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| The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 2495
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Large Print Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0739497278
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416549970
ASIN: 1416549978
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
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 George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are spinning in their graves! October 25, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"1984" and "Brave New World" gave us a brief glimpse of the world they feared we were creating but "The Broken Window" takes it over the top. Every reader will shiver as they come to grips with the realization of just how much the state likely knows about their life.
In "The Broken Window", Jeffrey Deaver has pitted Lincoln Rhyme, his famous paraplegic forensic consultant, against his most elusive foe to date - "Unsub 522", a deeply disturbed obsessive-compulsive hoarder, an ingenious data-miner, a psychopathic serial killer and "the man who knows everything". The chilling theme of this novel is data - information, storage and retrieval, tracking, privacy, identity and just who has access to what. Unsub 522 is an ingenious master of the dreaded crime of the 21st century - identity theft! He steals data, reconstructs people's lives, destroys some information, rearranges the rest and is even capable of planting legitimate evidence framing an unsuspecting victim for his own brutal serial murders. Arthur Rhyme, Lincoln's estranged cousin, is one of these victims. When he is arrested, his wife pleads with Lincoln to investigate. She and Lincoln both know that, despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Arthur is not the killer that the police suspect him to be.
If you have ever experienced a frisson of paranoia about who is looking over your shoulder, you might want to think twice about reading "The Broken Window". If you insist on reading Deaver's novel despite my warning, your little shiver will blossom into a full blown fear that will sit in the pit of your stomach and keep you awake at nights wondering who is looking into the metaphorical windows of your life.
In short, "The Broken Window" is a first rate thriller with a gut-wrenching theme. But Deaver has also gone above and beyond the call of duty as an author and has brought his protagonists into the real world with a characterization and history that almost brought tears to my eyes. We learn the story of Lincoln Rhyme's father and his brilliant uncle. We discover why he hasn't spoken to his cousin for years. And have you ever wondered about the idea of a paraplegic having sex? In an absolutely fabulous sidebar that doesn't have the slightest scintilla of prurient voyeurism about it, Deaver explains how a paraplegic is capable of a loving relationship that includes a fully functional sexual relationship.
Highly recommended and then some!
Paul Weiss
My first Jeffrey Deaver novel October 20, 2008
This was my first Jeffrey Deaver novel and it captivated me from the first pages. With such a relevant subject, it hit home immediately. I remember thinking how "smart" this book was. Fortunately, there's a nice long list of Jeffrey Deaver novels to read.
A good team overcomes October 19, 2008
I became a Jeffery Deaver's fan when I read "The Bone Collector" and I haven't been disappointed any of the Lincoln Rhyme series I have read since. "The Broken Window" is no exception.
We met a family member of Lincoln's in this novel. His cousin, Arthur has been arrested for murder. The boys haven't spoken since high school because of a girl. Now Arthur's wife comes to Lincoln asking him to help clear her husband's name.
Lincoln and his partner, Amelia Sachs, go to work on the case and find that an information company is involved or so they think. The killer is destroying people's lives by twisting personal information and killing others and taking souvenirs.
As Lincoln and Amelia get closer to the killer, the killer learns of their investigation and starts after his hunters. One team member gets his gun and badge taken away when he fails a drug test and another has his wife detained as an illegal. Amelia even has her car impounded and crushed to a cube. Now the team is not only fighting to save the public but their own lives as well.
There are two sub-plots to keep things moving. Pam, a high school girl Amelia has befriended is having teenage problems and Lincoln is also working a case with Scotland Yards. There is never a dull moment in a Lincoln Rhyme novel.
Dennis Boutsikaris is a great reader. He uses tones and inflections in his voice so you know who is speaking and doesn't allow any monotones to creep in. All in all, he is easy on the ears to listen to.
If you like a good mystery, be sure to get the latest Lincoln Rhyme novel, "The Broken Window" by Jeffery Deaver. You won't want to put it down until you are done.
Great transaction October 18, 2008
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 No such thing as privacy October 12, 2008
This novel brings identity theft to a whole new level. A new age killer is on the loose in Manhattan and Lincoln and the gang are drawn into the plot when Rhyme's cousin is deliberately set up for a murder he did not commit. After some sleuthing the detectives learn that several other murders with the same MO have occurred recently. Apparantly, the killer knows everything about both victim and set-up allowing him/her to orchestrate the perfect crime thus distracting authorities from the actual culprit. This interesting plot involves a huge private institution that collects the most privaledged information on basically all citizens of this country. The secure informations is to be used by government agencies and the not so secure data is sold to marketers. However, maybe someone else has access to the information and is gathering it for more sinister reasons.
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