<![CDATA[The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3)]]>

false <![CDATA[The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172138416m/142540.jpg 142540 26 It's not easy being NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme, the world's foremost criminalist. First of all, he's a quadriplegic. Secondly, he's forever being second-guessed and mother-henned by his ex-model-turned-cop protégé, Amelia Sachs, and his personal aide, Thom. And thirdly, it seems that he can't motor his wheelchair around a corner without bumping into one crazed psycho-killer after another. In The Empty Chair, Jeffery Deaver's third Rhyme outing--after 1997's The Bone Collector and 1998's The Coffin Dancer--Rhyme travels to North Carolina to undergo an experimental surgical procedure and is, a jot too coincidentally, met at the door by a local sheriff, the cousin of an NYPD colleague, bearing one murder, two kidnappings, and a timely plea for help. It seems that 16-year-old Garrett Hanlon, a bug-obsessed orphan known locally as the Insect Boy, has kidnapped and probably raped two women, and bludgeoned to death a would-be hero who tried to stop one of the abductions. Rhyme sets up shop, Amelia leads the local constabulary (easily recognized by their out-of-joint noses) into the field, and, after some Holmesian brain work and a good deal of exciting cat-and-mousing, the duo leads the cops to their prey. And just as you're idly wondering why the case is coming to an end in the middle of the book, Amelia breaks the boy out of jail and goes on the lam. Equally convinced of the boy's guilt and the danger he poses to Amelia, Rhyme has no choice but to aid the police in apprehending the woman he loves--no easy task, as she's the one human being who truly knows the methods of Lincoln Rhyme. Rhyme's specialty combines the minute scientific analysis of physical evidence gathered from crime scenes and his arcane knowledge of, it would seem, every organic and inorganic substance on earth. Deaver combines engaging narration, believable characters, and his trademark ability to repeatedly pull the rug out from under the reader's feet. Lincoln Rhyme's back all right, and the smart money's betting that his run has just begun. --Michael Hudson 2488095 book 9 5 2000 The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3) total:1363|5:314|4:565|3:413|2:56|1:15| 1363 5196 1734 77 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 08:04:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:04:16 -0700 2009
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are asked to assist a small town police force in hunting down a brilliant kidnapper aptly named Insect Boy. Finding the boy may not be so difficult, but keeping him within their grasp may just be...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:18:29 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:18:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 21:38:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 07:53:16 -0700 2009
Back for this outing are the primary protagonists, quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his p...more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 06:48:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 09:39:03 -0700 2009
So many twist and the ending was a surprise esp as you felt that you knew them and i was shocked

you wonder where they find these people ( I mean the characters) and what you believed was happening kept changing

What did s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:27:36 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 04:37:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Aug 14 11:36:12 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 11:36:43 -0700 2007 Deaver, Jeffery – 3rd in series
Simon & Schuster, 2000- Hardcover
*** New York criminalist, Lincoln Rhyme, is in North Carolina to undergo surgery which he hopes will improve his quadriplegia. A sheriff from the small town of Ta...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 10:34:50 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 10:38:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 13:46:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 08:28:37 -0700 2009 1
The twists and turns in this one were amazing, the story is not too convoluted but...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 18:57:01 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:00:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:16:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:27:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 27 17:08:08 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:08:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 18:43:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:17:46 -0800 2008
it was slow, kind of boring, and frustrating. i felt like amelia WAS out of character, and lincoln too.

luckily i know that the this is just a trip up - the later books in the series are well worth a read. (i only have The Stone Monkey...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 21:38:42 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 21:38:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:57:49 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:58:25 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 17:32:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 17:35:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 17:00:51 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 17:01:32 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 13:11:20 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 13:19:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 01:07:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 01:09:49 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue May 13 03:50:42 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 03:56:20 -0700 2008
Back Cover Blurb:
When criminalist Lincoln Rhyme travels to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some experimental surgery, he hopes that the operation will give him slightl...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 19:23:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 19:23:23 -0800 2009 The Coffin Dancer (1998)
The Empty Chair (2000)
The Stone Monkey (2002)
The Vanished Man (2003)
The Twelfth Card (2005)
The Cold Moon (2006)
The Broken Window (2008)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=142540