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The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme) | 
| Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 131
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1416549978
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416549970
ASIN: 1416549978
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
Bestselling master of suspense Jeffery Deaver is back with a brand-new Lincoln Rhyme thriller. Lincoln Rhyme and partner/paramour Amelia Sachs return to face a criminal whose ingenious staging of crimes is enabled by a terrifying access to information.... When Lincoln's estranged cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested on murder charges, the case is perfect -- too perfect. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed. At the behest of Arthur's wife, Judy, Lincoln grudgingly agrees to investigate the case. Soon Lincoln and Amelia uncover a string of similar murders and rapes with perpetrators claiming innocence and ignorance -- despite ironclad evidence at the scenes of the crime. Rhyme's team realizes this "perfect" evidence may actually be the result of masterful identity theft and manipulation. An information service company -- the huge data miner Strategic Systems Datacorp -- seems to have all the answers but is reluctant to help the police. Still, Rhyme and Sachs and their assembled team begin uncovering a chilling pattern of vicious crimes and coverups, and their investigation points to one master criminal, whom they dub "522." When "522" learns the identities of the crime-fighting team, the hunters become the hunted. Full of Deaver's trademark plot twists, The Broken Window will put the partnership of Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs to the ultimate test.
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 Another winner from Deaver! July 20, 2008
I'm a fan of Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series and this is my favorite of the series so far. A highly recommended read from a great mystery author!
Datamining insights add to the usual twists and suspense July 19, 2008
Data mining and identity theft drive the fast-paced plot as quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner/lover Amelia Sachs attempt to clear Rhyme's estranged cousin, Arthur, of murder charges.
A look at the slam-dunk evidence suggests to Rhyme, a consultant for the NYPD, that someone may have framed Arthur. A little more digging produces several other cases - closed, the supposed perps jailed - with the same anomalies. If he's right, some sophisticated identity theft is involved.
Point of view switches to the real killer, a self-satisfied collector who attaches numbers to people before he adds them to his macabre - and extensive -collection. He's awaiting his next victim, a young woman whose life has been thoroughly mapped out, as has that of the designated fall guy.
While the police are none too happy about re-opening solved cases, Rhyme comes achingly close to nabbing the guy, managing at least to intercept his manufactured evidence and get the NYPD on board. His investigation leads to a huge data mining company with clients that encompass not just corporations but government - including the NYPD.
And when the killer realizes the law is on his trail he doesn't run - he fights - with all the data at his command.
The chase twists and turns as Deaver ramps up the suspense, cutting between characters and scenes. As the pages flip by, Orwell's "1984" casts a long shadow and the reader shudders to realize how the foundations of society (to say nothing of the individual) rest on electronic data more solidly than on the bedrock of the earth. Pretty scary - and a fun read too.
Deaver has to be one of the best mystery, thriller writers out there! July 19, 2008
This is quintessential Deaver. The killer, 522, has been killing people, calling in anonymous tips and then plants evidence on an innocent victim so they are accused of the crime. The question is, where does he get the information about these innocent victims so he can get the evidence to plant? Answer? SSD. This company gets all sorts of computerized data on people and sells it to other companies. Keeping up with federal and state privacy laws, of course. When Arthur, Lincoln's cousin, is caught up in 522's scheme, to be convicted of rape and murder, Lincoln decides to investigate the case, with the help of all the usual characters, Amelia, Ron, Mel and Lon.
There are 2 things I love about Deaver's books. The first is the author's style of putting the reader inside the killer's head throughout the book. Not many mystery writers do this. I think because they may be afraid it will give clues away but Deaver has a talent of helping the reader see through the eyes of the killer which helps pull you deeper into the story.
The other thing I like is the way he sets up the reader into thinking the killer has the edge and the plot is headed for a bad scene and then BOOM, Amelia or Rhythm have jumped ahead and figured something out while you were off in some other character's head. Then the story takes an unexpected twist.
Deaver's books are loaded with interesting information, (like identity theft in this one) as well as, suspense and drama. It is rare for me to rate a Deaver book anything less than a 4 or 5.
I've read every one of the Lincoln Rhyme series and if you are a thriller-mystery type reader, you don't want to miss adding this series to your repertoire. Deaver is one of the best.
Deaver does it again! July 19, 2008
As usual, I couldn't put this book down - it moves at lightening speed. I highly recommend this book!
Kept Me Guessing! July 18, 2008
This one kept me guessing all the way to the end. Great story with a very frightening premise. A good summer read.
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