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Black Mamba
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Just finished readin "Greyfriars Bobby" by Eleanor Atkinson.
It was really moving and made me appreciate wee Bobby all the more.
The story of Greyfriars Bobby is both fascinating and well known, of course: it concerns the Skye Terrier that fell in love with his shepherd master to the extent that when the man, Auld Jock in the book John Gray in real life, died not only did the dog attend the funeral; but it spent the rest of its life sleeping on Auld Jock's grave in Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh.
I'm now reading "The Empty Chair" by Jeffrey Deaver"
This spine-chilling new thriller pits renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent — Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégée.
A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the University of North Carolina Medical Center for high-risk experimental surgery. But he and Sachs have hardly settled in when the local authorities come calling. In a twenty-four-hour period, the sleepy Southern outpost of Tanner's Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. And Rhyme and Sachs are the best chance to find the girls alive.
It was really moving and made me appreciate wee Bobby all the more.
The story of Greyfriars Bobby is both fascinating and well known, of course: it concerns the Skye Terrier that fell in love with his shepherd master to the extent that when the man, Auld Jock in the book John Gray in real life, died not only did the dog attend the funeral; but it spent the rest of its life sleeping on Auld Jock's grave in Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh.
I'm now reading "The Empty Chair" by Jeffrey Deaver"
This spine-chilling new thriller pits renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent — Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégée.
A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the University of North Carolina Medical Center for high-risk experimental surgery. But he and Sachs have hardly settled in when the local authorities come calling. In a twenty-four-hour period, the sleepy Southern outpost of Tanner's Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. And Rhyme and Sachs are the best chance to find the girls alive.
just finished - Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards - absolutely fabby easy reading book.
Families have secrets they hide even from themselves... It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome and, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can.
Got a huge supply of paperbacks at car boot sale in Paisley this morning
Families have secrets they hide even from themselves... It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome and, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can.
Got a huge supply of paperbacks at car boot sale in Paisley this morning
Almost finished reading Damaged by Cathy Glass
It's some story!!!!!
Damaged is the true story of the relationship between Cathy, an experienced foster carer and Jodie, the most disturbed and abused child she had ever looked after. Jodie’s behaviour is so difficult that she has seen off five carers in four months, and when Jodie first arrives, her first act is to soil herself, and then wipe it on her face, grinning wickedly. Jodie meets Cathy's teenage children: Adrian, Paula and Lucy, and greets each of them with a sharp kick to the shins. Later, Cathy asks them for their first impressions. Adrian looks guilty when he says that Jodie reminds him of Chucky, the doll from the horror film Child's Play. That night, Cathy wakes to find Jodie covered in blood, having cut her own wrist, and smeared the blood over her face.
Jodie's behaviour improves, as she starts to trust Cathy and the children. She begins to 'disclose', revealing for the first time that she was sexually abused by her father. Over time, with childish honesty, she reveals details of her abuse at the hands of her parents and other relatives. It becomes clear that Jodie's parents were involved in a sickening paedophile ring, with neighbours turning a blind eye to it, and the Social Services unaware.
Jodie becomes increasingly withdrawn and has frequent panic attacks. She starts taking on different identities and is diagnosed as suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Her personality disintegrates further and she can no longer attend school as she lies on the sofa all day, plagued by remembered horrors. It is clear that Jodie desperately needs psychiatric therapy and the Social Services make the decision that Jodie should go and live in a special residential therapy unit – High Oaks.
It's some story!!!!!
Damaged is the true story of the relationship between Cathy, an experienced foster carer and Jodie, the most disturbed and abused child she had ever looked after. Jodie’s behaviour is so difficult that she has seen off five carers in four months, and when Jodie first arrives, her first act is to soil herself, and then wipe it on her face, grinning wickedly. Jodie meets Cathy's teenage children: Adrian, Paula and Lucy, and greets each of them with a sharp kick to the shins. Later, Cathy asks them for their first impressions. Adrian looks guilty when he says that Jodie reminds him of Chucky, the doll from the horror film Child's Play. That night, Cathy wakes to find Jodie covered in blood, having cut her own wrist, and smeared the blood over her face.
Jodie's behaviour improves, as she starts to trust Cathy and the children. She begins to 'disclose', revealing for the first time that she was sexually abused by her father. Over time, with childish honesty, she reveals details of her abuse at the hands of her parents and other relatives. It becomes clear that Jodie's parents were involved in a sickening paedophile ring, with neighbours turning a blind eye to it, and the Social Services unaware.
Jodie becomes increasingly withdrawn and has frequent panic attacks. She starts taking on different identities and is diagnosed as suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Her personality disintegrates further and she can no longer attend school as she lies on the sofa all day, plagued by remembered horrors. It is clear that Jodie desperately needs psychiatric therapy and the Social Services make the decision that Jodie should go and live in a special residential therapy unit – High Oaks.
Why be scared????
Love Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme novels, always fun to try and see where the twist is coming.Black Mamba wrote:I'm now reading "The Empty Chair" by Jeffrey Deaver"
Just started his latest "The Sleeping Doll", which features the character he introduced in his last Rhyme novel, Katherine Dance, an expert in Kinesics. No, I'd never heard of it before either....
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Black Mamba
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Just finished a couple of books
Eleanor Atkinson's 'Greyfriars Bobby' and Jeffrey Deavers's ' The empty chair'
I enjoyed them both in different ways. The first was interesting to read as it's so long since I've heard the story.
The second was a really good read and had more twists and turns than a spiral staircase.
I'm now reading Bram Stoker's 'Dracula. and to my surprise I'm quite enjoying it.
Eleanor Atkinson's 'Greyfriars Bobby' and Jeffrey Deavers's ' The empty chair'
I enjoyed them both in different ways. The first was interesting to read as it's so long since I've heard the story.
The second was a really good read and had more twists and turns than a spiral staircase.
I'm now reading Bram Stoker's 'Dracula. and to my surprise I'm quite enjoying it.
I used to love going to see the " Dracula" films starring Christopher Lee many" moons" ago!!!!Black Mamba wrote:
I'm now reading Bram Stoker's 'Dracula. and to my surprise I'm quite enjoying it.
I'm now reading The Tartan Pimpernal by Donald Caskie
Synopsis
Donald Caskie's autobiography is the story of an extraordinary Scotsman. During World War II, from constant threat of discovery, he established escape routes across the Pyrenees and spirited out many hundreds of British troops from under the noses of Vichy and the Wehrmacht.
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White Rose Rebel - Janet Paisley
It is the story of a couple torn apart and set against each other, finding themselves on opposite sides of the battle during the Jacobite Rebellion. Anne Farquharson is elated when the Jacobites rebel in 1745 and horrified when her husband, Aeneas MacIntosh, joins the government army. She raises his clan and, with her lover at her side, joins the rising to become its legendary 'Colonel Anne'. Janet Paisley explores the grand themes of civil war, love and marital discord, loyalty and betrayal, women's rights and national identity with an unforgettable cast of characters and with utterly captivating storytelling.
It is the story of a couple torn apart and set against each other, finding themselves on opposite sides of the battle during the Jacobite Rebellion. Anne Farquharson is elated when the Jacobites rebel in 1745 and horrified when her husband, Aeneas MacIntosh, joins the government army. She raises his clan and, with her lover at her side, joins the rising to become its legendary 'Colonel Anne'. Janet Paisley explores the grand themes of civil war, love and marital discord, loyalty and betrayal, women's rights and national identity with an unforgettable cast of characters and with utterly captivating storytelling.
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Bob Jefferson
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I'm currently reading Narrow Dog to Carcassonne, about a retired couple (and their whippet) who took a traditional narrowboat across the Channel and through France.
Emily has just finished Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell, which we recommend highly. Now reading Hugo Pepper by the same author. We got to meet him at the Book Festival recently.
Emily has just finished Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell, which we recommend highly. Now reading Hugo Pepper by the same author. We got to meet him at the Book Festival recently.
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SoupDragon
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Oh I've read that Narrow Dog book. I once used his quote about jetskis being like motorbikes designed to sink!
Nearly finished Chart Throb by Ben Elton, it nearly, (just nearly ) made me want to watch an episode of X factor
Got a few books to take on my hols, the forecast isn't looking great for that part of Greece so I'll be indoors reading them if not on the beach.
Read Michael Palins Diaries the other week, he comes over as so , well ,NICE
Nearly finished Chart Throb by Ben Elton, it nearly, (just nearly ) made me want to watch an episode of X factor
Got a few books to take on my hols, the forecast isn't looking great for that part of Greece so I'll be indoors reading them if not on the beach.
Read Michael Palins Diaries the other week, he comes over as so , well ,NICE
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
A Richard and Judy Summer Read!
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
A Richard and Judy Summer Read!
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
Why be scared????
Is it good?arachnid wrote:The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
A Richard and Judy Summer Read!
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
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Black Mamba
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Tis good!Sandra wrote:Is it good?arachnid wrote:The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
A Richard and Judy Summer Read!
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
I'm enjoying it anyway. Just started reading it yesterday and am almost halfway through already!!! That's pretty fast for me!!! 
Why be scared????
Just started Christopher Brookmyre's 'Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks'.
It hasn't gripped my straight away, tbh, which has been the way with his previous books, but still looking forward to reading the rest of it.
I'm hoping to be proved wrong, but part of me is starting to think he peaked with his earlier books and the rest aren't going to reach the same standards....
It hasn't gripped my straight away, tbh, which has been the way with his previous books, but still looking forward to reading the rest of it.
I'm hoping to be proved wrong, but part of me is starting to think he peaked with his earlier books and the rest aren't going to reach the same standards....
I know what you mean about the "The...Ducks", BC. It's different style with the various voices giving their story - and I almost missed all the sweary words!! I read the book a little bit at a time which didn't help. I will read it agin when I can read it in big chunks!
But I liked the book before this very much: "A Tale Etched in Red..." - he's very good at writing about childhood.
But I liked the book before this very much: "A Tale Etched in Red..." - he's very good at writing about childhood.
The Presence by Dannie Abse
"Loss, grief and love are the themes of this extraordinary memoir from one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Some months after Dannie Abse's wife Joan died in a car accident in June 2005, he began to write a diary which is both a record of present grief and a portrait of marriage which lasted more than fifty years. It is an extraordinary document, painful but celebratory; funny as well as sad, bursting with joy as well as sorrow and full of a deep understanding of what it means to be human".
"Loss, grief and love are the themes of this extraordinary memoir from one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Some months after Dannie Abse's wife Joan died in a car accident in June 2005, he began to write a diary which is both a record of present grief and a portrait of marriage which lasted more than fifty years. It is an extraordinary document, painful but celebratory; funny as well as sad, bursting with joy as well as sorrow and full of a deep understanding of what it means to be human".
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mr magnolia
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Alan Garner - Thursbitch
the Old Magic weaves a thread into the present day. (around Alderley Edge, as per usual)
courtesy of our very own, centrally located, library.
I hadn't realised that Alan Garner wrote books for big people. I've been re-reading the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, in slightly too early a preparation for force-feeding my favourite childhood books to the magnoliettes.
the Old Magic weaves a thread into the present day. (around Alderley Edge, as per usual)
courtesy of our very own, centrally located, library.
I hadn't realised that Alan Garner wrote books for big people. I've been re-reading the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, in slightly too early a preparation for force-feeding my favourite childhood books to the magnoliettes.
Every Day Counts
Read Marley and me on the way and in Canada. Great book!!!
Couldn't put it down!! Ideal for long plane journeys!!!!
It's a true story by John Grogan
Marley and me.
The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.
Couldn't put it down!! Ideal for long plane journeys!!!!
It's a true story by John Grogan
Marley and me.
The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.
Why be scared????
Now reading On the other side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Taking me a bit longer to read this one but it's also a good read
The other side of the Bridge.
Two brothers, Arthur and Jake Dunn, are the sons of a farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough and another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful and set to inherit the farm and his father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerous to know – the family misfit. When a beautiful young woman comes into the community, the fragile balance of sibling rivalry tips over the edge.
Then there is Ian, the family’s next generation, and far too sure he knows the difference between right and wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the world has changed – a little, but not enough.
These two generations in the small town of Struan, Ontario, are tragically interlocked, linked by fate and community but separated by a war which devours its young men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the heart of this remote corner of an empire.
Taking me a bit longer to read this one but it's also a good read
The other side of the Bridge.
Two brothers, Arthur and Jake Dunn, are the sons of a farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough and another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful and set to inherit the farm and his father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerous to know – the family misfit. When a beautiful young woman comes into the community, the fragile balance of sibling rivalry tips over the edge.
Then there is Ian, the family’s next generation, and far too sure he knows the difference between right and wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the world has changed – a little, but not enough.
These two generations in the small town of Struan, Ontario, are tragically interlocked, linked by fate and community but separated by a war which devours its young men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the heart of this remote corner of an empire.
Why be scared????
Second Chance By Elizabeth Wrenn
Having read "Marley and Me" and enjoyed it, thought I'd like this one too!
And it is just as good!!
`Second Chance will make you laugh and cry. If you've ever owned or loved a dog, you'll adore this funny, wise novel. It's pure pleasure.'
Synopsis
Every woman needs a best friend... And Deena Munger needs one more than most. Faced with an almost empty nest, a marriage that's as stale as week-old bread, and hot flushes that are driving her mad, no wonder she feels running away. Despite her twenty extra pounds, Deena feels invisible and wonders when she started to disappear. And how come she never even noticed. Until the day Heloise enters her life. To the astonishment of her family, Deena volunteers to raise a Guide dog-and suddenly her world is turned upside down. Can this messy, boisterous, playful Labrador puppy show her the way out of the darkness? Seeing really is believing...
Having read "Marley and Me" and enjoyed it, thought I'd like this one too!
And it is just as good!!
`Second Chance will make you laugh and cry. If you've ever owned or loved a dog, you'll adore this funny, wise novel. It's pure pleasure.'
Synopsis
Every woman needs a best friend... And Deena Munger needs one more than most. Faced with an almost empty nest, a marriage that's as stale as week-old bread, and hot flushes that are driving her mad, no wonder she feels running away. Despite her twenty extra pounds, Deena feels invisible and wonders when she started to disappear. And how come she never even noticed. Until the day Heloise enters her life. To the astonishment of her family, Deena volunteers to raise a Guide dog-and suddenly her world is turned upside down. Can this messy, boisterous, playful Labrador puppy show her the way out of the darkness? Seeing really is believing...
Why be scared????
Blood Ties by Sam Hayes
Synopsis
January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment. Long enough for a mother to dash into a shop. Long enough for a child to be taken.
Thirteen years later, solicitor Robert Knight`s stepdaughter wins a place at a prestigious school for the gifted. The only puzzle is his wife Erin`s reaction. Why is she so reluctant to let Ruby go? Doesn`t she want what`s best for her? As Erin grows more evasive, Robert can`t help but feel she has something to hide, and when he stumbles on mysterious letters, he discovers she has been lying to him. Somewhere in his wife`s past lies a secret; a shocking secret that threatens to destroy everything…
Synopsis
January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment. Long enough for a mother to dash into a shop. Long enough for a child to be taken.
Thirteen years later, solicitor Robert Knight`s stepdaughter wins a place at a prestigious school for the gifted. The only puzzle is his wife Erin`s reaction. Why is she so reluctant to let Ruby go? Doesn`t she want what`s best for her? As Erin grows more evasive, Robert can`t help but feel she has something to hide, and when he stumbles on mysterious letters, he discovers she has been lying to him. Somewhere in his wife`s past lies a secret; a shocking secret that threatens to destroy everything…
Why be scared????
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Black Mamba
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Just finished 'Salems Lot by Stephen King
Ben Mears returned to 'Jerusalem's Lot - a small New England town complete with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples - hoping to write a novel, a novel that just might put to rest what had happened to him in the old Marsten House when he was a boy.
Unfortunately for Ben (and most of the town, for that matter), a nasty, blood-sucking vampire has arrived in the Lot, and taken up residence in the old Marsten House.
and have started
Garden of Beasts by Jeffrey Deaver
Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally for his brilliant tactics and for taking only "righteous" jobs. But when a hit goes wrong and Schumann is nabbed, he's offered a stark choice: kill Reinhard Ernst, the man behind Hitler's rearmament scheme, and walk free forever—or be sent to Sing-Sing and the electric chair.
Ben Mears returned to 'Jerusalem's Lot - a small New England town complete with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples - hoping to write a novel, a novel that just might put to rest what had happened to him in the old Marsten House when he was a boy.
Unfortunately for Ben (and most of the town, for that matter), a nasty, blood-sucking vampire has arrived in the Lot, and taken up residence in the old Marsten House.
and have started
Garden of Beasts by Jeffrey Deaver
Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally for his brilliant tactics and for taking only "righteous" jobs. But when a hit goes wrong and Schumann is nabbed, he's offered a stark choice: kill Reinhard Ernst, the man behind Hitler's rearmament scheme, and walk free forever—or be sent to Sing-Sing and the electric chair.
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Bob Jefferson
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Just finished 'Headlong' by Michael Frayn. I adored 'Spies' by the same author and although I enjoyed the black comedy of 'Headlong', his previous novel, I found all the art history stuff a bit tiresome.
Amusingly, 'Spies' is now a set text for Eng Lit and its Amazon rating consequently veers between 5 stars and 1 star depending on whether the reviewer read it through choice or was required to do so.
Amusingly, 'Spies' is now a set text for Eng Lit and its Amazon rating consequently veers between 5 stars and 1 star depending on whether the reviewer read it through choice or was required to do so.
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SoupDragon
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OuchSoupDragon wrote: He had a slight bump on a trampoline and has broken his nose!
This fresh air and exercise is a wee bit dangerous!
Do you exchange christmas cards with the staff at A&E SoupD?I thought all this cold weather would be keeping kids indoors - knowing how most of them have a complete aversion to wearing a jacket.
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Black Mamba
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"The Vanished Man" by Jeffrey Deaver
A killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. Then a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could earn her a promotion. For the quadriplegic Rhyme, it means relying on his protegee to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed 'the conjurer', who baits them with gruesome murders that become more diabolical with each fresh crime. As the fatalities rise and the minutes tick down, Rhyme and Sachs must move beyond the smoke and mirrors to prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.
A killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. Then a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could earn her a promotion. For the quadriplegic Rhyme, it means relying on his protegee to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed 'the conjurer', who baits them with gruesome murders that become more diabolical with each fresh crime. As the fatalities rise and the minutes tick down, Rhyme and Sachs must move beyond the smoke and mirrors to prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.