Lincoln Rhyme: A Mysterious Profile
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The line between the disabled and the non-disabled is shrinking. Computers, video cameras, high-definition monitors, biometric devices and voice recognition software have moved my life closer to that of somebody who's fully able bodied, while the same technology is creating a more sedentary, house-bound life for those who have no disability whatsoever. From what I've read, I lead a more active life than a lot of people nowadays.
Winner of multiple awards including the Edgar Grand Master, Jeffery Deaver presents a tale and a brief biography of the quadriplegic crime-scene expert who provides his services to the New York Police Department—as well as federal and international law enforcement—from his well-equipped home lab on Central Park West . . .
Praise for Jeffrey Deaver and the Lincoln Rhyme series
"The master of ticking-bomb suspense." — People
"Rhyme is a great character." — San Francisco Chronicle
"The Lincoln Rhyme series is simply outstanding." — San Jose Mercury News
"[Rhyme] is among the most brilliant and vulnerable of crime fiction's heroes." — New York Post
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About the author
The author of twenty-two novels and two short story collections, Deaver's works have been translated into twenty-five languages and is a perennial bestseller internationally. Among his many honors and nominations are six Edgar Award nominations, three Ellery Queen Reader's Awards for Best Short Story of the Year, the 2001 W H Smith Thumping Good Read Award for The Empty Chair and the 2004 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award from the Crime Writers Association for Garden of Beasts.
In addition to his popular and critically acclaimed series about the brilliant quadriplegic detective, Lincoln Rhyme, he has written more than a dozen standalone suspense novels.
His first Lincoln Rhyme novel, The Bone Collector, was made into a film in 1999 starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. A Maiden's Grave was turned into an HBO movie retitled Dead Silence, starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin.
He lives in Chapel Hill, N.C.
