The Coffin Dancer

jeffery deaver

Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, is on the hunt for an elusive murderer, the Coffin Dancer. He's a brilliant hitman who changes his appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims, only one of whom has lived long enough to offer a the assassin has an eerie tattoo on his arm of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman in front of a casket. Like his previous bestselling novels A Maiden's Grave and The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver's latest psychological thriller combines spine-chilling forensic detail with a turbocharged plot. In The Coffin Dancer, Rhyme, tragically paralyzed from a line-of-duty accident, continues to tutor his beautiful protégé, Detective Amelia Sachs, in the art of criminal hunting. Rhyme is certain he's seen this killer before, and his suspicion of an earlier encounter fuels a bitter taste for vengeance. When the chameleonlike assassin targets three federal witnesses for death, the stakes reach a new high. Rhyme's brainpower and Sachs's legwork are the only tools they have to track the cunning murderer through the subways, parks, and airports of a darkly painted New York City. And they have only forty-eight hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again. With The Coffin Dancer, Deaver -- already an internationally bestselling author whose acclaimed novels have been translated into a dozen languages -- uses his trademark plot twists to keep this fast-paced, masterly thriller steamrolling along with breathtaking speed. This is page-turning suspense of the highest order.

Genres mysterythrillercrimefictionmystery thrillersuspensedetectiveaudiobookmurder mysteryadult

368 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15,1998

Series

Lincoln Rhyme

Literary awards

barry award,

Places

new york city new york,

This edition

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Published: November 1, 2004 by Simon \u0026 Schuster
ISBN: 9780743275033
ASIN: 0743275039
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.