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by Jeffery Deaver (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Coronet; 2 edition (4 Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340682116
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340682111
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.1 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 178,199 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

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‘Superlatively plotted novel, rich in reversal and false endings'

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Is it realistic? I don't know, I don't care!, 28 May 1999
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Like every other reviewer so far I have to agree that this is a 5* read. Jeffery Deaver blows Patricia Cornwell out of the water. This is the first Lincoln Ryme novel - Lincoln starts the book as a Quadriplegic with a death wish - trying to find a doctor who will grant his wish to put him out of his misery. Along come a string of really sick murders designed to tax Lincoln's forensic skills and lateral thinking. With the unwilling help of Amelia - the beautiful policewoman who stumbled on the first of the crime scenes, he takes us into the mind of the killer with only the smallest amount of physical evidence. Right to the end you will NOT guess who the killer is. You will forget his disability and be carried along by the sheer brilliance of his deductive reasoning. As for whether or not the plot is really feasible or realistic and whether they can really do stuff like this - you really won't care. His next book, the Coffin Dancer is also excellent and sufficiently different to suggest that he won't become too formulaic
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars NO BONE TO PICK WITH THE BONE COLLECTOR..., 1 Dec 2002
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This is an especially suspenseful thriller made more so by the personal angst of the main character, Lincoln Rhyme. A quadriplegic, forensic ex-detective for the New York City Police Department, Rhyme is brought out of retirement by the police department to assist them in the apprehension of an apparently psychopathic killer who is loose on the streets of New York.

The forays into bits of arcane New York history, as well as the sleuthing done almost entirely through the application of forensics and deductive reasoning, make for a very interesting read. While at times it seems that no one could be as uncannily accurate as Rhyme in deciphering the meaning of the physical evidence, this contrivance does serve to move the plot along. With the story line so engrossing and the crime scenes horrific, as well as ingenious, it is the kind of book that is hard to put down, because you simply cannot wait to see what happens. The surprise ending is the icing on the cake.

Assisting Rhyme with his work is Police Officer Sachs who, while not as compelling a character as Rhyme, is essential to the story. It is her character who does the 'heavy lifting' so to speak. Highly intelligent and resourceful, with an innate appreciation of the importance of physical evidence, she inspects and preserves the crime scenes, as well as gathers the physical evidence from which Rhyme ultimately weaves his magic. She also serves as somewhat of a Deus Ex Machina in that she saves the day in more ways than one.

Sachs is a wonderful foil for Rhyme in that she runs hot to his cold. She is driven by her desire to help others, as well as by her own personal demons, while he is ever the calm, cool, collected clinician, whose desire to preserve a crime scene may supercede the milk of human kindness latent within his emotionally atrophied soul. The personal connection that Rhyme ultimately develops with Officer Sachs is one that leaves you hoping that they will be teamed up again in yet another novel.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well-researched as usual, 12 Oct 2002
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I think Deaver's strength lies in his meticulous research - whether it's about the plight of quadriplegics or about criminal matters. This book, again, is no exception.

The plot, however, is not all that strong and the ending is somewhat silly. There was too, in my view, just too much reliance on forensics (making elements of the book boring) and Rhyme's supreme intelligence.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!!
I have read lots of crime thriller books and it takes alo for me to be shocked or scared by some of the crimes the authors come up with but in this novel Jeffrey Deaver managed to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. webb

4.0 out of 5 stars Rhymes first though not his best
Strangely this is the last of the Lincloln Rhyme books that I decided to read, strange in that it is infact the first book of the Lincoln Rhyme series. Read more
Published on 6 Jul 2007 by Christopher Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars Deaver...A Genius!
This book has every element for an overly gore filled blood-fest: Blood, death, more blood, more death, and oh so many bones. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by Sam Anders

5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling New York-set crime novel
I really enjoyed this book. I bought it after seeing the film of it (which is not as good) and read it in about three days flat. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2002 by M. Thornton

2.0 out of 5 stars Good but not Jeffrey Deaver's best
I came across this book after having already read "The Coffin Dancer" and "A Maiden's Grave". Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars NO BONE TO PICK WITH THE BONE COLLECTOR...
This is an especially suspenseful thriller made more so by the personal angst of the main character, Lincoln Rhyme. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2001 by Lawyeraau

1.0 out of 5 stars I can not believe they made a film about it! Bored to tears!
It took me months for me to get past the first page i found it very hard to get into. The plot was boring and the characters were also boring bring me Patricia Cornwell or a Kathy... Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2001 by samantha@selbygrove.freeserve....

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Book. Would recommend it to everyone
I loved this book. Forensic science is facinating and this book gave a good insight into it. Once I had started reading this book I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Really gripping stuff, I couldn't put the book down
I thought this book was excellent as it is really well thought out. I couldn't put the book down myself. Certainly his best ever book. Read more
Published on 24 Jul 2001 by thopkins@blueyonder.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Bone chilling
I read one of Deaver's early books with the Rune Character and it was not my kind of book. This book though is something else. Read more
Published on 21 April 2001

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