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The Cold Moon

By Jeffery Deaver

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| Hardcover | 9780743260930

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On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered -- the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks inves-tigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist LContinue

On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered -- the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks inves-tigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer -- who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker -- has more murders planned in the hours to come.

Rhyme, a quadriplegic long confined to his wheelchair, immediately taps his trusted partner and longtime love, Amelia Sachs, to walk the grid and be his eyes and ears on the street. But Sachs has other commitments now -- namely, her first assignment as lead detective on a homicide of her own. As she struggles to balance her pursuit of the infuriatingly elusive Watchmaker with her own case, Sachs unearths shocking revelations about the police force that threaten to undermine her career, her sense of self and her relationship with Rhyme. As the Rhyme-Sachs team shows evi-dence of fissures, the Watchmaker is methodically stalking his victims and planning a diabolical criminal masterwork.... Indeed, the Watchmaker may be the most cunning and mesmerizing villain Rhyme and Sachs have ever encountered.

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  • THE COLD MOON

    Shotsmag Reviews - The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver Bath-based, Philip Gooden is the author of Shakespearean historical whodunits featuring Nick Revill, published by ConstableRobinson. He is also the author of The Guinness Guide to Better English and ... (read full critics)

    shotsmag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - THE COLD MOON by Jeffery Deaver

    • Read an Excerpt Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I've had the feeling that for the last couple of years there has been a tendency, at least in some circles, to take Jeffery Deaver for granted. Part of this tendency (and let's assume for the sake of arg ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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    Too many twists

    It's a fun book, and often quite a page turner. But there are just too many twists in the plot, some of them nice surprises, some other half-expected. And after more than 500 pages there comeas a point where you just wish it'd be over will all the explanations and you could move on to other stories. ... (continue)

    It's a fun book, and often quite a page turner. But there are just too many twists in the plot, some of them nice surprises, some other half-expected. And after more than 500 pages there comeas a point where you just wish it'd be over will all the explanations and you could move on to other stories. One nice twist is that the bad guys aren't always that bad ... but then again ... and again maybe not! ;-)

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    NickBert said on Aug 16, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I agree with NickBert that there were so many twists and turns that it was very hard to get my head around the plot, but i have come to realized that this is part of Jeffrey Deaver's trademark. You got to give the author credit for being able to come up with such complicated yet coherent plots.

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    The Underdog said on Jan 18, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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