The Skin Collector
2014 • 448 pages

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In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective. Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself. THE SKIN COLLECTOR The killer's methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims' flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death. When a connection is made to the Bone Collector-the serial killer who terrorized New York more than a decade ago-Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are immediately drawn into the case. Rhyme, Sachs, and the NYPD must race against time to answer the many questions the investigation uncovers: Whom will the killer attack next? What is the message behind the victims' tattoos? Does the killer's own inking--a fanged centipede sporting a woman's face--hold any significance? And what is his ultimate mission? As time runs out, Rhyme discovers that the past has returned to haunt him in the most troubling way imaginable...


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15 primary books25 released books

#11 in Lincoln Rhyme

Lincoln Rhyme is a 25-book series with 19 released primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Jeffery Deaver.

More Twisted: Collected Stories, Vol.
#1
The Bone Collector
#2
The Coffin Dancer
#3
The Empty Chair
#4
The Stone Monkey
#5
The Vanished Man
#7
The Cold Moon
#8
The Broken Window
#9
The Burning Wire
#9.5
A Textbook Case
#10
The Kill Room
#11
The Skin Collector

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October 3, 2014

Another great Jeffery Deaver thriller! It really built up intensity and excitement as numerous twists and turns took the story to its climax. A worthy follow-up to The Bone Collector.

June 9, 2014

Better than the last, but maybe it's time to take a break from Lincoln? I really would like to wrap up this series though. He's just so grumpy and snotty. Like a child!

June 25, 2024

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