 'The kind of suspense that makes the palms sweat and deliciously intricate plot twists which make his books so breathtakingly unpredictable.' - Glasgow Herald 'Deaver is a skilful maker of genre fiction' - Sydney Morning Herald 'Fans of Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs thrillers won't be disappointed; they will find here just as many startling plot twists and turns as this gripping story of a deadly manhunt in a fear-ridden city in which freedom is being ruthlessly stamped out by Hitler's thugs races to its genuinely surprising conclusion.' -- Irish Independent 'I couldn't put this down' - Lincolnshire Echo 'Deaver fans expect the unexpected from this prodigiously talented thriller writer, and the creator of the Lincoln Rhyme series and other memorable yarns (The Blue Nowhere, etc.) doesn't disappoint with his 19th novel, this time offering a deliciously twisty tale set in Nazi Berlin. The book's hero is a mob button man, or hit man, Paul Schumann, who's nabbed in the act in New York City but given an alternative to the electric chair: to go to Berlin undercover as a journalist writing about the upcoming Olympics in order to assassinate Col. Reinhard Ernst, the cheif architect of Hitler's militarization, seen as a threat to American interests. a German spy onboard Paul's transatlantic liner grows suspicious and sends a warning to Germany before Paul discovers and kills him. Then in Berlin, Paul, en route to meet his contact, kills a second suspicious man who may be a storm trooper, setting Insp. Willi Kohl of the Berlin police, or Kripo, on his trail. Deaver weaves the three manhunts -- Paul after his target, Kohl after Paul and the Nazi hierarchy after Paul -- with a deft hand, bringing to frightening life the Berlin of 1936, a city on the brink of madness. Top Nazis, including Hitler, Himmler and Goring, make colorful cameos, but it's the smart, shaded-gray characterizations of the principals that anchor the exciting plot. An affecting love affair between Paul and his German landlady goes in surprising directions, as do the main plot lines, which move outside Berlin as heroes become villains and vice versa. This is prime Deaver, which means prime entertainment.' Publisher's Weekly 'Breathtaking action and a series of stunning surprises are in store.' -- Western Mail 18991230 'This is prime Deaver, which means prime entertainment.' Publisher's Weekly on Garden of Beasts 'The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world ... [Deaver] has produced a stunning series of bestsellers with unique characterisation, intelligent characters, beguiling plots and double-barrelled and sometimes triple-barrelled solutions.' -- Daily Telegraph 'Teeth-chattering suspense' -- Daily Mail 'The best psychological thriller writer around' -- The Times 'Stunning' -- Scotsman 'A master of suspense in full flight' - Guardian 'Compulsive reading' - Guardian 'Brilliant plotting' - Sunday Times 'Deaver is just as cunning and deceptive as his killer; don't assume he's run out of tricks until you've run out of pages' - Publishers' Weekly 'Probably the best book he's written ... Enough of Deaver's trademark twists to satisfy his most diehard fans ... A great read' -- Observer 'A departure for Deaver, whose strong suspense novels have always been set in contemporary America, but an experiment that works beautifully ... More than just a spy novel or a what if tale, this is a consummate thriller with a sure grasp of history and human emotions' -- Guardian 'Full on action for Deaver devotees and gripping stuff' -- Daily Mirror
