The Coffin Dancer (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) | Jeffery Deaver

The Coffin Dancer (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) | Jeffery Deaver | (4 1/2 Stars) The best one in the Lincoln Rhyme Series so far!

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	The Coffin Dancer (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) Jeffery Deaver Pocket, 1999 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 215 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

NYPD criminalist Lincoln Rhyme joins his beautiful protégé, Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer -- an ingenious killer who changes appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims. They have only one clue: the madman has a tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman. Rhyme must rely on his wits and intuition to track the elusive murderer through New York City -- knowing they have only forty-eight hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again.

Classic Deaver

I love Jeff Deaver's books in general and this one was excellent! Lincoln is one of my favorite fictional characters. Deaver never disappoints when it comes to suspense, twists and character development.

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(4 1/2 Stars) The best one in the Lincoln Rhyme Series so far!

After reading the Rhyme series debut "The Bone Collector," I was shockingly amazed on how vivid Deaver has created the two main characters in this series. I was yet more amazed at how strong the relationship between them gets throughout the series. It now makes sense as to why a majority of Deaver's fan's question whether or not these two characters will ever get married.

Following "The Bone Collector," Jeffery Deaver continues the series with Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. In this story, Lincoln teams up with Amelia again in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer, a ruthless hit man who continually changes his appearance after every murder he creates. With two witnesses about to testify against a multi-billionaire in another murder trial, the billionaire thus hires the Dancer to eliminate the witnesses. Aware that he has struck before, Rhyme stops at nothing to find this merciless madman. Throughout the investigation, the only clue that they have to go with is the killer's tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman. With time against their side, He and Sachs only have 48 hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again.

Without a dout, I have to agree with People Magazine that Deaver is "the master of ticking-bomb suspense." I am in delightfully awed on how the author constantly keeps you guessing page after page.

I am absolutely shocked to read from fans that this book does not come up to par with "The Bone Collector." It is my belief that it all depends on the foundations for both books. "The Bone Collector" is well like of the myriad puzzles and clues throughout the story. "The Coffin Dancer," however, has a different mystery. In this one, you are aware of who the killer is (or should I say that he makes you think that way), but the real mystery that readers should ask themselves is what is the purpose for the Coffin Dancer resurfacing.

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You will not see what's coming in the end. I promise.

No spoilers

The Coffin Dancer is a pretty good follow up to Bone Collector, but it's definitely not as good. Actually the path of the books is very different. In Bone Collector, it's all about the antagonist leaving all sorts of crazy evidence just waiting to see if the law can put it all together and get on his trail. However, in Coffin Dancer there is almost no evidence whatsoever and Rhyme is having a tought time catching a break on getting a lead on the antagonist.

As I was reading, I kept thinking that Bone Collector was better and that while this book was good, it wasn't all that great, but at the end there are two huge twists that you will not at all see coming. I promise you. If you see these coming... well you won't and if you say you did then you're a liar. If you're thinking of continuing the Rhyme series, I definitely suggest you do so, because I am.

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Diabolical!

The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver is another Lincoln Rhyme mystery with the same gang of regulars getting together to catch a notorious killer for hire, who is actually a serial killer who has parlayed his mental proclivities into his profession. Rhyme's cohorts add color and his assistant Amelia Sachs adds spice. The killer adds a whole new level to deception. Getting the job done is all that matters and targeting airplanes carrying vital organ transplants or planting bombs that gut buildings are simply means to meeting his end. The story has a lot of suspense but woven throughout are the little pieces of relationship histories that add dimension to the characters and the story itself. This is one of those books that's hard to put down, every time you think you'll finish this page and start doing the things you're supposed to be doing, you find you need to read just a little more to find out what's going to happen.

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