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Summary: my review
Review: I am not really sure, as I havent read the book.
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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: While this novel is a pretty good suspense thriller, it does not live up to the previous Lincoln Rhyme stories. Outside of the core, returning characters, the depictions were weak and somewhat one dimensional. The growing attachment between Starks & Rhyme was alluded to, but not sufficiently explored. While I am glad that Lincoln is back in a feature (as opposed to being relegated to the role of secondary character as he was in The Devil's Teardrop) I hope that future books acheive the high standard set by The Bone Collector and The Coffin Dancer.
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Summary: Could not put down!
Review: Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme is one of the most interesting characters in today's thriller fiction. THE EMPTY CHAIR is Deaver and Rhyme at the top of their games. The book is set in the swamps of North Carolina, and the teenage villain of the piece is known as Insect Boy. He is a wonderful, creepy antagonist. An antagonist for whom Amelia Sachs has a soft spot. That soft spot leads to murder, double-crosses, twists, and non-stop action. It's Deaver's best novel to date. Please write another one soon!
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Summary: Who knew insects and forensics could be such fun?
Review: For me, this book started out a little slow, with a great deal of exposition and explanation about the geography, Rhyme's situation, etc. But once it go going, I could not put it down.It kept surprising me, which is just what books in this genre should do. The book also made the scientific information about dirt, insects and chemicals interesting, seamlessly weaving the "educational" material into the terrific and ultimately page-turning plot. This was the first Deaver novel I have read, and now I plan on getting them all [yes, through Amazon of course] and reading them. That is the highest compliment I can give an author.
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Summary: Lincoln is Back!
Review: I have been a fan of Jeffrey Deaver and have waited patiently every time he writes something new. This was another hit for him. Lincoln is back and going to get an operation to help him get feeling back. But as usual, he is sidetrcked by a case a small town needs help on. Can he solve the riddles in time?
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Summary: Another winner for Mr. Deaver!
Review: I absoultely love this book. I have read The Bone Collector (which is one of my favorite book of all time) and The Coffin Dancer which is another great one with Rhyme and Sachs. This book was full of surprises. When you think something was coming to an end Mr. Deaver comes up with something to keep you turning those pages. This book will make Mr. Deaver one of the bestsellers for years to come. Keep it coming Mr. Deaver.
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Summary: Get Ready for a Rollercoast Ride
Review: Jeffery Deaver has done it again. If you're looking for a suspensful novel, filled with intrigue, twists and turns, you've found it. "The Empty Chair" is a gripping story that takes you to Smalltown USA. Lincoln Rhyme is asked to look into a case of a local teen in a nearby town that has committed murder and also kidnapped two young women. The story seems clear-cut. You've got the good guys and the bad guys. The Prime Suspect is really the culprit, the antagonist in the story, and all Lincoln has to do is find him before he murders the girls. However, all is not what it seems. The book doesn't reveal everything about each character at once. It does this in layers. By the time you think you have it all figured out, Deaver removes another layer that undermines your confidence in anticipating what happens next, who the real bad guy is, and how it will end. "The Empty Chair" is filled with suspense, intrigue and its riveting story will keep you guessing through the end.
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Summary: Deaver pleases in new 'Chair' release
Review: After recently discovering Jeffery Deaver and reading The Coffin Dancer and The Bone Collector I was expecting a certain high standard from Empty Chair and I was not disappointed! Rhyme and Sachs are compelling but the secondary characters in this one blow you away. Deaver makes you think one thing, you're thinking predictability but you get a shock at the end and find yourself thinking you weren't so smart after all. Great Book, a 'can't-put-it-down-til-three-in-morning' book!
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Summary: Rollercoaster on the Paquenoke River
Review: This is a very good "psychological thriller" with excellent plot twists and turns to keep the reader captivated until the end. Without revealing plot twists (I just hate it when people do that!) I will say that it has similiarities to "the Silence of the Lambs" and John Grisham's "the Testament." I read the first of the Lincoln Rhyme books - "the Bone Collector" a while ago (and have not seen the movie.) I have not read "the Coffin Dancer" (the 2nd of the Lincoln Ryme novels) and therefore was somewhat disoriented. Unlike Diane Mott Davidson's "Goldie the caterer" series, or Ed McBain's 87th precinct series, Deaver does not re-introduce the main characters - presuming the reader has read and retained prior character development. If you have not read "the Bone Collector" and "the Coffin Dancer," I would suggest that you not "jump in mid-stream." You might enjoy this one more after following the advise of Glenda, "Good Witch" of the North in the Land of OZ: "It's always best to start at the beginning" and read these books in the order in which they were written.
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Summary: Lincoln not only Rhymes, He Sings
Review: A great book in this genre. Lincoln is his old charming and brilliant self, even in an area he knows little about, rural North Carolina. His instructions to his field agent, Amelia Sachs, while she tracks their quarry through swamp country, are impeccable yet believable and logical (elementary, my dear Watson). The bug thing really works and hardly ever made my skin crawl (a little itchiness is all). And then, pitting him against Amelia is a bold stroke. Who is the better forensics analyst? Who has the better take on the crime? It allowed Deaver to explore more fully their feelings for each other. Read this book. They don't get any better.
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