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Book Review By Tracey Ray
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver

Rookie cop, Amanda Sachs has never worked a crime scene before. She is responding to a call, when she discovers a hand sticking up in the middle of the railroad tracks. She takes extreme measures to secure the crime scene making her boss angry but attracting the attentions of Lincoln Rhyme.

Lincoln was head of the NYPD forensics and the nation's best criminologist until he became a quadriplegic while working a scene. He joins forces with Sachs and she reluctantly becomes his arms and legs. Together they walk to grid of the Railroad track where she discovered the hand. While they try to make heads or tails of the collected evidence, another grusome yet related scene is discovered.

The killer is purposely leading them somewhere by leaving clues as to his next crime scene yet to be discovered, but they seem to stay just minutes behind the killer. Amanda Sach's life becomes endangered during the investigation and Lincoln himself becomes the final target.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - killer purposefully leaves puzzle clues - Big focus on forensic evidence
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 40 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - drowned
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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