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exciting thriller, February 2, 2003
President Daniel Clay Dixon is running for reelection but his opponent leads in all the polls even those sanctioned by the incumbent. Daniel's wife Kate feels estranged from him because he's being influenced more and more by his father Senator William Dixon and the men associated with him. When Kate's father, the former vice-president is hurt in what looks like an accident on his farm, she rushes to his bedside leaving the president in Washington. Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen is in charge of protecting the First Lady when she's in Minnesota and his instincts tell him her life is in danger as is that of her father. He finds proof that the ex-vice-president was deliberately injured and the person who is after the duo has a long time grudge against them. Bo is able to foil the first assassination attempt but the next effort has tentacles that reach into the highest levels of government making it nearly impossible to stop it in time. THE DEVIL'S BED is an exciting thriller that starts off at light speed and never slows down. The president, his wife and the cabal members are three-dimensional characters who seem real with plausible actions on each of their parts. The hero is the kind of man one wants in office because he is honorable, patriotic and most importantly, trustworthy. William Kent Krueger, the author of the Cork O'Connor mystery series, has written his best work yet. Harriet Klausner
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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the devils bed book review, December 5, 2006
A Kid's Review
Bo Thorsen is a secret service agent assigned to the 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 first lady. When a mental patient and assassin, David Moses escapes the widening implications of the accident, the 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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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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KRUEGER'S KILLERS, September 30, 2003
I have been delighted by Krueger's first three novels involving Cork O'Connor and his adventures; this first "standalone" is equally gripping and could turn into a series for Secret Service guy Bo. The plot is labyrinthine, opening with a gruesome murder by David Moses, who also turns out to be Nightmare, a deranged psychotic who is seeking to kill the First Lady because of a scorned love affair years ago. Add some vicious government agents, an almost romance with the First Lady and Bo, and some tense suspense scenes, you've got a rip roaring conspiracy novel. Sometimes Bo seems a little less than what you'd expect in a hero (he's always getting beat up), but he is human and that makes him engaging. Krueger's President Clay Dixon evolves from a rather self-centered ass to a really good president during the course of the novel, so that's unusual...if a little incredible. But, hey, fiction is fiction, right? A good book and I am anxiously awaiting more from Mr. Krueger, maybe both Cork and Bo?
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