The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme Novels)
by Jeffery Deaver
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Author: Jeffery DeaverEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-22
ISBN: 0743491572
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Pocket Star
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- ISBN13: 9780743491570
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Book Review: Close, But No Cigar.
Summary: 3 Stars
You're the lead investigator of the largest police department there is. One of the most important cases of your career lies at your own fingertips. Imagine yourself trying to chase a villan who is obsessed with everyone's own natural enemy: time itself.
Great characters. Stories with a assortment of twists and turns. Nefarious bad guys who intend to avenge themselves from their endurance of rather sentimental losses and setbacks. And not to mention stories that are told from a variety of perspectives. All of these mentioned above are the many strengths of bestselling mystery writer Jeffery Deaver. Nonetheless, these particular strengths he does not quite deliver in THE COLD MOON, making his 7th entry in the well-popular Lincoln Rhyme series.
In similarity to his previous entry THE TWELFTH CARD, Deaver yet again makes another departure in the notorious crime series. Only this time do readers have to swallow down a variety of story lines all at once. In this entry, our heroic disabled criminalist, Lincoln Rhyme, along with his longtime partner and lover, Amelia Sachs, are on the trail of the Watchmaker, a meticulously cunning villan who leaves at each of his murders his own calling card; each of them a moon-faced clock ticking away the victims' last seconds. At the same time, however, Rhyme struggles in keeping Amelia motivated into further pursuing the Watchmaker case. Now promoted as a lead detective, Amelia pursues a homicide case of her own. But soon enough, the duo later discovers that both of their cases are related.
While in pursuit of the Watchmaker, Rhyme meets Kathryn Dance, a kinesics (body language) expert with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Despite their opposing views with regard to their own pursuit of crime, the two form an awkward, but clever, alliance with each other. It's only a matter of either hours, minutes, or seconds before the Watchmaker strikes again. For 48 hours, Rhyme, Sachs, and Dance are on the hunt for one of the most cunning serial killers that they've ever come to face.
THE COLD MOON has quite a few pros that Deaver fans will tend to find to be both delightful and clever. For starters, he does a better job on keeping his readers guessing regarding the various twists than THE VANISHED MAN, one of the earlier Rhyme books. In that one, the twist and turns came to a point in where they were getting to be a little predictable and tedious. The biggest advantage of this entry is they way Deaver creates a climax into the series. What makes it so clever is his creation of Kathryn Dance. With her debut and not to mention her opposing pursuit of crime, it cleverly changes the readers' perspective of how they view Lincoln Rhyme's way of thinking.
Yet though the book contains some rather good literary elements, it does nonetheless contain the bad ones. Unlike THE VANISHED MAN, the novel's hook is not quite as strong. Readers thus will fing reading it to be a little bit of a chore in some of the scenes. A few of the twists that come forth later in the book will have readers questioning its credibility. In addition to that, they will also find them to be a little wierd. The main flaw that topredos THE COLD MOON is that Deaver bends the main principles with villans a little too far. Throughout the story, the Watchmaker works with an accomplice in order to commit the killings. Although it appears to work in few of the scenes, it does, however, contradict the main rule regarding how villians often either work alone or turn on his accomplice(s) in order to acheive what they need or want. Thereby, such a flaw corrodes what makes Deaver's novel to be enjoyable.
Despite some of the major pros that the author includes in THE COLD MOON, they are, nonetheless, not strong enough for a "thumbs up." Regardless of the reader's opinion of this book, thing that everyone will be able to agree with is that the elements provided by Deaver will result in you either loving or hating this book. Therefore, THE COLD MOON can be considered as a "toss up" read.
Summary of The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme Novels)
On a frigid December night, an eerie pattern emerges from two equally brutal murder scenes, where a killer?s calling card is a moon-faced clock that seemingly ticked away the victims? last moments. From his wheelchair, criminologist Lincoln Rhyme tracks the Watchmaker, a time-obsessed genius. With every passing second, the Watchmaker is moving with razor-sharp precision to his next act of perfectly orchestrated violence?and Rhyme can?t afford to have his trusted partner, Amelia Sachs, distracted by a daunting homicide case of her own. Up against a brilliant madman, Rhyme and Sachs are locked in a blood-chilling race with their deadliest enemy: time itself. . . .Literature & Fiction Books
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