The Twelfth Card - Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is renowned for his crime thriller novels where clever criminals (usually serial killers) are being hunted down by equally clever cops and/or FBI agents using pain-staking and ingenious forensic, interviewing, detective and 'piecing it all together' skills. I've enjoyed many of his books, and particularly like the unpredictability of his plot and character twists and the inspired yet realistic insights made by the main characters to solve the crimes. You may have heard of one of his books, 'The Bone Collector', as it was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie (although the book is better). The Twelfth Card is part of ...  Read the complete review

Author Jeffery Deaver's best known work is probably The Bone Collector which was made into a film starring Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie and Queen Latifah in 1999. Other than that, I had never heard of him or read any of his books. However, that has now changed as I have just finished reading The Twelfth Card and can thoroughly recommend it. The main character is a criminologist named Lincoln Rhyme, who is a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair. His protégée is Amelia Sachs, who also happens to be his girlfriend. The two of them are asked to investigate the attempted rape of Geneva Settle, a 16 year old black girl from Harlem. Geneva is ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe I'm the first person to review this great book! It was released in 2005 from Jeffrey Deaver, an author who's already really well known by a lot of crime thriller fans. The Twelfth Card is part of his 'Lincoln Rhyme Series' which has previously included hits like The Bone Collector which was later made into a film starring Angelina Jolie. I got this book from Tesco as part of a BOGOF deal so it only cost me £3.50. The RRP is £6.99 on the back of the book though and Amazon have it for £5.99 at the moment (they say the RRP is £7.99 so it might have gone up since I bought it). Basically this book is about Lincoln Rhyme, the ...  Read the complete review