I can honestly say I am surprised that I loved this book. I thought the last two Rhyme books were seriously off and I didn't even know if I could continue with this one, but I did. Glad I bought it. We have Rhyme and Sachs investigating a case in which a murderer has someone escaped from what appears to be a locked room. The more they investigate, the more they find themselves embroiled in the world of magic and illusion. I got a kick out of this book since Deaver sprinkles little gems throughou...

8/10A return to form for Lincoln Rhyme in an exciting novel that fell away at the end but that didn't detract from the interesting premise and gripping story from the off. The last couple of novels in the series fell a bit flat but this one was back to its best with multiple plot links going on at the same time, teasing cliffhanger chapter endings and an evil villain who is killing people off in a fashion of famous magic tricks, sorry, illusions. The thing with reading a number of Jeffery Deaver...

Roller coaster Real roller coaster of a book. Starts off well, gets better and better until it peaks about 2/3 through. Then drops off quite dramatically, until all of a sudden it becomes brilliant again. The description and explanation of the magic and illusions is beautifully done. So many twists and plot changes, really need to concentrate. Next Lincoln Rhyme book here I come.

Deaver does it again. How does he come up with these ideas?Well we all know how well he writes the typical cast of Rhyme characters but he also an expert at the guest stars of each book as well and this one was no exception. Plus his plot twists, man I don't understand how I never see them coming. Talk about talent!Plus the plot of this book was sooo interesting. Magic and illusion, such a fun filled topic. Kept me intrigued from page 1.Can't wait to read another!

Overall Rating : B+"In our show what can you believe? Whom can you trust?Well, Revered Audience, the answer is that you should believe nothing. And you should trust no one. No one at all.Now, the curtain rises, the lights dim, the music fades, leaving only the sublime sound of hearts beating in anticipation.And now our show begins..."A sadistic magician is on the loose, killing what seems like random people in bizarre magic acts. But is it random? And can Amelia Sachs and Lincoln Rhyme catch him...

I learned so much about the circus, magic acts and magicians. I loved it. The circus happens to be a favorite of mine, minus the clowns. Lol. Great JD book!!!

I read the first two chapters on Amazon and seemed really promising so I bought the book. Soon after author starts with lectures on forensics and how police system works which seems to be his passion or lectures on political correctness. I had to escape paragraphs and even pages to save myself from that. Also, there are lame jokes, obviously humor is not his strong point.The author seems really capable of creating suspense when he wants to. If he only sticks to the actual story and drops the nit...

A very detailed explanations about circus and performances were given throughout the story while holding its own story twists and the mystery.Hands down for the unpredictability of the Deaver's books.

VANISHING QUALITYThe plot is long, convoluted and enthralling, however having read most of Jeffrey Deaver's work and realizing that he really entertains in all his stories as a master of the "wild twist", I can see that in this book he has abused too much of this resource, losing "the magic" that makes readers gasp. Particularly I agree with another reader (Mr Gavin H from Sidney, Australia) below that the way "Malerick", the bad guy of this story, fakes his dead and makes his way out of tight p...

Although complaining about twists in a Jeffery Deaver story is like complaining about murders in an Agatha Christie novel, I did feel they were overdone in this one; to the point where I stopped caring about various revelations as I began to expect they'd get overturned a few pages later (I was often right). You can get 'twist fatigue' after a while. If, at the end, Lincoln Rhyme had torn off a rubber mask to reveal he was actually Pee Wee Herman, or Meryl Streep...I would have shrugged.The stor...

This started brilliantly and fizzled out towards the end, with its convoluted plot and twists. When the killer was caught and jailed, only halfway through the book, I had this sinking feeling that this was not going to end well.Why, oh why, did he have to add so many unnecessary twists. There were a whole series of twists that had no 'Rhyme' or reason. Well, there was some complicated reason, which was laughable. This was an entangled mess. However ignoring the plot, I did enjoy learning so much...

The Vanished Man is book Five of the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver. Lincoln Rhyme team became part of the murder investigation into the death of three young people under strange circumstances. The readers of The Vanished Man will follow Lincoln Rhyme and his team to see how they found the killer.I enjoy reading The Vanished Man. More I read the books in this series the more I love Jeffery Deaver's portrayal of Lincoln Rhymes and his aid Thom. I have only Jeffery Deavers does a great job...

This was my first encounter with a Jeffery Deaver novel, and it was a bit disappointing. The Vanished Man is one of the Lincoln Rhyme series, featuring a quadriplegic forensic expert and his protégé, Amelia Sachs. The story has great potential, as it features an expert illusionist bent on vengeance. Denver has done a fine job exploring the world of magic and illusion, and blended this with an evil criminal element. Unfortunately more than just the bad guy manages to vanish, as credulity quickly

This was one of my favorite in the series so far! Deaver does it again... an intriguing and fast paced thriller with a storyline that captivates page after page.

DNF @ 7%. This series is just dumb.

This one had some twists I did not see coming. Even some, "misdirection", if you will. People I thought were involved weren't, and people I didn't think were involved, were. One of the better installments in this series.

A music school student is murdered and the killer flees into a locked classroom with no way out. When the police break down the door, the killer has vanished. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. It doesn’t take them long to figure out the police were duped by the killer, whom they name “the conjurer” due to his magical feats in escaping. The conjurer leads the police on a meandering investigation as he continues on his killing spree, leaving behin...

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...

Bored and looking for a quick, fun read, I turned to Vanished Man. Deaver's novels have a lot of twists and surprise endings. Yet because they are all like this the structure almost becomes predictable. I like the Lincoln Rhyme series. Rhyme reminds me of the main character on the t.v. show House. He lacks social skills and has a dry sense of humor but he really knows his field. In fact, it's his knowledge and methods of arriving at conclusions that reel me in. The killer in this storyline is ab...

A solid thriller with some great ingredients : an unpredictable and canny criminal, a baffled set of cops, two crimes wrapped together on one single thread and also Rhyme’s razor sharp intellect at play. This is one of Deaver’s finest in the Lincoln Rhyme series !Recommended.