Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2006-06-26
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster

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.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Same book, different title
Comment: Will publishers please stop paying Deaver to write the same book over and over again? The characters are getting bland. I think it's time to retire Rhyme and Sachs.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Less Detail And More Action Might Have Made The Cold Moon More Readable!
Comment: I have been a huge fan of Deaver's books since The Bone Collector. However, despite repeated efforts to get into The Cold Moon, I had to give up on it after only a third of the way through. For as long as I was able to stay with The Cold Moon, I found, atypical of Deaver's other Lincoln Rhyme books, the bad guys to be one-dimensional and uninteresting, the plot to be slow-moving and filled with excessive detail about the "science" involved in the investigation, there was too little action and the action that did occur was somewhat unbelievable and convoluted, and that Deaver provided nothing new in terms of developing the relationship between Lincoln Rhyme and Amanda Sachs. Perhaps if I had the patience to continue reading The Cold Moon my opinion would have been different; but after reading many of the other Amazon reader reviews, I didn't hold out much hope. Thus, given that I have so many books and so little time to read them, I decided to put The Cold Moon aside and move on to my next book. I'm still a Deaver fan and will read his next book -- but for the first time, I have been disappointed in a Lincoln Rhyme mystery.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great start,but unfulfilling and cheesy ending!
Comment: I am an avid fan of the Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs duo. But this story left me feeling disappointed. It started out with a bang, and made you keep the pages turning. I even survived the first AND second turn.(the rest were predictable!) But, the ending! Enough with the domestic militia and the Ted Kascinski types. Plus, the "perp" gets away. Left a big fan with a big disappointment. I hope the follow-up book serves it's readers a better plate of satisfaction. :)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Rhyme & Sachs face their most cunning killer.
Comment: Having read all of the Lincoln Rhyme novels I feel that this is one of the best. Rhyme and Sachs face their most cunning killer yet. Sachs is working on two separate cases. In addition, a retired cop shares some information to Sachs concerning her father. This book also involves cops on the take, more murders and clocks. Also when something goes wrong on the case that Sachs is the primary on, she finds her self being the scapegoat and endangering her career. Lin gets help from a detective who specializes in reading body language. Linc is skeptical but eventually finds her help invaluable. This was a page turner for me. I am looking forward to the next book which comes out in June. Get this book, you wont be sorry.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Reasonable Rhyme
Comment: After the curiously depressing The 12th Card, this entry in the series is lots more fun, although the twists and turns get dizzying and a little predictable. (Whenever the point of view switches to the doer -- you know he's about to get nabbed.) Maybe Deaver's reliance on super villians is getting a bit tired. The guys on C.S.I. manage to walk the grid without having to go up against a genius to rival Professor Moriarty each week. I don't recall that was the case with the series' best -- The Empty Chair. Also, this time a round there's a hint of socio-political commentary, but it's so vauge you're not sure what he's advocating except not offending anyone.

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