A novel of a world where tragedy is frequent, but miracles also occur. The characters include a gambling, one armed former guano collector called Sam Pickle, Dolly, his alcoholic and unfaithful wife, a talking pig, and Oriel who dishes out ice-cream and cake from the Cloudstreet front room.
Nora Blackbird, society columnist and down-and-almost-out former debutante, reclaims her place within Philadelphia's elite when she stumbles upon the murdered body of a millionaire art collector. Come fly along with the fabulous, beautiful, wacky and witty Blackbird sisters.
Lincoln Rhyme, ex-head of NYPD forensics, was the nation's foremost criminalist, the man who could work a crime scene and come away with a perfect profile of the killer, frozen in time. Now, Lincoln is frozen in place — permanently. An accident on the job left him a quadriplegic who can move just one finger, a great mind strapped to his bed, mulish and sarcastic, hiding from a life he no longer wants to live.
The Antique and Art Collector's Legal Guide: Your Handbook to Being a Savvy Buyer
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The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaverby Jeffery Deaver
Lincoln Rhyme, ex-head of NYPD forensics, was the nation's foremost criminalist, the man who could work a crime scene and come away with a perfect profile of the killer, frozen in time. Now, Lincoln is frozen in place — permanently. An accident on the job left him a quadriplegic who can move just one finger, a great mind strapped to his bed, mulish and sarcastic, hiding from a life he no longer wants to live. Until he sees the crime-scene report about a corpse found buried on a deserted West Side railroad track, its bloody hand rising from the dirt.
