Arthur Rhyme is accused of a murder that he swears he didn't commit. There is nothing new about hearing that someone feels they are unjustly accused of a crime but Arthur happens to be the cousin of the criminalist, Lincoln Rhyme. When Arthur's wife, Judy, begs Lincoln to look into the murder, Lincoln is very skepital. However, he and his team soon realize that someone is using data to set up innocent victims as murder suspects. Amelia Sachs is soon digging into a company that collects and sells all kinds of data and the implications are frightening. Someone can analyze the data and predict when and where a person will be, what products he buys and what his interests are. He is planting evidence to set the person up to take the fall for murder while he takes his pleasures in the world.
Jeffrey Deavers has another hit with this book. I love Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. As always, this book was quite suspenseful but his characters are rich, human and likable. Deavers adds enough of their personal lives to keep things cohesive and interesting. It has also been fun to see the characters in this series develop. Deaver's theories in this book about the data that is being collected on all of us and how available it is to certain people is truly scary and thought-provoking.
Rating - 5 stars
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