Prolific bestseller Johansen subjects gutsy Jane Maguire to more troubles in her latest thrill ride. Jane, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, was threatened by one serial killer in 1999's The Killing Game and another in 2004's Blind Alley, so it's no surprise that she's in danger again.
Detective Lincoln Rhymes, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, is put on the trail of the Coffin Dancer, a cunning professional killer who has continually eluded the police. Rhymes —-a quadriplegic since a line-of-duty accident — must use his wits to track this brilliant killer who's been hired to eliminate three witnesses in the last hours before their grand jury testimony. Rhyme works with his eyes and ears, New York City cop Amelia Sachs, to gather information from trace evidence at the crime scene to nail him, or at least to predict his next move and head him off.
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organization in Conan Doyle's "The Five Orange Pips"; in Charles Dickens' "Hunted Down" a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in "The Stir Outside the Caf? Royal" by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fianc?'s killer; and in G.K.Chesterton's "The Oracle of the Dog" Father Brown solves a difficult murder case.
Added by: ginger_lalique | Karma: 7.26 | Fiction literature | 12 February 2011
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Dexter by design
Dexter. He's a charming monster.A macabre hero.A serial killer who only kills bad people
Dexter by design - the macabre, witty, bestselling series--and inspiration for the #1 Showtime series, "Dexter"--continues as the darkly lovable killer matches wits with a sadistic "artiste" who is creating bizarre murder tableaux of his own all over Miami.
Ian Rankin - The Naming Of The Dead July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined, until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides with clues that a serial killer may be on the loose. The authorities are keen to hush up both, for fear of overshadowing a meeting of global importance
