The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme)

Deaver, Jeffery

ISBN 10: 0743552687 ISBN 13: 9780743552684

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2006

Synopsis

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI.

Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic detective made famous in The Bone Collector is back in a thriller from the masterful Jeffery Deaver. When a sadistic killer leaves clocks at his murder scenes, will time run out for the criminologist and his partner Amelia Sachs?

On a frigid December night, an eerie pattern emerges from two equally brutal murder scenes, where a killer&;s calling card is a moon-faced clock that seemingly ticked away the victims&; last moments. From his wheelchair, criminologist Lincoln Rhyme tracks the Watchmaker, a time-obsessed genius. With every passing second, the Watchmaker is moving with razor-sharp precision to his next act of perfectly orchestrated violence&;and Rhyme can&;t afford to have his trusted partner Amelia Sachs distracted by a daunting homicide case of her own. Up against a brilliant madman, Rhyme and Sachs are locked in a blood-chilling race with their deadliest enemy: time itself.

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Review

Probably the best book he's written . . . Enough of Deaver's trademark twists to satisfy his most diehard fans . . . A great read (Observer)

The Cold Moon has a superscription from William Faulkner, but this is not a book in the "literary" thriller genre. Deaver is not so much interested in tickling our aesthetic sensibilities as in raising our pulse rates, and he's doing that from the first chapter (Daily Express)

At first this seems to be simply a superbly orchestrated chase novel . . . But then, as shock follows shock, a complex mystery unfolds, literally overnight. The plot twists are sudden, dazzling and unexpected, and climax in a breathtaking finale. (Scotsman)

A head-spinning, clever cat-and-mouse tale that hurtles along at 100mph . . . Full of twists, turns, bluffs and double bluffs, it's an edge-of-the-seat read from beginning to end. (Sunday Express)

[The plot] is like opening up a Russian doll, and it's typical of Deaver's polished, clever entertainment (Sunday Telegraph)

From the Publisher

Lincoln Rhyme returns for another slice of Deaver's trademark fast-paced, tightly plotted suspense. There's a growing number of Jeff Deaver fans out there, and rightly so - so have a listen and find out what all the fuss is about . . .

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743552687
• ISBN 13: 9780743552684
• Binding: Audio CD