The Midnight Lock: A riveting new Lincoln Rhyme thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man

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This is the 15th book in the Lincoln Rhyme series by author Jeffery Deaver. I have loyally followed this series from the very start and in most cases thoroughly entertained. Lincoln Rhymes is a great character and very different from other literacy sleuths. 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 is now his wife and acts as his eyes as she walks crime scenes. Now I was really looking forward to reading this as I have loved this series, having read 12 of the previous 14 books. The other 2 books are waiting to be read. But sadly, this one well short of his usual high standard. Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy. Both plots become very twisted. At the conclusion you end up someplace you never you would go. The ending is such a surprise, I am usually able to come up with a prediction that’s at least close. I was no where near the mark on this one.

Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is testifying in a trial in his role as consultant to the NYPD. He is providing evidence against a mob figure. The guy gets off due to a minor mistake Lincoln made and NYPD fires him - the best person they ever had helping the force, how dumb. But you know Lincoln is not going to let his cases go. His bookA Maiden’s Gravewas made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novelThe Bone Collectorwas a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of hisThe Devil’s Teardrop. NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series,Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer team up to exonerate a woman who’s already served five years for killing her ex-husband. It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly four years since Jeffery Deaver has graced us with Lincoln Rhyme’s presence. Rhyme is a brilliant and tortured genius whose career with the NYPD ended in a tragic accident that has him permanently confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life as a full quadriplegic. He is now married to Amelia Sachs, the officer with whom he was paired in the opening installment of the series, THE BONE COLLECTOR. They make a formidable team, and the NYPD counts on them to solve difficult cases and bring the most evil individuals to justice.Well worth the wait, the latest Lincoln Rhyme novel has all the trademark elements. Generous dollops of science, a fascinating touch of genius, and a twisty tale fit to boggle the mind! The best part about this series is that the science is so inevitable that apprehending the perpetrator seems only a matter of time because try as they might, they cannot leave a crime scene without some tell-tale evidence of their having been there. And with a genius like Lincoln Rhyme analyzing their traces, connections to their hideouts or their future plans become easily evident. The science is there for all to see, but only Rhyme connects the dots and draws the conclusions lesser investigators struggle to even imagine. To ale není jediný problém Lincolna Rhyma. Byl to právě on, respektive důkaz, který objevil, kdo dostal před soud obávaného gangstera Viktora Buryaka. Jenže to bylo taky Lincolnovo svědectví, které nakonec způsobilo, že byl Buryak zproštěn viny a propuštěn. A ten se teď chce pomstít… A právě kvůli Buryakově případu je uprostřed vyšetřování Rhyme zbaven své pozice konzultanta newyorské policie. A šance na dopadení Zámečníka se zdá nulová. Il ritorno a uno dei miei primi amori del genere, il maestro del thriller americano, Jeffery Deaver. Era da parecchio che non leggevo nulla di lui e ho deciso di riprenderlo in mano con questo suo ultimo romanzo, la cui trama si preannunciava interessante. The author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards.

Quella del “Fabbro”, uno psicopatico che si intrufola, di notte, nelle case di donne sole e si limita a spostare degli oggetti e a lasciare un segno del suo passaggio. Un visitatore notturno, disturbato e pericoloso, capace di scassinare qualsiasi serratura e dunque di entrare dove vuole. Quando la faccenda di tinge di rosso, si fa ancora più seria. E Amelia e Rhyme, ormai sposati, ci si buttano a capofitto, nonostante le restrizioni giunte dall' “alto” che vorrebbero allontanare lui, a causa dell’errore giudiziario in un altro caso parallelo che lo ha visto protagonista.Lincoln Rhyme, for the uninitiated, was first introduced in 1997 when Jeffery Deaver released The Bone Collector. At that point Lincoln Rhyme was ex-head of NYPD forensics after an accident on the job left him a quadriplegic. Angry and frustrated, a case involving a highly intelligent killer, brought Rhyme out of retirement. With his extraordinary mind, and with Amelia Sachs as his arms and legs, a partnership was born. V New Yorku řádí šílenec zvaný Zámečník, který překonává i ty nejsložitější zámky a bezpečností opatření. Zaměřuje se na osamělé ženy, kterým v bytě ukradne nože a spodní prádlo a nechá jim tam konkrétní stránku z bulvárních novin Daily Herald. Podaří se ho Lincolnu Rhymovi a newyorské policii dopadnout, když po sobě nezanechává skoro žádné stopy? Quadriplegic ex-cop criminalist Lincoln Rhyme’s latest larger-than-life quarry is a man who invades the apartments of sleeping women and ignores their bodies, preferring to mess with their heads. It's been a while since I read a Lincoln Rhyme story (so many books, too little time) so I was very happy to read this one and - again - feel how much I like reading about this great character. And of course, his wife and friends.