The Broken Window

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Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain--known only by a number to us--realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Oh, and lest things seem too delicate, he also gets information through good old-fashioned murder and torture too.

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Published
24/07/2008

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

ISBN
9780340937228

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'another corker... precision-engineered to keep the reader turning the pages without a hitch' -- Evening Standard 20080715 'One of the great detective teams of contemporary crime fiction come storming back!Deaver never disappoints, and this novel shines' -- Mark Timlin in Independent on Sunday 20080715 'spellbinding complexity ' -- The Times 20080715 'gripping' -- Irish Times 20080720 Praise for Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme novels -- : 20080720 'The best psychological thriller writer around' -- The Times 20080720 'The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world ... [Deaver] has produced a stunning series of bestsellers with unique characterisation, intelligent characters, beguiling plots and double-barrelled and sometimes triple-barrelled solutions.' -- Daily Telegraph 20080720 'This is a novel that will chill your blood on the warmest day of any summer holiday. Keep looking over your shoulder...' -- Independent on Sunday 20080720 'Jeffery Deaver is a master at crafting intricate crimes that are solved through guile, tenacity and sheer creative genius. And Lincoln Rhyme is one of a kind.' -- Harlan Coben 20080720