Top Ten

by Ryne Douglas Pearson

Book Overview

A killer who believes himself an artist of unmatched talent is incensed when he is placed last on the FBI's most wanted list, and begins killing off those fugitives above him, each in a twisted manner... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399144994
• ISBN13: 9780399144998
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Exciting and Exhilarating From Start to Finish

Yes, it is predictable in some parts only because you know the goal of our serial killer. Other than that the book has awesome imagery that makes some horror novels look like children's books. Ryne Douglas Pearson knows his audience and gives them a roller coaster into the mind of a mad man!!! Not for the overly sophisicated person who can't allow his imagination to run rampant.

Not the Greatest Book Ever Written, BUT...

Okay, it may not win any Pulitzer Prizes. It might not end up on any Oprah's book lists. But this book was an entertaining read. Sometimes when you pick up a book, you don't want to be confronted with deep emotional crises. You just want something to take your mind away for a while. Sure, the story was farfetched. That was part of the fun. This book won't set the world on fire. But it will entertain you. It will give you a decent story to read. And basically, isn't that all we ask of ANY book?

Very nice !

An entertaining and exciting thriller that reads like a Hollywood action movie. A bit over the top sometimes, but hey : it's fiction !5 stars, not a masterpiece but very good in its genre.

A chilling thriller

Because of FBI Special Agent Ariel Grace's excellent reputation, her supervisor Jack Trale, Chief of the Atlanta field office, allows her to deliver Mills DeVane to him. So confident in her abilities, Jack sets up a press conference. A chagrined Ariel fails to convey Mills and an irate Jack transfers Ariel to Task Force 10. Her new boss welcomes her because he needs agents to catch # 10 on the FBI's Most Wanted List, serial killer Michelangelo who uses his victims as a canvas.The superego Michelangelo is livid with the FBI for leaving him at the bottom of their list. He feels he has earned the # 1 slot and takes out his frustrations by hacking a postal clerk to pieces. Ariel finds a clue that leads her to believe that # 10 plans to kill the other nine individuals sharing the list with him. She participates in a special task force meeting that includes her former supervisor. Jack informs her that Mills is an undercover agent with a vital mission that requires his full protection at any cost. However, Michelangelo, Ariel, and Mills appear ready to defy physics and occupy the same space when the inevitable collision occurs.Readers will recognize that TOP TEN is one of the top ten thrillers of the year. Ryne Douglas Pearson, author of SIMPLE SIMON, has written a one-sitting reading experience that keeps the audience compulsively hooked to learn what happens next. The author provides a brilliant depiction of what it feels like for a law enforcement official to go so deep undercover that he becomes a perpetrator committing the same crimes as the people he infiltrated. FBI buffs and thriller fans will gain much pleasure from this exciting tale.Harriet Klausner