This is another of my ancient trade paperbacks that I first finished on Sa 1/3/98 (the note on the flyleaf says that I saw 'ARMISTAD' on that day) and I re-read it again and finished on We 5/11/16.
Refinished Fr 9/2/22
From the back cover of the novel:
"Mike Devlin is back, and the FBI's toughest, most smart-ass, and most severely reprimanded special agent has two horrifying cases to break: A methodical and Innovative extortionist is demanding five milllion dollars to stop detonating high-tech bombs in hospitals, and a sadistic serial killer is assassinating the FBI's finest throughout Detroit. How these cases interconnect and what Mike Devlin overcomes to solve them is the harrowing, page-turning story of GENTKILL.
From the book's page at Amazon:
"Former FBI agent Lindsay (Witness to the Truth) has a vision of his protagonists?in this case the agents of the Detroit office?that makes them a blend of hard-bitten professionals and fraternity cutups. It may be authentic, but it gives his thriller an odd tone, as if neither the thrills nor the bitter, prankish humor are to be taken quite seriously. Agent Mike Devlin, his hero, is always balking at unfair authority. Here, he's out to do two things: first, collar two criminals?a serial killer who specializes in knocking off agents and an extortionist who is planting bombs at a medical center; second, nail his pompous, sleazy boss. The plotting, though swift, is a little too elaborate, with the two story lines never quite meshing as the author seems to intend. But there are plenty of thrills along the way, and a dizzy ransom denouement that is certainly a first in fiction. The book is basically the fictional equivalent of a tough Bruce Willis movie, with the pleasures and limitations of such an approach."
The novel is an easy read and very compelling, yet I found the ending to be a little confusing.
The author spent many years as an FBI agent
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