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Summary: A great read
Review: This book is not quite as good as The Bone Collector but another great book by Mr. Deaver. It starts really slow then pick up the pace once he got started. As with all Deaver's books, he always come up with a lot of surprises and supsense and this one is no exception.
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Summary: DEATH'S DANCING WITH HIS NEXT VICTIM
Review: This is the second book in Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series and surely places his main character in the NYPD history books as having the best criminalist mind ever. Since Rhyme is a quadripeligic, having been injured while on duty, all his work is done from his state of the art Clinitron bed in his townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In this book, Rhyme actually leaves his bed and can be found tooling around in his Storm Arrow wheelchair. Considering that he toyed with suicide in The Bone Collector, this is a big improvement for Lincoln. His two level townhouse is equipped with every gadget imaginable to aid in his crime solving. Of course, Lincoln's biggest asset is the gorgeous Amelia Sachs whose mind is almost as quick as Rhymes' but whose guts and tenacity almost get her in trouble at every crime scene. Sachs is a risk taker but she gets the job done. She also takes some personal risks with Lincoln in this book.The assassin is "The Dancer" named that by Lincoln because he has a Danse Macabre tatoo which shows "death dancing with its next victim in front of a coffin". The Dancer and Rhyme are continually outthinking each other throughout the book and this reader was amazed at how Lincoln can figure out what the Dancer will do next. While Deaver continually takes us from crime scene to crime scene, it is so interesting to see how just one piece of dirt or one trace of fiber can eventually solve a crime. This book is another gruesome offering by Deaver but if you like that kind of book, then this is for you. My only complaint, and this goes with most books in this genre, is how many innocent people are killed in their quest to insure the safety of one individual. In these books, the sought after victim doesn't usually die but everyone else around them does.
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Summary: Sluggish at First, Then Got Me Mid-Way
Review: I read very little fiction so I cannot compare this with some of the other authors cited by previous reviewers here, but I enjoyed this book for what it was. Deaver pulled the rug out from under me right in the first chapter, so it's a shame the story got a little draggy for the next several chapters, and some of Rhyme's brilliant deductions have a pretty high "oh come on" quotient. But a wierd thing happened. I found myself looking forward to the chapters dealing with the killer much more than the sequences with Rhyme. And then when the story caught fire again past the mid-point I really got engrossed. I've read other fiction books which I couldn't put down from page one. This wasn't one. It took till page 300 (paperback) but once it got cooking it was well-worth the read!
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Summary: Another masterful suspense novel!
Review: I enjoyed this one, with the return of Lincoln Rymes and Amelia Sachs for THE BONE COLLECTOR. This time they have to find a serial killer for hire. The twists and turns Deaver throws in keeps you on the edge and the final undressing of exactly waht is going on is a shocker! Great stuff.
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Summary: If you don't like this one, NEVER read again!
Review: I started this book a Monday morning right before I started working and couldn't put it down again till two days later when I finished it during lunch hour. This book is unbelievable. The afternoon I finished reading it I ran to every bookstore in town trying to find more Deaver books, its just unbelievable. Anybody who tells you that this book is predictable is simply lying. Everytime that I thought I knew what was going to happen I was astonishingly not wrong, but dead wrong. There are plot twists in every corner. Deaver's characters are intense. You feel the pain, the emotion, the enthusiasm, and the fear that the characters feel, and his villain in this book is so well thought out that it should rank up there in the all time great villains list. This is definitely a page turner, (And believe me I can talk because I was almost fired for reading at work). If you dont have enough time for nonstop reading don't read this one, at least not until the weekend. Lincoln Rhyme and Sachs are simply wonderful characters who I enjoyed in the big screen but have found even more enjoyable in this novel. Definitely, BUY BUY BUY and READ READ READ I'm sure you'll thank me later.
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Summary: The Coffin Dancer Delivers
Review: This book is a fantastic read. The author has a great knack for developing the characters, especially the bad guys. The use of Lincoln Rhyme in the book is ingenius and shows the authors ability to fit any character into the story. This read is an exciting and frightening ride into forensic science and the mind of a hired killer. The plot twists more than a tornado and the end will astonish you. This book is quaranteed to deliver! Also read the Bone Collector by the same author.
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Summary: Suspenseful reading....intriguing
Review: I could not put the book down!
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Summary: Deaver continues to stun
Review: After reading the first Lincoln Rhyme novel and the current last, Empty Chair, I can honestly say that Coffin Dancer is Deaver's best in the series. It moves at such a fast pace and is so fascinating, especially the knowledge of forensic and physical evidence. After reading this book, I would question other detectives in other books who were not using such a great form of criminal detection! If you love intellectual, suspensful mystery novels, this book is a must. Another plus is that the ending of this book is so twisted from what you might have been originally thinking which is different than Bone Collector. This is the Deaver novel that should be made into a movie. You'll be fearing the coffin dancer and his criminal intelligence for weeks afterward!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is by far Deaver's best book followed by the Empty Chair. The twist is just stunning and action is taut and suspensful. Get IT.
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Summary: Classic "page-turner"
Review: This book gets 5 stars for being one of the most suspenseful page-turners in a long time; in my opinion far superior to "The Bone Collector." "The Coffin Dancer" is the second novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme and his new assistant, Amelia Sachs, as well as several other characters that you will recognize from the Bone Collector. As with The Bone Collector, time is a critical factor in the resolution of this case . . . a couple of potential victims of a hired killer (the so-called Coffin Dancer) must be sheltered over a week-end so they can testify at a grand jury hearing on Monday. The Coffin Dancer is known for his creativity, adaptability and persistence (you cannot change your mind once you have hired him). The book's rapid pace, pulls you into the frenzy so that you feel like you are there, watching Lincoln and Amelia work toward their goal. As with the previous Lincoln Rhyme book, Deaver includes meticulous detail concerning forensics, primarily the recovery and analysis of trace evidence; I'm not a scientist, and cannot evaluate the accuracy of these descriptions, but they are fascinating. In addition, the ending caught me totally by surprise. I ended up reading this book in almost one sitting . . . until late in the night, something I don't often do. A great Summer read.
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