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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451188458
ISBN number: 0451188454
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: April 01, 1998
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: March 02, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 22135
Studio: Signet
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Look who's back to chill readers to the bone...
The very first novel featuring Detective Lincoln Rhyme, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stone Monkey.
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The hero of Jeffery Deaver's thriller The Bone Collector is Lincoln Rhyme, a forensic scientist known to his peers as 'the world's foremost criminalist.' Rhyme will need all his reason--and his considerable stock of high-tech tools--about him to solve this latest brain-twister: a serial killer with method to his madness. In tried and true thriller fashion, the killer's crimes are described in lurid detail, as is the astounding technological equipment with which Rhyme examines the evidence--everything from an energy-dispersive x-ray unit to a mass spectrometer.
Every fictional detective has his or her gimmick, from Sherlock Holmes's violin to Nero Wolf's orchids, and Rhyme is no exception. He is a quadriplegic who can move nothing but a single finger. Gadget-philes will be in seventh heaven reading about Lincoln Rhyme's tools; other readers might feel the book could do with a few more plausible characters and a little less technology.
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Lincoln Rhyme is a former forensic scientist who worked for the New York Police Department until a cave-in during an investigation left him a quadriplegic who can only move his head and a single finger. Now bedridden in a hospital bed and cared for by caretaker Thom, he's surrounded by astonishing technology all linked to that single finger of his. Bitter over his accident and inability to move, Rhyme becomes reclusive and coldhearted, haunted with thoughts of losing his mind and becoming a vegetable ... and of suicide.
Then a new killer comes to town, cagey and genius, a brutal serial killer. Rhyme's former colleagues plead for his assistance in solving the case, and Rhyme insists on working with Officer Amelia Sachs, a woman cursed with unnatural beauty - enough that she cannot be taken seriously as an Officer. Amelia had the courage and sense to stop a train to protect a crime scene, and that's exactly what Rhyme needs in an assistant.
With Amelia as Rhyme's eyes and legs, she follows the crimes and "walks the grid" while linked by audio to Rhyme. Together, finding and piecing together the odd little clues the killer leaves at every crime scene, they must discover the killer's identity before one of them becomes his target.
'The Bone Collector' is an excellent start to the 'Lincoln Rhyme' series. While his cynical personality can be grating and cold, you'll find yourself overwhelmed with respect for him. Jeffrey Deaver is able to fully flesh-out his characters, and has written a twisting, turning, fast paced crime thriller that you won't want to miss. I'm hooked on the series already.
On a personal note, I saw the movie prior to beginning the series, and despite Deaver's description of Lincoln Rhyme, I can't stop picturing Denzel Washington as Rhyme. I figure that's ok. Enjoy!
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The moment I got into "The Bone Collector" was the same time that I began to fall in love with one of the most admirable ficton characters of all time. Scene after scene, I was constantly attracted to the bond between Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.
In Jeffery Deaver's bestselling series debut, enter Lincoln Rhyme, a former NYPD detective with an alluring charm and a vehement expertise in criminology. Having to deal with the constant bedridden seizures, he is on a hair's breadth of becoming a "vegetable." Such a prospect lingering on his mind convinces him that committing suicide is the right way to go.
Rhyme's life is forever changed when he meets Amelia Sachs, a rookie street cop with no forensic background. Together, they come to solve the case of "Unsub (Unknown Subject) 823," a killer playing a rather cat-and-mouse chase. Each and every one of his clues leads Rhyme and Sachs to New York's dark past.
I cannot explain how incredible the suspense is in this book. There was not one scene I could not read without finding out who the killer was. Deaver also does a phoenomenal job in creating imagery of the Big Apple. The effort that he puts into this book makes me want to read another Lincoln Rhyme novel.
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This book is exceptional. It is well written with characters that are true to life. The plot is absolutely engaging. I really like that there was a glossary of terms for those of us who are forensically challenged. I found it difficult to do anything until I knew 'who did it'.
Good job Mr. Deaver. You have a fan for life.
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Warning: Once you read this novel, you will be hooked. I devoured every other Lincoln Rhyme novel after reading the Bone Collector. The only problem I have discovered is that Mr. Deaver cannot write fast enough.
To anyone who enjoys a deliciously complicated character base along with amazing plot twists, you have found yourself a winner. I find myself wishing I could meet the people in this novel. You will too. I dare you to pick up a copy today, I promise you will be glad you did.
PATRICK RALEY is the author of the mystery, detective novel entitled "Precedent of Justice". Find out why Publishing house's Weekly calls him "the subsequent John Grisham."
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The Rhyme Killers would be a great book to read after the Bone Collector.
It too has the great suspense you love to find in a mystery.
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