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Title: The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver, William Dufris ISBN: 0-7927-9871-6 Publisher: Chivers Sound Library Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 12 List Price(USD): $110.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (91 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gripping Thriller with plot twists and great characters
Comment: I haven't read a Lincoln Rhyme book since Bone Collector and I now see what I have missed. Stone Monkey was a great addition to the series, again featuring Lincoln Rhyme, Amelia Sachs and some great new characters, particularly Chinese cop, Sonny Li.
The scene is set off Long Island on a Chinese ship carrying illegal aliens who come to the U.S. to avoid persecution in China. When the human smuggler, the Ghost, sees that the ship is to be intercepted by the Coast Guard, he blows it up. Thus begins a cat-and-mouse tale of intrigue, following the trail of the escaped Chinese aliens, the Ghost determined to track them down and kill them, and Lincoln Rhyme, FBI, INS, and NYPD, looking to find the Ghost before he kills the Chinese.
Good forensic investigation of trace evidence at the crime scenes, including one nifty search of the submerged ship, produces some near dramatic near-misses and face-offs. The plot twists and red herrings really surprised me and turned the plot in new directions that I would not have suspected. Deaver also uses the tool of letting the reader know some pertinent info before the police so you are almost shouting at them to look at the new evidence to catch the Ghost.
I really liked the new character, a chinese cop named Sonny Li. He describes himself as "one good f--- cop, I'm saying". His Tao philosophy and insights at first annoy Rhyme and Sachs but when some of his guesses prove right, they begin to pay attention. Li also provides some insights to Rhyme who is considering some risky surgery that might give him more movement in his hand. I also enjoyed the discussion of Chinese medicine and Feng Shui, the art of designing to provide good luck.
Many stories either start slow, plod in the middle or drag on in the ending. This plot took off at a breakneck pace and never slowed down. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: DEAVER DOESN'T "MONKEY" AROUND WITH THIS ONE
Comment: This is the fourth book in the Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs' series featuring Lincoln as the quadriplegic consultant to the NYPD with Amelia acting as his eyes and legs by walking the crime scenes for him, while reporting back everything she sees and feels. While one might think that having someone heading up an investigation, who's confined to a wheelchair, might be a little far-fetched, then you haven't made the acquaintance of Lincoln Rhyme. Deaver makes this series so interesting by putting top notch technology at Lincoln's fingertips (just a figure of speech as Lincoln only has feeling in his left ring finger).
As the story opens, Lincoln has tracked down a cargo ship, the Fuzhou Dragon, said to be bringing in illegal Chinese immigrants. The smuggler is a man known as "The Ghost" -- aptly named as there are no known photographs of him in existance. Not only is The Ghost a smuggler of illegal aliens, he is also a killer and Lincoln has been asked by the FBI and the INS to help them capture this murderer before he strikes again on Lincoln's turf.
A good part of this story takes place in New York's Chinatown as The Ghost tries to track down two of the families he has smuggled into this country. At the same time, Lincoln and Amelia are trying to reach these families first before The Ghost gets to them. This is the real mystery.....why is The Ghost after immigrants he, himself, has smuggled into this country?
Deaver's descriptions of this area and its Chinese cultures are well researched and make for some very interesting reading. It's actually one of the best fictional trips into Chinatown that I've yet to come upon. I especially liked the story Deaver tells of the "Ten Judges of Hell" who keep a book called "The Register of the Living and the Dead" -- which is actually the balance sheet of life and death for the Chinese people.
Comparing this book to the other three in the series (The Bone Collector, The Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair), I'd have to say it's right at the top of the list for me because Deaver weaves a tale that has a number of twists and turns, some of which totally caught me by surprise. He also introduces a wily policeman from China, Sonny Li, who will grow on the reader as much as he is growing on Lincoln (which isn't an easy feat). I know the next book in the series, The Vanished Man, has just come out and I look forward, with great anticipation, to another adventure with Lincoln and Amelia. I hear it's a winner.
Rating: 4
Summary: clever and well thought out thriller
Comment: A shipload of illegal Chinese immigrants sinks off the coast of Long Island. It appears an explosion has occurred which succeeded in destroying not only the ship but killing many of the passengers onboard. One of the survivors is a smuggler of the Chinese into this country. He is a ruthless killer nicknamed "The Ghost" because he has never been caught and always is ahead of the authorities. The Ghost is intent on killing any of the other survivors of the ship. Involved in the manhunt to capture the killer is the quadriplegic police investigator, Lincoln Rhyme, with his assistant, Amelia Sachs. Rhyme has set up a police lab in his apartment and with the help of the officers in his division, is involved in a cat and mouse chase of The Ghost.
Jeffrey Deaver has written another successful thriller starring one of his most memorable creations, Lincoln Rhyme. Much effort and empathy has gone into the subplot of the plight of the illegal Chinese immigrant. In attempting to write a nonstop action thriller, Jeffrey Deaver resorts to certain stock devices such as some of the impossible escapes of the villain. Sometimes Lincoln's assumptions based on the evidence presented to him are a bit of a stretch. This is something that has occurred in the other Lincoln Rhyme novels. However, characters are well thought out and the story is quite clever and entertaining. Overall, a recommended read
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Title: The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0671026011 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0671024094 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Vanished Man : A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0743222008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Century by Jeff Deaver, Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0671038443 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Bone Collector by Jeff Deaver, Jeffery Deaver, Hart Hardy ISBN: 0451188454 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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