The Broken Window

A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Book 8

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Lincoln Rhyme and partner/paramour Amelia Sachs return to face a criminal whose ingenious staging of crimes is enabled by a terrifying access to information....

When Lincoln's estranged cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested on murder charges, the case is perfect - too perfect. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed.

At the behest of Arthur's wife, Judy, Lincoln grudgingly agrees to investigate the case. Soon Lincoln and Amelia uncover a string of similar murders and rapes with perpetrators claiming innocence and ignorance - despite ironclad evidence at the scenes of the crime. Rhyme's team realizes this "perfect" evidence may actually be the result of masterful identity theft and manipulation.

An information service company - the huge data miner Strategic Systems Datacorp - seems to have all the answers but is reluctant to help the police. Still, Rhyme and Sachs and their assembled team begin uncovering a chilling pattern of vicious crimes and coverups, and their investigation points to one master criminal, whom they dub "522".

When "522" learns the identities of the crime-fighting team, the hunters become the hunted. Full of Deaver's trademark plot twists, The Broken Window will put the partnership of Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs to the ultimate test.

©2008 Jeffrey Deaver (P)2008 Simon and Schuster, Inc.

Very thought provoking and a realistic concept.

This is a terrifying concept. In an age where data rules, how safe are we really? How many mistakes or information leaks lead to ruined lives or deaths? This book will make you rethink your lifestyle.

Great listen

Very scary book, enjoyed it from the beginning. Kept you guessing from the beginning. Have enjoyed several books in this series but this one was my favorite

Poor narrator

I normally like Jeffry Deaver, and I probably would like to read this one, however I had to stop listening to the book because the narrator was so bad. The publishers should take more time in auditioning the voices of the narrator.

REDUNDANT AND REPITIOUS

I LIKED THE NARRATOR. THE AUDIOBOOK SEEMED TO DRAG ON AND KEPT REPEATING THE SAME FACTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. A LOT OF INFORMATION DID NOT HAVE TO REPEATED TO GET THIS STORY BACK ON TRACK.

Boring

Wait too much talk about computer data geez. Boring. I usually love deaver but this as not good.

the broken window

great book really enjoyed it

Way to slow!

This was so slow I din't even finish it!

Narration is absolutely horrible

He reads this way too fast. Hard to follow the story. Just SPEEDS through it.

Excellent

very good. keeps your attention.

Broken Record- Repeating Data

Im a huge Jeffery Deaver fan and have read almost all of the books in the Lincoln Rhyme series. Unlike his other books, I was disappointed with this one. The overall story was good and there is plenty of suspense and twists. The problem I experienced was with the constant repetition of the evidence and suspect list. This is read multiple times throughout the story with each new fact added towards the bottom of the list. Information is read about the data-mining company that goes on far too long. Then while building suspense towards the end of the book, Amelias dossier is read and it too went on FOREVER. It killed the suspense. I tried to forward past this hideously boring and unnecessary long list of data. In short, this book had too much pointless data and repetition which ruined the overall effect of a great story.