police procedurals

King of Forensics, Lincoln Rhyme a main character of the suspense novel, The Bone Collector; is a paraplegic ex-police detective, Head of Forensics. He is on the hunt for a serial killer. I for one am a person who loves suspense novels. I always wanted to see what was going to happen next. Jeffery Deaver, the author of the book is very good at leaving you hang out to dry. He will go to a scene where it shows the killer and his victim, and right at the high point of the scene, Deaver suddenly jumps to the police station or Lincoln's apartment. It can be disturbing sometimes. I guess you will have to read the book to understand all of this. Highly recommended for suspense seekers. Amelia Sachs, Lincoln's walking, active partner, goes to the crime scene to try to find where the killing is going to take place. The author tries to make you think. Like a detective. He makes you use the clues like Lincoln has to that the killer leaves behind in order to understand the book. This book well deserves its four star rating. This book is good because of all the description Deaver uses. Such as giving explicit detail to what the killer is doing to the victim. Not too much, but just enough and that is what makes the book so twisted.

"The Bone Collector" is the first in the riveting Lincoln Rhyme-Amelia Sachs series, and it leaves the reader gasping for more.

Take one handsome and brilliant forensic scientist--who now happens to be a quadriplegic who can move his head and exactly one finger. Team him with a gorgeous redheaded cop with a chip on her shoulder and a propensity for biting her nails to the quick. Present them with a serial killer to end all serial killers. And then hang on tight, because this plot has more twists and turns than the most sophisticated roller coaster.

As the book opens, a despairing Rhyme is methodically planning his own suicide, with the help of a Kevorkian-type doctor. Trapped in his useless body, the former criminalist feels he simply cannot go on. Then he is asked to help solve one more case--and his brilliant mind simply cannot resist the tantalizing and baffling clues.

With a slew of high-tech gadgets (fascinating) in his bedroom, and the unwilling Amelia Sachs acting as his stand-in at the various crime scenes, Rhyme tracks a killer whose twisted mind jumps back and forth from the real world to that of Old New York. This is one heck of a perp: He thinks he's living 100 years ago, and his murders have everything to do with that delusion.

No way can the reader guess the end; no way is the reader going to be satisfied with only one Rhyme-Sachs novel. Fortunately, there are more--and I've ordered them all!

absolutely terrific. Even though I had seen the movie before I read the book there was still plenty more to the story. I wish I had read the book first, but it is still a must read for mystery/thriller lovers.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the ending different in the movie? (I haven't seen the film in a while, but while reading the book I thought "the bone collector" was someone other than the person it turned out to be.)