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The Vanished Man - Jeffrey Deaver

Description: ISBN 0340734043 / Genre: Fiction, Thriller / Author: Deaver, Jeffrey / Publisher: Coronet.

Newest Review: ... keep Lincoln and his partner in both senses of the word, Amelia Sachs, firmly on their toes and trying to second guess a man ... more

... whose sole purpose in life is the perfection of making his audience look where he wants them to rather than at what he is doing. Twists and turns galore fill every page and yet there is an increasing feeling of de ja vu. The reader is almost compelled into thinking they have seen it all before; and rightly because, by now, they most probably have- whilst the plot is not a bad one, it fails to bring anything new to the table or present the reader with any new tricks- just new interpretations of old ones seen in m...more

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The Vanished Man - Jeffrey Deaver: Deaver deals detective drama a deathknell.... (478 words)
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Jeffrey Deaver's Licoln Rhyme seems to have been around for ages and yet, here he is again in yet another crime-busting adventure thriller solving the most confusing of crimes and making the impossible become possible. Not bad seeing as how he is the foremost quadraprgic forensic scientist in the whole wide world; well, technically he's the only quadrapegic forensic scientist in the whole wide world but thats just being picky! This time around, his nemesis is a prestigidateur; or magician to you and me. A master of the art of sleight of hand, his acts of diversion and distraction keep Lincoln and his partner in both senses of the word, Amelia Sachs, firmly on ... Read the complete review