|
The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme Novels) | 
| Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $7.98 (100%)
Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 32621
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0671026011
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671026011
ASIN: 0671026011
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read -> Recycle -> Reuse!
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
It's not easy being NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme, the world's foremost criminalist. First of all, he's a quadriplegic. Secondly, he's forever being second-guessed and mother-henned by his ex-model-turned-cop protege, Amelia Sachs, and his personal aide, Thom. And thirdly, it seems that he can't motor his wheelchair around a corner without bumping into one crazed psycho-killer after another. In The Empty Chair, Jeffery Deaver's third Rhyme outing--after 1997's The Bone Collector and 1998's The Coffin Dancer--Rhyme travels to North Carolina to undergo an experimental surgical procedure and is, a jot too coincidentally, met at the door by a local sheriff, the cousin of an NYPD colleague, bearing one murder, two kidnappings, and a timely plea for help. It seems that 16-year-old Garrett Hanlon, a bug-obsessed orphan known locally as the Insect Boy, has kidnapped and probably raped two women, and bludgeoned to death a would-be hero who tried to stop one of the abductions. Rhyme sets up shop, Amelia leads the local constabulary (easily recognized by their out-of-joint noses) into the field, and, after some Holmesian brain work and a good deal of exciting cat-and-mousing, the duo leads the cops to their prey. And just as you're idly wondering why the case is coming to an end in the middle of the book, Amelia breaks the boy out of jail and goes on the lam. Equally convinced of the boy's guilt and the danger he poses to Amelia, Rhyme has no choice but to aid the police in apprehending the woman he loves--no easy task, as she's the one human being who truly knows the methods of Lincoln Rhyme. Rhyme's specialty combines the minute scientific analysis of physical evidence gathered from crime scenes and his arcane knowledge of, it would seem, every organic and inorganic substance on earth. Deaver combines engaging narration, believable characters, and his trademark ability to repeatedly pull the rug out from under the reader's feet. Lincoln Rhyme's back all right, and the smart money's betting that his run has just begun. --Michael Hudson
Product Description
Renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme faces his ultimate opponent: a kidnapper and murderer dubbed the Insect Boy. But Rhyme is in for a surprise when he learns that catching a criminal is one thing...and keeping him is another. Now Rhyme, in North Carolina to undergo risky spinal cord surgery, finds himself hunting a ruthless killer in the heart of a southern swampland -- and going head-to-head with his protege, Amelia Sachs, in a rivalry that tests the limits of both their expertise and their love.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 186 more reviews...
Not everything is what it seems January 5, 2009
Theda Ghent (Wisconsin)
I'm quite a fan of Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs series, and this new entry doesn't disappoint. As long as Deaver can keep up the quality from here on out, I'll have no complaints.
Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he's on his way to North Carolina for a risky spinal surgery that he hopes can give him some sort of normalcy after the accident that left him almost completely paralyzed. However not everyone is as excited about the surgery as he is. Amelia Sachs, his partner and lover, is worried that it will either make him worse or make him better. And she worries that if he gets better, he won't be her Lincoln anymore. All this ceases to matter when it becomes apparent that Rhyme's reputation as a criminologist has reached much farther than New York. Instead of going under the knife, Rhyme finds himself up against a ruthless killer with a flair for trickery and traps. But one person thinks their sixteen-year old quarry is innocent. Sachs isn't so sure that things are as they seem, and she is more than willing to go against Rhyme to do what she thinks is right.
This was quite the interesting book. The twists were wonderful and interesting and the ending is superb. Even the seemingly inconsequential fits in perfectly to the story., I can't wait to pick up the next book.
 Great Mystery Series August 13, 2008
G. Rush (Florida, USA)
great series of mysteries, showing that a handicapped person, can lead a full and productive life, regardless of their disability, and contribute to society. I would recommend this series of books to anyone, who enjoys a good mystery full of suspense. You will enjoy this as well as others by Jeffery Deaver, a great author.
Very Good! June 17, 2008
J.Flood (Dublin,Ireland)
In this novel, Rhyme and Sachs are in North Carolina, as Lincoln Rhyme is about to go through a medical procedure, to help with his condition. However, Rhymes is met at the hospital, by the local sheriff (a cousin of one of Rhymes' friends), who asks for his help in tracking down a local troubled teenager, who it seems has murdered one man and kidnapped two young women.
I found this book an enjoyable read, from the start. As the cases progresses, you think it will be straight forward enough : examine evidence, catch kid, free women. But, then there is one twist followed by another, that throw you off track, and have you wondering who are the good characters, and who are the bad. It kept me very interested throughout.
|
|
|
Can't find the right gift? Try a Gift Certificate
| |
