Look Ma, it’s a book review! Yes, snarkiness is allowed on my blog. 🙂
I finally finished this book and now, I want to share my thoughts on it with you!
This book was published by Pocket Books which is a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. in 2002. It is dedicated to all the folks we Americans lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
This is one of the books featuring Lincoln Rhyme. Ever since the movie version of The Bone Collector, Denzel Washington is who I think of as Lincoln Rhyme. In his dialogue in the book, I hear Denzel’s voice. 🙂 It makes the book more interesting to me, I think.
Anyway, in this book, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are hunting down a snakehead, a Chinese man who smuggles humans to America. This particular guy has been named The Ghost and is wanted by authorities in China and Anerica, as well as a couple of other countries, for crimes ranging from human trafficking to murder. They are joined by faithful colleagues from the FBI, the local NYPD and two newcomers: Alan Coe of INS and Sonny Li, a Chinese policeman from Fuzhou, China who has followed The Ghost all the way from China to the US to arrest him for several deaths in his own backyard.
The book is rich with sights, sounds, feelings and thoughts which Jeffery Deaver excels at! he draws you into the book by building a three dimensional world out of just words. Words full of deliciousness such as how Dellray dresses and speaks, how Amelia Sachs drivers her sports car and how Lincoln Rhyme feels ghost pains in places that no longer have feeling.
You feel for the poor families being tracked by the Ghost, by the loss of the elderly grandfather of one of the families and loathe The Ghost as he thinks of what he wants to do, not only to the families but also the woman he call Yindao.
There are lots of twists and turns, misdirection and Chinese wisdom in this wonderful story, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes criminal drama, Jeffery Deaver and/or Lincoln Rhyme.
I never give away too much of the plot or the ending so if you want to read the book based on what I have shared, fantastic! Let me know how you liked it, or didn’t. If you want to know more about the story before you actually read it, check out Jeffery Deaver’s official site: Jeffery Deaver-Official Site.
See you on the flipside my friends and don’t forget your towel and sonic screwdriver!! The spice must flow!!
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