The Stone Monkey
12/09/03
By Jeffery Deaver
Not quite up to the usual Deaver standard. Was a little disappointed with Lincoln and Amelia in this book compared to the previous books, but..
This time, Lincoln and Amelia are hunting down a cynical people smuggler who seems to shoot everything that moves.
Review from amazon.com:
Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme, along with his protégée, Amelia Sachs, has been recruited by the FBI to capture “the Ghost”—a homicidal immigrant smuggler. But when they corner him aboard a cargo ship headed for New York, the bust goes disastrously wrong and the Ghost escapes. Now, he must eliminate the only witnesses to his crimes—two families who jumped ship and vanished in the Chinatown underground. Against a brilliant and ruthless adversary, Lincoln and Amelia race to find the families before the Ghost can silence them forever….
Packed with shocking plot twists, breakneck pacing, and heartbreakingly real characters, The Stone Monkey reminds us once again why People hailed Jeffery Deaver as “the master of ticking-bomb suspense.”
My rating: ***Links:
Review from Deaver's homepage
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My BookCrossing entry on The Stone Monkey