The Broken Window

Lincoln Rhymes (of The Bone Collector fame) is back in action in this well paced and played out thriller.

Rhymes is an interesting character in that being crippled he is expected to perform forensic investigation from his bed depending on the feedback and evidence collected by officers in the field.

The Broken Window is a very enjoyable read that asks some interesting questions of society. Rhymes and his team are chasing a killer who seems to have access to volumes of information about his victims and the people he sets up to take the fall.

The question that readers and the characters are forced to ask themselves is how the hell you counter the man who knows everything?

What I found particularly interesting about this book was the questions asked by the author about privacy, access to information (from both governments and corporates) and how that information is actually used.

It definately left me asking lots of questions that went way beyond the book!

The book also kept you locked in and wondering who the bad guy is all the way up to the end and trust me it isn't the character you think it is. What a pleasant change!

Details:
Title: The Broken Window
Author: Jeffrey Deaver
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-93722-8

Rated the book a 4 out of 5 and would strongly recommend it.