Book info

• Title The Bone Collector
• Author Jeffery Deaver
• Year 1997
• Genre Thriller

New York City has been thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. Baffled, the cops turn to the one man with a chance of solving them - Lincoln Rhyme. Left paralysed by a debilitating accident, ex NYPD cop Rhyme has to dig deep into the only world he has left - his astonishing mind - to have any hope of solving the case. With the help of a young police officer, Amelia Sachs, he starts to close in on the killer. But as he edges closer to the truth, the Bone Collector is closing in on Lincoln Rhyme himself.

Thoughts

A serial kidnapper is on the loose, threatening random victims and leaving clues for the police. It’s up to Lincoln Rhyme, a wheelchair bound retired criminalist, and Amelia Sachs, acting as his eyes and legs. Together, they have to follow the forensic clues and solve the mystery.

Lincoln is described really well, you get right inside his head and can practically feel how frustrated he is. Amelia is a little distant, not really revealing much until right near the end, but she makes a good heroine, and crucially, they make a good team.

I couldn’t put it down, the plot moved along really swiftly but made sure everything was understood. Deaver wasn’t afraid to portray how disturbed the kidnapper was, and although a surprise as to who it was, it all made sense in the end.

Rating: 5 / 5