The Bone Collector

jeffery deaver

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

Genres mysterythrillerfictioncrimemystery thrillersuspensedetectivehorrornovelscontemporary

467 pages, Paperback

First published January 3,1997

Series

Lincoln Rhyme

Literary awards

nero award (wolfe pack),

Places

new york city new york,

This edition

Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Published: September 4, 1997 by Coronet Books
ISBN: 9780340682111
ASIN: 0340682116
Language: English

Characters More characters

Lincoln Rhyme

Former head of the NYPD crime scene operation but became a quadriplegic, largely paralysed from the neck down, because of an accident while searching a scene years ago, has become a forensic consultant to NYPD and along with Amelia Sachs solve homicidal c...
Amelia Sachs

A NYPD Detective....

About the author

jeffery deaver

#1 international bestselling author of over thirty novels and three collections of short stories. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme, The Bone Collector, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He's received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world.