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Summary: Very cool
Review: The "Bone Collector" was pretty good... this one is better! Admittingly, Deaver went a little nuts with the airport/ airplane stuff (I never really got into all the airport chatter), but past that, I was extremely impressed with this one. Lincoln Rhyme returns with his side-kick Amelia in this novel about an assassin named the "Coffin Dancer" from the only thing they really know about him... a tattoo on his arm. The scenes are just as graphic as the "Bone Collector", but the fact that the assassin is trying to kill two people in protective custody adds a whole new dimension to the book... and just when you think you know whats happening... you don't. I'd say pick this one up, if you like a gritty murder/ mystery (Well... and airplanes).
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Summary: Mediocre at best.
Review: I thought the Bone Collector was heavy into the technical terms of forensics. That is until I read this book. I would have enjoyed it more if it left out half of the police abbreviations (i.e. ERC, IED, CI, OEMs. geez, I felt like I was back in the military) Then there where four pages involving an explosive device. For crying out loud do we really need to know E-VERY LIT-TLE DETAIL?! How about leaving some things to the reader's imagination eh? I found myself skipping over several rambling paragraphs, just to keep from getting flustrated and blowing it up! Maybe I should used come C three or C four or RDX. Ooo wait! Maybe CG because it smells so sweet. Since I borrowed it from a library, I suppose that wouldn't be right. Plus there's no way, I would be willing give my hard earned money for a replacement copy.
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Summary: A Page Turner
Review: I was amazed by Deaver's genius. I read this book in about 10 hours. I was afraid that I wouldn't like it because I was totally grossed out by the movie, The Bone Collector. However, I was very intrigued by Deaver's insight into the mind of a killer.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I can't describe how good this book is. About the time I thought I figured it out, it turned 180 degrees and hit me like a freight train before I knew what was going on. I recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: I just found my new favorite author!
Review: This is the first Jeffrey Deaver book that I have read, but it certainly won't be the last! I just loved his characters, especially Rhyme and Sachs. I couldn't put the book down and now I'm sad that it had to end.
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Summary: What A Great Book!
Review: After their debut performance, Jeffrey Deaver creates another story starring the characters Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. Rhyme, a quadriplegic, directs Sachs toward a new killer, the Coffin Dancer. He is named for because of the danse macabre tattoo of a woman watlzing with death. After being hired by someone, the Dancer is set out to kill three people. Ed Carney and his wife Percey Clay are both co-owners of a small business airport. Both are victims along with Brit Hale, a good friend and pilot, to whom the business goes to if Ed or Percey quit. When one dies, Rhyme and Sachs, with the help of many other detectives and guards, have only 48 hours until the last one is killed by the Dancer. Rhyme tries as hard as he can to save them, but the Dancer still outsmarts him. Also, court orders, unimportant clues, and other unneeded events get in the way of keeping the two remaining victims alive and trying to catch the Dancer. But they all spice up the plot. Deaver makes this a great book with suspense, thrills, and the sheer gruesomeness that makes a good crime book. He also has many of his trademark plot twists, which veer the story, and your thoughts, in a new direction. The fast paced action does not make this a dull read, either. I found this book to end a little too "happily ever after", but it was great, nonetheless. There is also a large collection of characters, which also make the story a little harder to read, although I wouldn't doubt that there are only three people involved in a regular crime investigation. This being my first Deaver book, along with my first crime investigation novel, I cannot recommend any other books like it. But by itself, this book is fantastic. The exciting climax and great resolution make this a must read. Deaver did a fantastic job when writing this novel.
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Summary: Move over, Scarpetta!
Review: I am a huge fan and die-hard Kay Scarpetta fan from the creator, Patricia Cornwell however I have had the pleasure of reading Jeffrey Deavers collection with Lincoln Rhyme and these are awesome! Unfortunately I am one of those readers who loves the same characters throughout a series and these are often hard to come by that are as suspensful as the Lincoln Rhyme series. If other readers like those books with the development of a strong character then do not pass these up!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Linclon is at his best here; much better than "The Empty Chair" Buy have a good read!
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Summary: Another Lincoln Rhyme page-turner
Review: If you read "The Bone Collector", you'll be relieved that Deaver continues his streak f good fiction with the "The Coffin Dancer". Continuing to chronicle the exploits of Lincoln Rhyme and his beautiful assistant Sachs. Again they're chasing a creatively names villian (The Coffin Dancer). The Coffin Dancer is the name of a very cunning hit man; hired to kill three grand jury witnesses. In all of his career, he has left only one survivor, who was only able to describe a tatoo that was on his arm, that of Death dancing with a woman in front of a coffin (hence the name Coffin Dancer...creative huh?). With the first witness dies in a airplane explosion, a FBI agent missing, and the grand jury deadline only 45 hours away, Lincoln Rhyme and his croonies have to hustle to find the Dancer before its too late, for once hired, the Dancer never backs down. The body count in this one is high. The pace is intense, and the ever-changing narrative (from Rhyme to Sachs to the Dancer to the victims) keeps your mind whirling. I liked the twists and turns in the novel, it was like an elaborate chess game (actually a comparison mentioned in the book). There was a sometimes strained attempt to add personal information into the plot (Rhyme's romantic past doesn't fit with the storyline and where it's thrown in sounds cheesy and soap opera-ish). Overall though, the race to stop the Coffin Dancer kept me guessing, and the plot twist at the end made the book all the better.
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Summary: Horrifyingly intense
Review: Deaver's sequel to the Bone Collector is as intense as the first and just as compulsively readable. I found it to be one of the best books i ever read, i think youll agree. Do yourself a favor and read this book. It was phenmoninal.
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