Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (UK 2016)

From the Publisher:
Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth in this mesmerizing early standalone thriller.

DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD.

Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth - and Tate Collier has a consummate skill with them. He can talk his way into anyone's heart, get them to do whatever he wants. This served him well when he used to defend death penalty cases in Virginia's Supreme Court; it also made him enemies.

Then his teenage daughter goes missing. All the signs are that she's run away. But Tate and his ex-wife, Bett, feel differently. When they set out in search of her, they soon discover that Megan is in the hands of a man with no morals and a gift for words, coercion and deceit as great as Tate's.

And Megan is not the only one in danger...

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781473631946 (November 2016), 320 p., £8.99.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (USA 2014)

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Two men of words...
One seeking only peace.
The other, violence.

Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise.

Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. A Novel. Gallery Books, ISBN: 9781501110085 (December 2014), 400 p., $24.99.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
In this bestselling "shocker" (Los Angeles Times), Jeffery Deaver delivers a tale of "chilling retribution" (Ottawa Citizen) sure to keep you up at night!

Aaron Matthews is a man with a gift: he can talk anyone into doing almost anything. As a psychologist he used that talent to help people. Now he's using it against one man for revenge. Targeting former trial lawyer Tate Collier, the brilliant, ruthless Matthews knows the easiest way to destroy his adversary is to strike at the point of least resistance: Collier's teenage daughter.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. A Novel. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781451675726 (August, 2012), 370 p., $9.99.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Aaron Matthews is a man with a gift: he can talk anyone into doing almost anything. As a psychologist he used that talent to help people. Now he's using it against one man in a deadly scheme of revenge. With former trial lawyer Tate Collier as his target, the brilliant, ruthless Matthews knows the easiest way to destroy his adversary is to strike at the point of least resistance, which for Collier is his teenage daughter, Megan.

In this spine-tingling novel of psychological manipulation, bestselling author Jeffery Deaver creates a thrilling battle of words and wits that will leave you speechless.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. A Novel. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0671024108 (October, 2002), 354 p., $7.99.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
Two men of words... One seeking only peace. The other, violence.
Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise. Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. A Novel. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0684871262 (December, 2000), 333 p., $25.00.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth - and Tate Collier, who has a consummate skill with them, can talk his way into anyone's heart, and get them to do whatever he wants. Tate is a lawyer who used to defend death penalty cases in Virginia's Supreme Court; now he concentrates on work for the local community. When his teenage daughter goes missing all the signs are that she's run away. But Tate and his ex-wife, Bett, feel differently, and set out in search of her. To discover that Megan is in the hands of a man with no morals and as great a gift for words as Tate himself. Megan's is not the only life in danger...

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. Coronet, ISBN: 0340640235 (June, 1999), 359 p., £5.99.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth -- Two men of words... One seeking only peace. The other, violence.
Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, who has a consummate skill with words -- can talk his way into anyone's heart, and get them to do whatever he wants -- is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. And even as he struggles to regroup, his alter ego is plotting his demise.

Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist with a gift -- he can talk anyone into doing almost anything -- has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, his ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter Megan for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her, and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns.

Jeffery Deaver: Speaking in Tongues. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340628081 (August, 1995), 263 p., £16.99.