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by Jeffery Deaver (Author) "When Edward Carney said good-bye to his wife, Percey, he never thought it would be the last time he'd see her ..." (more)
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This return engagement for quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme is strong on forensic details as Rhyme tracks an elusive assassin known only by the tattoo that gives this fast-paced thriller its title.

Three witnesses to a murder could put a millionaire arms dealer behind bars for good. When one of them, the co-owner of Hudson Air, is blown up in a plane bombing with the Dancer's fingerprints all over it, the FBI takes the other witnesses into protective custody. Only Rhyme can decipher a crime scene, read the residue of a bombing, or identify a handful of dirt well enough to keep up with the killer. Helped by Amelia Sachs, his brilliant and able-bodied assistant, Rhyme traces the Dancer through Manhattan streets, airports, and subways. The psychological tension builds rapidly from page one all the way to the stunning and unexpected denouement. At the same time, Jeffery Deaver slowly develops the against-all-odds love affair between Rhyme and Sachs. Fans of Patricia Cornwell and others in the growing subgenre of forensic thrillers will find a lot to enjoy in Deaver's latest. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Deaver has come a long way since his Rune novels (Manhattan Is My Beat; Death of a Blue Movie Star), and the measure of his growth as a writer is on display in this taut sequel to the bestselling The Bone Collector, starring quadriplegic forensic specialist Lincoln Rhyme. Rhyme is called in to track down a contract killer, known as the Coffin Dancer, who has been hired to eliminate three witnesses in the upcoming federal trial of Philip Hansen. The trial is set to begin just 48 hours from the novel's (literally) explosive beginning. Rhyme and his beautiful assistant, detective Amelia Sachs, have just that much time to ID the Dancer and keep him from murdering the remaining witnesses. Yet Rhyme has personal reasons to track the Dancer, which come out in just one of the revelations and reversals that punctuate this thriller like a string of firecrackers. The pace, energized by Deaver's precise attention, never flags; and if the romantic angle is a little obvious (Rhyme's seeming concern for one of the Dancer's female targets sparks Amelia's jealousy), Deaver manages to renovate many of the hoariest conventions of the ticking-clock-serial-murder subgenre. Another original renovation is his Nero Wolfe-ish Rhyme?a detective who lives the life of the mind by necessity, not choice, and who thinks of everything but can't even pick up a phone without help. Trust Deaver's superb plotting and brisk, no-nonsense prose to spin fresh gold from tired straw. Literary Guild main selection; Doubleday Book Club featured alternate; Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, May 22 2004
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This review is from: The Coffin Dancer (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first Deaver novel that I have read and I found it enjoyable. There were several suspenseful parts of this book and also some boring. Some areas dragged out longer then necessary so you lost the major page turner yearning.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Coffin Dancer, May 19 2004
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This review is from: The Coffin Dancer (Mass Market Paperback)
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver is a thrilling mystery book that takes place throughout New York. Some of the main settings are in Lincoln Rhyme's house and office, various safe houses and airplanes.
The Coffin Dancer is a story about a hitman who is hired to kill three people, all that stands in his way is the quick thinking Lincoln Rhyme and his very opinionated assistant Amelia Sachs. Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic, is very persistant in his detective work. Amelia Sachs repeatedly searches the crime scenes for evidence in place of Rhyme.
I think this book is written for teens and up, people who can keep track of many things, and who love to read.
I thought that this book was very good, because you never knew what to expect and you don't know how it ends until you read the last page.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Determined Lincoln Rhyme Hunts A Mad Killer, Oct 5 2003
By Vesta Irene (the Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Coffin Dancer (Mass Market Paperback)
A plane explodes with Percy Clay's husband on board and a half million dollars in human organs. His killer is eliminating witnesses to a crime so they can't testify. Rhyme, the forensic quadriplegic, now has a complete crime lab, including a mass spectrometer, in his bedroom and Amelia working his crime scenes and, it seems, sharing his bed. In this fast paced thriller they are on the trail of a killer known as Coffin Dancer, a name given him, because of the tattoo a surviving victim has seen on his thigh, the Grim Reaper dancing with a woman in front of an open coffin. Percy is on his list and Rhyme is determined to keep her safe, but he's not above using her for bait.

The Coffin Dancer is a hired killer whose only goal is to seek, find and kill. His motto, "delegate....isolate....eliminate." He has been killing for quite sometime with the precision of a mad genius. And he will keep at it is he's not stopped.

In this book nobody is quite who them seem to be and the twists and turns will keep you guessing right up until the end.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Relentless Killer-But A Smarter Detective!
Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, joins his partner Amelia Sachs in the hunt for the 'coffin dancer. Read more
Published on Sep 12 2003 by J. Kirkman

5.0 out of 5 stars Wormily Good! Cringey & Fantastic!
I encountered this series only recently and Stone Monkey was the first one I read...after reading that, I ran right out to my local used book store and picked up the other Lincoln... Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by StarrEise

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book!
This book is a 5 star book.

"The Coffin Dancer" is the second novel in this series featuring Lincoln Rhyme and his gorgeous assistant Amelia Sachs. Read more

Published on May 26 2003 by Aquaria.Info

4.0 out of 5 stars Dog, cat , mouse, cat, mouse, falcon
This author creates delightful characters and puts them in intriguing situations. This story is a prolonged cat and mouse tale with the occasional dog being thrown in as a twist... Read more
Published on April 14 2003 by Nina H. Ward

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good As It Gets!
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, a truly inspired pairing if there ever was one, return in a thriller that never stops thrilling. Read more
Published on Mar 12 2003 by W. Carol

5.0 out of 5 stars Licoln Rhyme strickes again
"The coffin dancer" is the second book in the Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs series (the first one was "The bone collector"). Read more
Published on Mar 11 2003 by J R Zullo

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent finish
As all the books that I have read from Jeffery Deaver, I found a big mistake in the book, but in this book were two big mistakes, that mistakes are enough to take out a star. Read more
Published on Mar 4 2003 by Jorge Frid

4.0 out of 5 stars Nail-biting suspense with great characters to boot
This is the second in the Lincoln Rhymes and Amelia Sachs series (the first being "The Bone Collector" which was made into a movie with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie)... Read more
Published on Nov 7 2002 by cathst

5.0 out of 5 stars A young reader
I'm ahead of my time with readings, i never liked the teenie bobber books, and after seeing the bone collector, i had to read the book. Read more
Published on Oct 30 2002 by Rachel

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best in the Series
Though "The Bone Collector" is a fine book and our intoduction to both paralyzed Detective Lincoln Rhyme and his pupil in 'scene of the crime' police work Detective Amelia Sachs,... Read more
Published on Sep 2 2002

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