The Bone Collector
The totally gripping crime and mystery thriller from the global bestseller
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4.2 • 28 Ratings
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- $13.99
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'OK, so here's the thing: THIS BOOK IS FREAKING AMAZING!!!... OMG, I read 2 amazing detective novels just within a week, and that was a blast!!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'5 STARS! Wow! That was an intense book that I hard a hard time putting down... Like a modern day Sherlock Holmes... Great crime-fiction series' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Awesome, Awesome, Awesome - 5 Stars... If you enjoy strong characterisation or great crime thriller plots, pick this one up today' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Their first case, their worst killer . . .
New York City has been thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. Baffled, the cops turn to the one man with a chance of solving them - Lincoln Rhyme.
Left paralysed by a debilitating accident, ex NYPD cop Rhyme has to dig deep into the only world he has left - his astonishing mind - to have any hope of solving the case. With the help of a young police officer, Amelia Sachs, he starts to close in on the killer. But as he edges closer to the truth, the Bone Collector is closing in on Lincoln Rhyme himself...
Everyone is gripped by The Bone Collector:
'The novel isn't just fast-paced, it's lightening speed! Hell, you get as much sleep as the characters do in a 24 hour period... So many twists, turns, suspense and action, you can't help reading it until waaay after the midnight hour. What I loved about this book is the details! Whether it's the crime scene, evidence or the cop lingo (terminology of forensics)... everything is well put together, and you don't miss a beat. Snap, snap, snap, one thing right after another. This is one of the best novels I've read. Can't wait to read more of Deaver's work!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What can I say other than I absolutely LOVED this book?! Incredibly well written, engaging story with psychology, police protocol, crime history... the list goes on!... This ticked basically every box for me' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Soooo thrilling, I think I'm still recovering from the shellshock. Amazing characters, well-done pace, and some unbelievable twists in the end... Lincoln Rhyme is a great spin on your typical badass detective' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I gobbled up this book in a day and can't wait to read the next in this series! Love this author's work!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Lots of plot twists and I really loved the characters... The forensics was excellent and very detailed in this book along with the clues... The action was gripping and the suspense of the book was great. I loved the whole cat and mouse chase of this book to get to the next victim. The ending was epic with who the killer was... Excellent writing, characters and unforgettable plot twists!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Deaver (A Maiden's Grave) is too fond of gimmicks. They range in this novel from the extreme (his detective here, Lincoln Rhyme, is a quadriplegic who can move only one finger) to the moderately eccentric (beautiful policewoman Amelia Sachs, who acts as Rhyme's arms and legs, suffers from arthritis). And his villain, a serial killer who models his crimes on ones he finds in a book on criminal life in old New York, has an uncomfortable way of slaying each of his victims in ways guaranteed to stop the heart or turn the stomach: buried alive, flayed by high-pressure steam, eaten by hungry rats, burned alive, attacked by mad dogs. All this takes place in the course of one busy New York weekend as the killer helpfully leaves playful little clues as to where he's going to strike next and Rhyme uses his immense savvy (and a battery of computerized testing tools) to figure it out. The whole affair, in fact, is incredibly silly, though the headlong narrative, with Sachs arriving in the nick of time (driving at 80 mph through New York streets) to perform rescues that seem to belong in a comic strip rather than a novel, never lets up, and there is plenty of genuine forensic knowledge in evidence. There are dramatic switcheroos up to the very last page, and a climactic battle to the death that might make even teenage boys wince. For it seems to be at that kind of readership--uncritical and doting on violence--that the novel is aimed. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; film rights sold to Martin Bregman and Universal Pictures; simultaneous Penguin audio. FYI: An HBO movie of A Maiden's Grave, starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, will air in January 1997.
