My favorite thus far in the series, I loved it. The story was fantastic, I kept going back and forth of who the culprit was. And the ending, if I had read this book back when it was released I would have gone crazy waiting for the next release. Lol.

This installment of the Lincoln Rhyme series was a little better than The Coffin dancer, although I still had some issues with the story. For the most part it was enjoyable and easy to get through. I feel as though I may be getting a little burned out on Lincoln Rhyme though.In this book a teenager, Garrett, is accused of murdering one male and kidnapping 2 females. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to help solve the crime and find the missing girls, before time runs out. And of cours...

Okay, okay, okay. Deaver is not out to win any writing awards. I had to struggle with that at first. He wrote this novel the way some of us write comments on a co-worker's birthday card. We keep it short, try to be witty, and rarely use complete sentences. Perhaps I was disappointed because I read The Devil's Teardrop first. Also by Deaver, Teardrop is a fantastic example of a hardboiled forensic thriller that doesn't cop-out and doesn't resort to stunted writing in order to keep the pace lively...

Slow and uninteresting (and silly at times, a manhunt in a remote area is not handled by helicopters, dogs or search parties, but Rhyme tries to find out where the suspect is going by putting soil samples through a GC.....) at the start of the book, picks up pace in the middle to disappoint in the end. Characters are out of chararcter, plot twists are not very believable. I'm guessing writers block on this one, not recommended...

7/10Not quite up to the standard of the previous two books in the series but still a decent read overall. The events unfold in North Carolina which added both good and bad points. A new setting meant new ideas could be explored and different places viewed with new people added into the mix. But it did feel like Deaver had picked up Redneck 101 and just put a couple of generic characters in there to add to the different location feel.This was the same usual style as all other Deaver books in that...

Even five hundred miles from Manhattan, Rhyme' can't catch a break. He's in North Carolina - at the Neurological Research Institute (Medical Centre of the University of North Carolina in Avery) for high-risk medical treatment - with Thom and Sachs' in tow - and its not long before the local authority comes calling asking for his assistance. A boy, Billy Stail, has been murdered and a young woman, Mary Beth McConnell, has been abducted at Blackwater Landing. She had been doing a class project - d...

IntriguingLincoln Rhyme once again solves a case that is so entwined with difficult scientific evidence. The suspects in this book abound with mounting surprise. Another book with action and adventure and a page turner. Jeffrey Deaver knows how to make this addition to the series come alive!

This will be my favorite book so far in the series.While reading I thought that I had figured all the things out and eventually found that I was so wrong. And trust me, the ending is not what we think the end will be.The story has it's own climax.

Ok, so i've read The Bone Collector, The Coffin Dancer and now The Empty Chair in quick succession. Honestly i'm in awe of how absolutely great these books have been. This though has been my favourite one so far, and i was wondering how the preceding books could have been bettered but bloody hell they were! The relationship between Lincoln and Amelia continuing to be the backdrop framing, and increasing, the tension of the cat and mouse chase to discover the truth. The feel and images of the loc...

This was an unusual story from many aspects. Initially it was different in that it was n't set in New York, but that was acceptable. The main surprise was how my rating went up, I started off thinking 3 - 3.5, then went up to 4 and so it crept up and up until it was an easy 5 stars.I loved the way the characters developed during this book, and not just the recurring central characters but the interaction with the locals as well. Lots of surprises, I wish I had read this before book 4 and more, b...

By far, Jeffery Deaver is the one author with that uncanny ability to develop plot twists and very complex characters that leave you stunned to the end. If you've seen the movie, trust me, the books are far more ingenious and developed as compared to what we were presented with on the silver screen. The Bone Collector is a series novel starring Lincoln Rhyme, our famous forensics expert bound to his bed and mobile wheelchair.Reading this novel I am reminded to never commit a crime. The art of fo...

This story irks until the plot twists at the end. A bit convoluted while doing little to the strengthen it. 3 of 10 stars

This is book 3 in the Lincoln Rhyme series and sees a departure from New York. Rhyme, Sachs and Thom have travelled south to Carolina for Rhyme to undergo experimental surgery to hopefully improve upon his current quadriplegic status. While waiting for the surgical work-up Rhyme receives a request from a small local Sheriff's office to assist with finding a kidnapped young woman.Rhyme and Sachs soon find themselves drawn into the pursuit of a local boy known as 'Insect Boy' who uses insects such...

This is the third book of a series but it can read as a standalone. In this one, Lincoln and Sachs travel to North Carolina for a surgery for Lincoln. While there they are asked to help in the search of a teenage boy who has kidnapped two girls.I absolutely loved the first two books of this series. While this was still an enjoyable read I did think that it was a step down. There were things that I did love and some not so much. I liked the change of venue and having Lincoln out of his element. A...

Wow..... just wow...this book completely captured my attention, I took it everywhere with me so I could read it at any chance that I got. This is another brilliant novel written by the amazing Jeffery Deaver.We follow Lincoln and Amelia on another thriller to find out what happened, I will admit I got it completely wrong as to what happened I thought that I had it all figured out and then it turns out that I knew nothing, it just took over my mind completely. The way he describes the crime scene...

"'This town ... it's a nest of hornets. I don't know who to trust."' *definite Ozark vibes.*You're telling me! This book was wild. 4.5/5 rounded up for that crazy second half, and I rarely give 5 stars. I haven’t read a book this genuinely twisty in awhile. And the twists actually made sense in the plot! What! In the 3rd Lincoln Rhyme novel, Rhyme and Amelia Sachs travel south to help a small town with an investigation. The main suspect is a teen boy obsessed with insects, who is now kidnapping

Kept me guessing until the end. Good book!

Please note that I gave this book half a star, but I rounded it up to 1 star on Goodreads.I loved books #1 and #2 and this book I would rather pretend just doesn't exist. This was bad. Not even haha bad like maybe I can find some humor in it. I mean it was bad to the point that I saw people jumping sharks in my head. We have Lincoln, Sachs, and Lincoln's aide Thom going to North Carolina for an experimental treatment for Lincoln. Sachs is reluctant for Lincoln to have it due to reasons (a lot of...

Quadriplegic, criminalist Lincoln Rhyme, accompanied by his lover, investigator Amelia Sachs and his assistant Thom, is in Avery, North Carolina, where he hopes to undergo experimental surgery to aid with spinal cord regeneration. His first day there, Rhyme is visited by Jim Bell, sheriff of Paquenoke County, where two women have been kidnapped and a young man killed by 16-year-old Garrett Hanlon, nicknamed the Insect Boy because of his interest in bugs. Garrett’s on the run and Bell wants Rhyme...

This was the one that ended my Jeffery Deaver/Lincoln Rhyme period. Not as well constructed, somewhat (forgive me) contrived the book lost me early on and just never got me back. I felt like the characters didn't stay true to themselves and this Lincoln Rhyme wasn't the same Lincoln Rhyme I'd met earlier. He somehow didn't come across with the same attitude toward the law or his place in enforcing it.May pick others up at a later date...