5.5/10This is quite hard to rate, to give it two or three stars is quite tricky. In some ways it was the standard thriller you would come to expect from this series, albeit a lower quality than some of the others in the series. But some of the dialogue between characters was so outdated and looked forced it was hard to read. I’m not from Harlem but I’m pretty sure not many people say “phat” and “whack”. It reminded me of when Joey in Friends tried to act young, saying what you assume people say....

I absolutely love Rhymes' novels but this one was just soooo slowwww. Yeah there were a couple interesting twists and turns but nothing like you usually see from Deaver. Plus, the emotional connection was just not there. I didn't care at all about the story or the characters and boy did it drag out for no apparent reason. We even lacked connection and further development of Lincoln and Amelia, one of the only constants in this series was completely missing from this book.Honestly my favorite par...

I dithered about the rating for this book. I ultimately enjoyed the book, but I got really tired of all the Red Herrings in this book. It's beyond absurd. I also don't think Rhyme has super human abilities that he can figure out what the true motive is beyond all of these people he investigates. I did love seeing Kara from the previous book in this one though. And we get to see some more scenes with Rhymes and Sachs that show them as a couple. Rhyme and Sachs are called in by Lon Selitto to inve...

Oh my... I', embarrassed! For me, because I've raved about Deaver so much. I just found this volume at a swap for $1.00, and dear me, I should have passed. I feel bad for Deavers because the psuedo-black vernacular was stilted, inappropriate and almost insulting... that's how I felt reading it, even though I'm not black! If you can over-look the simply awful attempt at slang-hop, the plot and Rhyme's steller convoluted detecting is worth the struggling with the tongue twisting creepy syntax.

3.5 starsThere were some confusions occurred in several places when reading the story, especially the deadly conspiracy which occurred nearly two centuries ago.As in every other books in this series there were good twists happening but it was not that great when compared with the previous books.

Always eager to read the next Deaver-Rhyme book, I was left feeling a little disappointed by the Twelfth Card. Although packed with twists, turns and suspense, I found the story rather dull and lacking in substance creating an "oh" instead of an "ooooooooh". There were some excellent touches to the story, such as the historical theme and learning more about regular characters. The Harlem dialect was a nice touch although sometimes difficult to follow. I felt the last section of the book brought

I'm pretty sure I've read other 'Lincoln Rhyme' novels. And I'm pretty sure I liked them. But this one did not hold my attention at all.First problem I noticed was that Jeffrey tries to write in black vernacular, Ebonics, AAVE (African American Vernacular English), whatever you may find to be PC today. The issues I have with this are twofold: that it (the vernacular) changes with each generation so the story feels dated already and that having George Guidall try to pull off saying "I'm down wit

I hadn't read the first five in the series, so I missed out on that character development. I liked the story ok, but I found some of the dialogue stereotyping and demeaning. As an audio book, anyway, the language attributed to many of the characters-- especially the African American characters-- wasn't believable/ felt inappropriate. I found myself rolling my windows up to avoid offending the occupants of other vehicles.

Wow, really bad. Hated the dialog, found it very hard to get through. I only read until the end because it was a book club selection. Had it not been, I would have put it down the minute I started reading Deaver's version of African American Vernacular. Embarrassing!

For me is this one the weakest part of the series. Too little Rhyme, too little Sachs, too many clichés, too many other things. Less would have been more.

Lincoln Rhyme gets involved in the attempted assault of a 16-year-old researching her ancestor, a freed slave accused of stealing. I think there are things to appreciate about this book. Over time, the author has added new characters to this universe and both fleshed out and grown the primary characters. It feels like time has actually passed and the world has changed and developed. But, possibly unrelatedly, a lot of the rigor, for lack of a better word, is gone from the technical aspects of fo...

It took me a very long time to get through this book. I kept reading it in pauses because it never really held on to my attention. It didn't have the same pizzazz as the first 5 books in the series.

Incredible What an incredible book, it had everything, from slaves to deceit and deception. A lesson on the American Constitution, which was very well explained (my American friends may disagree). And the ending well..... that would be telling.

Way too many red herrings for me

Love, love, love the Lincoln Rhyme books. This one was excellent also!

Another excellent story from Jeffery Deaver by every creative, thoughtful word written. 9 of 10 stars

This was the first Jeffery Deaver book I have read, i will try another as I hope this one was just a bit different.Although the story was ok and was very clever nothing grabbed me so i pushed myself to keep reading this.I will try another and make my decision on Jeffery Deaver then. Maybe this was just the wrong one to start with

In the sixth installment The Twelfth Card, Forensics experts Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are on a cold case, dating back to the 1800's, during the time of slavery. They have been assigned to protect an African-American high school girl named Geneva, who is looking into the past of one of her ancestors, a former slave from the 19th century. When he died he took a deep dark secret with him, and to this day it remains buried. As it turns out, someone doesn't want the secret coming out, and has n...

Deaver's tale of a young black girl living on her own could have been great, but two things detract from the overall impact: 1) anytime you try to do a teen dialect it will be out of date before you get to the printer 2) he puts too many plot twists at the end, seemingly just to show the reader he can do it. The book is exciting and Geneva is an interesting character and that raised the overall rating. Recommended to fans of Lincoln Rhyme.

The 6th book in the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver.Lincoln Rhyme is a former NYPD Homicide Detective who is now a Forensic Consultant since he became a quadriplegic. He is partnered with Amelia Sachs who acts as his eyes as she walks crime scenes.I have now all of this excellent series and remains as fresh as ever. There are also very good spin off series from this series.