The Midnight Lock: A riveting new Lincoln Rhyme thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man

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Well worth the wait, the latest Lincoln Rhyme novel has all the trademark elements. Generous dollops of science, a fascinating touch of genius, and a twisty tale fit to boggle the mind! The best part about this series is that the science is so inevitable that apprehending the perpetrator seems only a matter of time because try as they might, they cannot leave a crime scene without some tell-tale evidence of their having been there. And with a genius like Lincoln Rhyme analyzing their traces, connections to their hideouts or their future plans become easily evident. The science is there for all to see, but only Rhyme connects the dots and draws the conclusions lesser investigators struggle to even imagine.

Having never read Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series but watched a couple of films, I was looking forward to this. Rhymes is a wheelchair bound quadraplegic consulting criminalist to NYPD with his own forensic lab in his home, which he shares with his wife, NYPD Detective Amelia Sachs. They and their close knit team of young Ron Pulaski, Lon Sellitto, Detective Mel Cooper, and Lincoln's aide, Thom, work well together here, despite the obstacles they face. There are a number of threads in this thriller, Rhyme is a forensic expert testifying at the trial of mobster Victor Buryak, charged with the murder of Leon Murphy. However, with Rhyme's forensics integrity being questioned, Buryak walks free to the dismay of NYPD, and with the upcoming mayoral elections, politics means that Rhyme finds himself dropped as a police consultant. To ale není jediný problém Lincolna Rhyma. Byl to právě on, respektive důkaz, který objevil, kdo dostal před soud obávaného gangstera Viktora Buryaka. Jenže to bylo taky Lincolnovo svědectví, které nakonec způsobilo, že byl Buryak zproštěn viny a propuštěn. A ten se teď chce pomstít… A právě kvůli Buryakově případu je uprostřed vyšetřování Rhyme zbaven své pozice konzultanta newyorské policie. A šance na dopadení Zámečníka se zdá nulová.

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As we've become used to with the Rhyme books there's a bit of social commentary thrown in,this time a big part of the story is some of the darker aspects of the internet, the rabble-rousing and fake news peddled by faceless troublemakers who somehow find plenty of people who listen to their every word and one very troubling observation that a very young child doing gymnastics online probably has a large audience of middle-aged men amongst her viewers. Now I was really looking forward to reading this as I have loved this series, having read 12 of the previous 14 books. The other 2 books are waiting to be read. But sadly, this one well short of his usual high standard. It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly four years since Jeffery Deaver has graced us with Lincoln Rhyme’s presence. Rhyme is a brilliant and tortured genius whose career with the NYPD ended in a tragic accident that has him permanently confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life as a full quadriplegic. He is now married to Amelia Sachs, the officer with whom he was paired in the opening installment of the series, THE BONE COLLECTOR. They make a formidable team, and the NYPD counts on them to solve difficult cases and bring the most evil individuals to justice.

The author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His bookA Maiden’s Gravewas made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novelThe Bone Collectorwas a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of hisThe Devil’s Teardrop. NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series,Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. I liked Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. They are a great husband and wife team. The story flowed nicely and had many twists and turns especially in the political realm. The forensic evidence was also new to me. Rhyme went in depth to finding DNA or evidence that linked a thief into the current scene. It went over my head but I still found it fascinating. He didn't let his disability bring him down. The latest novel from the master of misdirection and multiple twists features his most enduring protagonist, quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme.As usual, we are confronted with strange things happening (women who discover somebody entered their home without waking them up), and awful things happening (Rhyme gets caught between political games) and really gruesome things happening (read the book for an example) and surprising things happening (my favourite scene is the one in https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... burning building!).