oh my lord. i haven't been this creeped out by a book in like, forever. and now i'm totally bothered by the fact that there is all this information that *I'VE* put on the internet about myself and my book tastes and now there's all this CRAZY ASS INFORMATION that EVERYONE can find out about me. i love ron pulaski, almost more than amelia. i love watching him grow over the series - i love lincoln, i love lon, and mel, and the crazy computer techs. this writing is tight and plotty and crazy-brilli...

3.5 stars.. Another outing with Lincoln Rhyme in the books.. I enjoyed this one, though The Stone Monkey, my first Lincoln Rhyme novel remains my favorite. An interesting concept, featuring a unique type of serial killer/hoarder/hacker who frames others to take the fall for his crimes. I think he really shows the dangers of all the invasion of privacy issues we deal with in our daily lives, showing just how all the seemingly random bits of data collected in our lives can and are probably right

Another crime solved by the great criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs. This one was a creepy story about identity theft at its very worst - the big problem for me is that I can totally see this happening in the world today - makes me want to throw away all my store club cards and credit cards and live "off the grid." We also get some interesting family history for Lincoln this time.Highly recommended for fans of the series and those who enjoy criminal mysteries.

Good read. The story made sense with lots of red herrings. The plot using data mining and how vulnerable people are too hacking is relevant in todays digital world. Interesting about how metadata leaves a time stamp. Its definitely a brave new world. Lincoln investigates his estranged cousin Arthur’s arrest for murder. The SSD company is at the heart of the evidence and drives his investigation with Sachs and his assistants. The hoarder killer and evidence to find him is something Rhyme does wel...

Don't pick it up unless you have time to finish it.!

Scared me spitless, yet here I sit sharing information about my reading preferences on the web.

DisturbingA story about the amount of data on each and every one of us and how it can be used in the right hands and in the wrong. Can't say much more without spoilers. Once again am excellent story with a brilliant protagonist. Unfortunately once again there seemed to me, that there was a large chunk of fairly slow story line in the middle. But either side of this was very fast paced. For this reason I am awarding 4 not 5 stars.

Excellent! Love listening to Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs go about their sleuthing. Both have totally different philosophies and approaches, and yet, both demonstrate sheer ingenuity and epic mastery in their respective professional arenas. Goes to show there is more than one way to get to the solution. #DynamicDuo!

In this eighth book in the 'Lincoln Rhyme' series, the quadriplegic criminalist and his partner, detective Amelia Sachs, are drawn into the investigation when Lincoln's cousin is accused of murder.The book can be read as a standalone, but familiarity with the characters is a bonus.*****When Lincoln Rhyme's cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested for murder, Lincoln and his team soon discover that the real murderer is a serial rapist/murderer who uses personal information from a data mining company to lu...

I had some minor confusions about some of the characters but overall its great like the other books.The most interesting part of the story was the professional data collectors; about how they have collected personal information about each and every person without their knowing. This explains how little personal life we have without us realizing that somebody collects every single data on our life...

OMG, after finishing this book, and with the plot revolving around identity theft and fraud, I was almost hesitant to write a review with fear of my account being hacked, (HAHA just kidding)! Seriously though, scary shit.When quadriplegic Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme's estranged cousin Arthur is framed for murder, and with no alibi, the crime scene is searched and forensic evidence all points to Arthur, it was almost the perfect murder. But after some convincing from Arthur's wife, Rhyme and S...

The best reason for rereading a book is getting it in a better edition, in this case a Hard covered version which meant that the paperback has been retired.This is a Lincoln Rhyme novel that delves into the world of data-mining and during this story he certainly does not pull his punches when it comes to giving a moral judgement over this industry.Hidden in this book is a thriller and whodunit, the murder of a woman gets Rhymes cousin into trouble being used as a sacrificial lamb for a horrible

Well after a kick butt book #7, I had high hopes for book #8, instead this one floundered a lot IMHO. We also have Sachs in my opinion being a total nitwit for how she handles an inappropriate relationship with someone she is close to. And I have to say that this book was highly repetitive from beginning to end. I think that Deaver was trying to tell three stories in this one, and they all get pretty lost. The ending I found to be off and just setting things up for the next book in the series. A...

I gave this 3 stars. Mostly because I have big issues with an author using lazy words (or technically fake words) like 'people've' and 'might'v've'. I don't care who you are, putting 'v've at the end of a word is simply not acceptable.There was a lot of this book that I thoroughly enjoyed and couldn't wait to read in bed at night, but as the book went on, something didn't feel right. The writing was not so great in parts, only it wasn't that. I think I can only do a spoiler and all those who hav...

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scary about your privacy...

This was fine but it spent too much time on unnessary details, flashbacks and long drawn out explanations that just made me want to put i down. I powered through though.

This is the latest Lincoln Rhyme novel from Jeffrey DeaverRhyme, a forensic consultant for the NYPD, and his detective partner, Amelia Sachs, take on a psychotic mastermind who uses data mining—the business of the twenty-first century, not only to select and hunt down his victims but also to frame the crimes on complete innocents. Rhyme is reluctantly drawn into a case involving his estranged cousin, Arthur, who's been charged with first-degree murder. But when Rhyme and his crew look into the s...

It's been a couple of years since I delved into the mystery world of Lincoln Rhymes. The Broken Window is the 8th book in this excellent series. This book starts when Lincoln finds out that his cousin Arthur has been arrested for under suspicion of raping and murdering a young woman. This is based on convincing forensic evidence of his guilt. Arthur's wife asks Rhyme for assistance. It quickly becomes evident that the forensic clues may have been planted. Thus begins a fascinating, scary story o...

Not worried about identity theft? Read THE BROKEN WINDOW by Jeffrey Deaver. You will be.A serial killer has gone undetected because he has been able to pin the crime on some innocent person each time. The killer “knows everything” about his murder victims and so is able to get close to them and then plant evidence that proves the guilt of innocent people because the killer "knows everything" about them, too.But how does he do it? How is he able to know everything about these people? Where does h...