The Bone Collector: 1 (Lincoln Rhyme Novel) - Softcover

Deaver, Jeffery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451469798 ISBN 13: 9780451469793

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2014

Synopsis

DON'T MISS THE NBC TELEVISION SERIES LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR

The first novel in the New York Times bestselling series featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme--from the author of The Never Game.

"Lightning-paced...a breakneck thrill ride."--The Wall Street Journal

Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics--until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must follow a labyrinth of clues that reaches back to a dark chapter in New York City's past--and reach further into the darkness of the mind of a madman who won't stop until he has stripped life down to the bone.

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Review:

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. --Amazon.com

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Praise for The Bone Collector

"Stunning...fascinating...a page-turner."--People

"The Bone Collector is so dazzling, it makes your eyes water."--The New York Times Book Review

"The headlong narrative...never lets up, and there is plenty of genuine forensic knowledge in evidence. There are dramatic switcheroos up to the very last page, and a climactic battle to the death."--Publishers Weekly

"Deaver marries forensic work that would do Patricia Cornwell proud to a turbocharged plot that puts Benzedrine to shame."--Booklist

"Craftily blends cutting-edge forensics, turn-of-the-century-Manhattan mayhem, pursuers becoming pursued."--The Wall Street Journal

"A top-notch thriller....Rhyme is a great character...and Sachs a great partner. Chilling."--San Francisco Chronicle

More Praise for Jeffrey Deaver

"The master of ticking-bomb suspense."--People

"The Lincoln Rhyme series is simply outstanding."--San Jose Mercury News

"[Rhyme] is among the most brilliant and vulnerable of crime fiction's heroes."--New York Post

"[Deaver is] the most clever plotter on the planet."--Publishers Weekly

"Deaver is the master of the plot twist, and readers will only drive themselves crazy trying to outguess him."--Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0451469798
• ISBN 13: 9780451469793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592