Get the hair root... (The Bone Collector - Jeffery Deaver)

Member Name: pollee

Product:	The Bone Collector - Jeffery Deaver
Date:	31/07/01 (78 review reads)
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Advantages: Great page turner, Fascinating information

Disadvantages: None

I find thrillers really annoying sometimes as I'm tempted to cut through the crap and read the last page to find out who did it.

How glad am I that this time I didn't. I was glued to my bed/chair/garden bench reading this book and my only regret is that I've finished the book.

The main character is Lincoln Rhyme who is a tetraplegic which means he has no movement below his neck and a slight twitch on one finger. He is fighting an inner battle as to whether or not to end his own life when a seemingly unsolvable crime occurs in New York and as a retired criminologist he is asked to help out.

The plot has more twists and turns then even I imagined and there is even a love interest which opens your mind to the needs of those in a wheelchair to be 'normal' when it comes to love and sex.

The only criticism of the book would be the detail that he includes, such as real acene setting stuff, which sometimes bombards the mind with so much information I had to take a break and go back to it a few minutes later.However the book is all the better for it but it meant I couldn't rush the book!

As the title suggests the suspect collects bones, stripping them in acid before sandpapering them to a smooth finish....

The best part is that in some desperate attempt to be discovered the killer leaves clues at each crime scene as to what he will be doing next. In a race against time the team try to unravel clues to save the next potential victim, and in one particular scene I actually found myself holding my breath as I read!

It was also fascinating because of the detail as to what clues can now, with new technology, be gathered at a crime scene. Did you know that collecting hair is no good for DNA unless you have the root as well which holds all the information - well I found it interesting!!

All in all this is a book I've been meaning to read for a while and I'm glad I used some
of my Amazon vouchers from Dooyoo to buy it. There is a great twist at the end which I really didn't see coming. This is one of those books I will be keeping to read again!!

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