The Bone Collector

The thrilling first novel in the bestselling Lincoln Rhyme mystery series

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Jeffrey Harding

New York City is thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. The cops go to Lincoln Rhyme, an ex-NYPD forensics expert left paralysed after an accident on the job. Rhyme reluctantly postpones his ambitions towards suicide and puts together a forensic investigation team, enlisting as his eyes and ears young police officer Amelia Sachs.



Rhyme digs deep into the only world he has left - his astonishing mind - and slowly begins to narrow the noose around the Bone Collector. But the kidnapper is narrowing his own noose - around Lincoln Rhyme.

(P)2006 ISIS Publishing Ltd©1997 Gunner Publications LLC

Critic reviews

Praise for Jeffery Deaver

The best psychological thriller writer around

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.

The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax . . . If you want thrills, Deaver is your man.

One of the world's best plotters - his intricate twists and turns catch out even the hardened thriller reader . . . This is a true master at work - elegant, assured, supremely crafted thriller writing at its very best

The best psychological thriller writer around

The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world

A master of suspense

Deaver fans expect the unexpected from this prodigiously talented thriller writer . . . This is prime Deaver, which means prime entertainment.

Well I'll be damned!

It's been years since a crime story twist got me like this one. It's great when a book makes your jaw drop in surprise.
The narration of the character Delrey was terrible, but the rest were good.

Narrator seared a hole in my eardrum

Great story, but how did this narrator convince anyone he should do this. He puts on these accents for different characters that would be screamingly funny if he wasn’t being serious

Narrator let it down for me

A narrator can make, or break a novel. This narrator kinda broke this novel for me. It wasn’t even that he was teriyaki, but he really put a stamp on the novel that felt overly dramatic. It didn’t need it, less is more. I find it hard to see beyond his performance and don’t really know how I feel about the novel. I like the story and really enjoyed the movie. I would have to read this book, instead of listening to it to form a neutral opinion, though I do feel the weight itself might not be entirely my cup of tea. The narrator let this book down with the over acting

great story great narration

I saw the movie a few years back but the book is soooo much better. don't go past this one.

Well Worth it.

I’ve always loved the movie and knew the book would be better but the performance of the narrator made it an incredible book.
Fantastic character distinction in his voice, I’ll listen to this again and again.