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 Feints, old villians and new discoveries June 13, 2008
38 out of 41 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of the Lincoln Rhyme books from day one. The brilliant Detective, who suffered the same type of injury as the late Christopher Reeve, has now gone through some experimental work that has more feeling in his fingers, and body, but is still dependant on his electric wheelchair. His lady, cop Amelia Sachs, is his feet and body as she searches for clues by 'working the grid' of crime scenes and their love for each other transcends a man who cannot walk and a young lady who can try to be part of helping and learning as well as loving this man.
The Broken Window deals with Identity Theft. If you've never been touched by Identity Theft, count yourself lucky - it is a terrible violation and you have to spend a lot of time getting your life back in order. A brilliant villian, slowly takes over the lives of respectible men and women and he plays with them like a spider with a fly in her web. He can take their identities, ruin their credit, discredit professionals so they cannot practise their arts, even drive them to suicide. Oh yes, he also likes to kill them too.
So starts a game of cat and mouse with Rhyme and co. and a brilliant mastermind. What we learn is maybe TMI - too much information about the subject - we are numbers - everything we purchase on the Internet can be accessed and information sold/given to others to contact you to be interested in their products. You get on mailing lists and then get really weird junk mail and you find it all ties back to a purchase you made on the Internet. It sounds like I'm talking about John Twelve Hawks, in the Traveler, but it's Deaver's crafty touch.
He also does not let us forget 2 major projects of his - the continuing saga of The Watchmaker, and he gives us several healthy doses of references to Kathryn Dance, the kinesthics specialist in California that was introduced in a Rhyme book.
The book was as always excellent, dealing with this person tossing, Lincoln's once close cousin into a tailspin accused of murder, and Rhyme's memories of their closeness, and what happened that makes Lincoln continually think - what might have happened if...?
The reason I give it 4 stars is Deaver goes into SOOOOO much information on the subject that it is almost overwhelming. Yes you get the point. But I am not writing a paper on the subject.
It is a fascinating, frightening subject, and again, another fine Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs adventure.
Just keep an eye on your credit rating!
 A 'Learning' Experience June 18, 2008
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
In the newest of the Lincoln Rhyme novels, Jeffery Deaver explores the world of identity fraud and the fact that there are people out there learning things about us that we are unlikely to want them to know. At the same time, he shows the ways in which they are doing this--the security issues which they face, the volume of computer memory required for the task and the precise sorts of information which they seek. Needless to say, this is as creepy as it is contemporary.
There are two villains at work--one at the periphery of the story, a man faced by Rhyme in the past, and one at the center, known to Rhyme and the members of his team as 522 (who recently struck on 5/22). Since he refers to all of them by number as well, this is appropriate.
The focus here is on forensics and computers, with a dash of abnormal psychology. The villain is plausible, nasty, and in for a major confrontation, though not quite the confrontation he might have expected. Amelia is in danger and Linc must rush to her aid in the only ways open to him. The world of the data-mining company is very nicely realized and just as weird, alienating, and plausible as we might fear. This is prime Rhyme, with a driving plot, an excellent ensemble cast, and even the chance to learn more about the private Rhyme, since his cousin Arthur is one of 522's victims. Linc must save everyone--relatives as well as loved ones--in this case. Structurally, the ending is different from what we usually expect in a Deaver novel, but I will save the details lest I spoil it for readers. Highly recommended.
Information is power June 25, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
I've read all of the novels in the Lincoln Rhyme series, and this may be the best of the lot. The really good mystery/thrillers are about something other than just serial killers. This one is about identity theft and invasion of privacy.
When Lincoln Rhyme's cousin Arthur is accused of murder, Lincoln focuses on Strategic Systems Datacorp, a huge data mining company. They have files on over four hundred million people that include financial, communications (e-mail and phone records), lifestyle activities, criminal history, and geographical positioning. They can predict what a subject will do before the subject himself knows. A serial killer has gained access to the inner sanctums of SSD and is using its data base to frame others for the murders he commits. There are about a dozen possible suspects. I thought I had him zeroed in, but I was wrong and you will be too. Deaver is just too slippery to settle for the obvious. My pick was an elaborate red herring.
There's a subplot involving Arthur Rhyme and Lincoln, who were as close as brothers until Arthur was admitted to MIT and Lincoln wasn't. In the process of clearing his cousin, Lincoln discovers a secret involving his long-ago college application.
The Lincoln Rhyme series is probably the best police procedural out there since Ed McBain died, but I've always had a problem with Deaver's penchant for the wild and crazy twist. In this one, Deaver manages to control himself for the most part. Sure, there are one or two cliff hangers in which Amelia and the young patrolman seem to be in deadly trouble (Come on, Jeffery, we know you won't kill off Amelia), but the resolutions in these incidents are at least feasible.
I just loved the research Deaver put into this effort. He's got me believing there really is a giant corporation out there that can predict my every move. Deaver even has the FBI involved in the data mining, using terrorists as an excuse. That couldn't happen in real life, could it?
Someone knows "everything" about you.... June 12, 2008
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Rhyme and Sachs follow evidence. However, a clever killer finds out all he needs to know about his victim and his "fall guy" and "plants" conclusive evidence that wrongly convicts the innocent, the latest "murderer" being Arthur Rhyme, Lincoln's estranged cousin.
Killer "522" is brilliant. He has Amelia, Lon Selitto and Ron Pulaski all fighting for their careers and their family. He picks apart the team, one at a time. "522" knows everything about them; including how to hurt them, and their family. Endless virtual data leads to a real killer, who knows how to turn the pressure on those who are hunting him.
Like every Rhyme/Sachs book, this book also contains subplots; including one clever nemesis who escaped Rhyme, but continues to taunt him. Hopefully, there will be sequel and a final confrontation.
You will not be able to put this book down.
 Disappointing June 19, 2008
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
Deaver is a very good writer, but like another reviewer I think he had WAY too much detail. I started scrimming half way through the book and that was the only way I could finish. Deaver has a penchanct for creating bad guys who are smarter than anyone - no one can catch them or can they!!!! Of course Rhyme and Amelia figure it out. I skipped the sub-plots or whatever they were, about Art in prison and Pam - whoever she is. I had no clue. I think this would have been a much better book with 50 or 100 fewer pages. I had to force myself to finish the book just to find out who the bad guy was. The conclusion was one big coincidence and very unbelivable. I'll probably get the next Deaver out of the library but if it's as detailed and technical as this one (I skip the pages where he lists everything on Linc's white boards, too - and didn't miss a thing) I'll stop reading and go on to a more intreguing book.
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