Devil's Juggler

by Murray Smith

Book Overview

This smashing debut novel propels Murray Smith into the front ranks of thriller writers and toward a place on the New York Times paperback bestseller list. A beautiful girl dies of a drug overdose in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671784641
• ISBN13: 9780671784645
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Vivid, Realistic, International Thriller

This book had me hooked from the very first page! The author does a great job of interweaving all the seemingly unrelated stories into one incredible ending! I could not put this book down! Very vivid characterizations, especially Jardine. I do agree with the other reviewer's comment about the portrayal of IRA, but it is still a great story and very much worth reading. I have also read plenty of books in this genre from many best-selling authors and this is by far my favorite. Definitely 5 stars!

Lasting impressions.

Realistic. Well crafted. Original. Out of print. It's unfortunate too, becuase of all the "international thrillers" I have ever read, Devil's Juggler stands out in my mind as one of the few I would read again. If you have a taste for spy novels, or an interest in fictionalized accounts of the intelligence world, you will without a doubt enjoy the character of Jardine.

absorbing, chilling characterizations, seems true to life

This book pulls you into the story early on, as seemingly separate global events start coming together as chapters progress. The people seem ordinary, even moral, but their actions suggest that they can readily compartmentalize their lives into separate, even dissonant arenas. Unfortunately, it all seems so true to life; I really think the world works more this way and less according to any idealized view of right and wrong. Definitely worth reading. Well-done. I understand it's a first novel by a first-rate author.