Book Review - The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
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It's been awhile since I had a really good crime mystery read. Therefore, I was excited when The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver arrived at the library. The latest Lincoln Rhyme novel delivered just what I was looking for... twists, turns, and plenty of forensic work.
The plotline here starts out on two tracks. A killer nicknamed The Watchmaker is murdering people using slow torture techniques. His signature is leaving a particular clock style at the scene. Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, his partner, are put on the case in order to solve it before more people die. Sachs is also running her own case involving an apparent suicide that really turns out to be a murder. The murder points to a run-down bar where a group of cops meet on a regular basis. There's a strong chance that the cops are corrupt, so Sachs has to step carefully as it's not clear who she can trust. The two cases converge when The Watchmaker is captured but the reality of his killings turn out to be a carefully staged plan to expose the corruption that Sachs is investigating. But the layering of deception goes even deeper than that, and Rhyme has to continue to dig through each apparent motive and story to finally get to the core truth behind The Watchmaker...
If you want plot twists and turns, this book will definitely satisfy. There are a number of scenes that appear to be transpiring in one fashion, only to be something else entirely. The layering of plots by the killer never seems to end, and each new revelation ends up being the start of a new level of distraction. A couple of the twists seemed to be a bit over the top, but not so much as to put me off the story. It's a book I really didn't want to put down, even though I had other things I should be doing...
It's been awhile since I had a really good crime mystery read. Therefore, I was excited when The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver arrived at the library. The latest Lincoln Rhyme novel delivered just what I was looking for... twists, turns, and plenty of forensic work.
The plotline here starts out on two tracks. A killer nicknamed The Watchmaker is murdering people using slow torture techniques. His signature is leaving a particular clock style at the scene. Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, his partner, are put on the case in order to solve it before more people die. Sachs is also running her own case involving an apparent suicide that really turns out to be a murder. The murder points to a run-down bar where a group of cops meet on a regular basis. There's a strong chance that the cops are corrupt, so Sachs has to step carefully as it's not clear who she can trust. The two cases converge when The Watchmaker is captured but the reality of his killings turn out to be a carefully staged plan to expose the corruption that Sachs is investigating. But the layering of deception goes even deeper than that, and Rhyme has to continue to dig through each apparent motive and story to finally get to the core truth behind The Watchmaker...
If you want plot twists and turns, this book will definitely satisfy. There are a number of scenes that appear to be transpiring in one fashion, only to be something else entirely. The layering of plots by the killer never seems to end, and each new revelation ends up being the start of a new level of distraction. A couple of the twists seemed to be a bit over the top, but not so much as to put me off the story. It's a book I really didn't want to put down, even though I had other things I should be doing...
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