The Vanished Man
From Jeffery Deaver’s “simply outstanding” (San Jose Mercury News) Lincoln Rhyme series comes this acclaimed New York Times bestseller! Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is called in to work the high-profile investigation of a killer who seemingly disappeared into thin air just as the NYPD closed...
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From Jeffery Deaver’s “simply outstanding” (San Jose Mercury News) Lincoln Rhyme series comes this acclaimed New York Times bestseller! Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is called in to work the high-profile investigation of a killer who seemingly disappeared into thin air just as the NYPD closed in. As the homicidal illusionist baits him with grisly murders that grow more diabolical with each victim, Rhyme and his protégée, Amelia Sachs, must go behind the smoke and mirrors to prevent a horrific act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743437813 (0743437810)
Publish date: June 29th 2004
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Series: Lincoln Rhyme (#5)
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 appear...
Murder mystery with a magician and enough twists and turns to keep me guessing throughout.
I really liked the magic part of this story. I thought the history of various magicians and tricks was obviously well researched and was very interesting.
Good book and an entertaining read but was about 50 pages too long in my opinion - story seemed to drag on a bit after it had really concluded and I felt a lot of the characters were superflous and just there a bit for window dressing without having much in the way of charecterisation to make them i...