"fascinating nuggets regarding time and clocks. If you don't know why we say 'speed up' or 'slow down,' you will after reading THE COLD MOON. You will also have the pleasure of reading what is not only Deaver's best work to date but also one of the best books of the year thus far"". The Cold Moon The Cold Moon is a crime thriller novel written by Jeffery Deaver. It is the seventh book in the Lincoln Rhyme series, and also introduces CBI agent Kathryn Dance, who would get her own series of books. It is the night of the"
"The Coffin Dancer The Coffin Dancer is a 1998 novel by Jeffery Deaver. The book features his regular character Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective. Detective Lincoln Rhyme, 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. Rhyme, a quadriplegic since a line-of-duty accident, uses 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 arms and legs, New York City cop Amelia Sachs, to gather information from"
"Lincoln Rhyme. He has also been given the unenviable task of persuading Rhyme to work on the case. Thom Reston - Lincoln Rhyme's full-time care assistant. Following the success of this novel, Deaver continued to feature Rhyme and Sachs in a series of subsequent novels. The series to date comprises: The Bone Collector (novel) The Bone Collector is a 1997 novel by Jeffery Deaver. The book introduces the character of Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic forensic criminalist. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1999. The novel begins with two colleagues catching a cab at a New"
"The Vanished Man The Vanished Man is a forensic crime mystery by Jeffery Deaver featuring the quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs. It is the fifth novel in the Lincoln Rhyme series, which began with ""The Bone Collector."" The story centers around a serial killer loose in New York City whose slayings are patterned after illusionist tricks. When the killer illusionist uses his tricks to baffle and evade police, forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme and his longtime partner Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate, setting off a tense cat-and-mouse chase where nothing is as it seems. The"
"artery and mortally wounding him. Lincoln Rhyme- Quadriplegic forensic criminalist who was the head of IRD (the NYPD's Central Investigation and Resource Division) before being involved in an accident at a crime scene where an oak beam fell on him, crushing his C4 vertebrae and leaving him only able to move from his shoulders up and his left ring finger. At the start of the novel, Lincoln is considering suicide with the help of Dr. William Berger, a representative of a pro-euthanasia group called the Lethe Society, until his ex-partner Lon Sellitto arrives at his apartment asking for help on"
"as Rhyme is hunting Sachs, and both anticipate the other's moves. The Empty Chair (novel) The Empty Chair is a crime novel by Jeffery Deaver, published in 2000. It is the third novel in a series featuring Lincoln Rhyme; the first of which was made into a movie, ""The Bone Collector"". Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina with his aide Thom and his companion and partner Amelia Sachs in order to receive experimental spine surgery, which may improve or further worsen his C4 quadriplegic disability. Whilst there they are approached by a local police sheriff- Jim Bell, the cousin of"
"The Burning Wire The Burning Wire is a crime thriller novel written by Jeffery Deaver featuring the officially retired (RET), quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme. It is the ninth novel in the Lincoln Rhyme series. The sabotage of a substation of the prominent electrical energy distributor Algonquin Consolidated Power and Light Company in Queens, New York, causing a deadly arc flash leads to an investigation managed by esteemed criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his team of investigators. The initial primary suspect, Ray Galt, a disillusioned employee of Algonquin Consolidated, is believed to blame Algonquin and society's reliance on electricity for his leukemia,"
"Kathryn Lance Kathryn Lance (born 1943 — El Paso, Texas) is an American writer in many fields of fiction and non-fiction under her own name and various pseudonyms, as well as being the ghostwriter for numerous books purportedly written by other people. She has written dozens of young adult novels in the science-fiction, mystery, and horror genres, many of them in series as by Lynn Beach. She has also written magazine articles and stories for both adults and children. Her topics include diet, sports, fitness, sexuality, and biotechnology, in both corporate publications and such national periodicals as ""Family Circle"", ""Parade"","
"C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (11 May 1866 – 10 March 1944) was an English novelist who was also known by the pen name Weatherby Chesney. He is perhaps best remembered as the author of """". He is also remembered for his Captain Kettle stories and for ""The Recipe for Diamonds"". Hyne was born 11 May 1866. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Haggas (died 1938). They had a son named Charles Godfrey Haggas Cutcliffe Hyne (1 December 1897 – 21 November 1916). He was wounded in the battle of the Sommes and died from his"
"The Killing Dance The Killing Dance is the sixth in the series of horror/mystery novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. ""The Killing Dance"" continues the adventures of Anita Blake. In the novel, Anita continues to explore her relationship with her two romantic interests, Richard, a werewolf, and Jean-Claude, a vampire, while attempting to resolve an assortment of conflicts ranging from werewolf politics to unsolved murders. As with its predecessors, ""The Killing Dance"" blends elements of supernatural, hardboiled and police procedural fiction. ""The Killing Dance"" also marks Hamilton's first significant introduction of elements of erotic fiction into her genre fusion. The werewolves"
"Laurell K. Hamilton Laurell Kaye Hamilton (born February 19, 1963) is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories. Her ""New York Times""-bestselling """" series centers on Anita Blake, a professional zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural consultant for the police, which includes novels, short story collections, and comic books. Six million copies of ""Anita Blake"" novels are in print. Her Merry Gentry series centers on Meredith Gentry, Princess of the Unseelie court of Faerie, a private detective facing repeated assassination attempts. Both of these fantasy series follow their protagonists"
"The Empty Chair (novel) The Empty Chair is a crime novel by Jeffery Deaver, published in 2000. It is the third novel in a series featuring Lincoln Rhyme; the first of which was made into a movie, ""The Bone Collector"". Lincoln Rhyme is in North Carolina with his aide Thom and his companion and partner Amelia Sachs in order to receive experimental spine surgery, which may improve or further worsen his C4 quadriplegic disability. Whilst there they are approached by a local police sheriff- Jim Bell, the cousin of Rhyme's NYPD colleague Roland Bell- and asked to help in a"
"The Stone Monkey The Stone Monkey is a novel by crime writer Jeffery Deaver. First published in 2002, it is the fourth Deaver novel featuring the quadraplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme. As the US Coast Guard moves to intercept a ship off the coast of New York, which had departed from St Petersburg carrying around 30 Chinese illegal immigrants, the leader of the ship, a notorious human smuggler and hitman named Ghost, decides to ignite a bomb, causing the ship to sink, as he escapes himself by means of a life-raft. A group of immigrants escape on a second life-raft, some"
"Henry Lincoln Henry Lincoln (born Henry Soskin; 12 February 1930) is a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former supporting actor. He co-wrote three ""Doctor Who"" multi-part serials in the 1960s, and — starting in the 1970s — inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged ""mysteries"" surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château (on which he was writer and presenter) — and later from the 1980s on co-authored and authored a series of books of which, the pseudohistorical ""The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"" was the most popular, becoming the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, ""The"
"help sharing as sex increasingly takes the place of plot and character development"". In contrast, a ""Denver Post"" review of ""Danse Macabre"" took a more positive view of the eroticism in Hamilton's work. Although it noted that ""[t]hose looking for mystery and mayhem on this Anita adventure are out of luck"" it also stated that ""the main attraction of the Anita Blake novels in the past five years has been their erotic novelty"", and ""[f]ew, if any, mainstream novels delve so deeply into pure, unadulterated erotica"". Laurell K. Hamilton Laurell Kaye Hamilton (born February 19, 1963) is an American fantasy"
"Lilian Jackson Braun Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913June 4, 2011) was an American writer well known for her light-hearted series of ""The Cat Who..."" mystery novels. ""The Cat Who"" books center on the life of former newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County ""400 miles north of everywhere."" Although never formally stated in her books, the towns, counties and lifestyles described in the series are generally accepted to be modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan, where Braun resided with her husband until the"
"guest on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs. Source: The four Jackson Brodie novels have been adapted by other writers for the BBC under the series titled ""Case Histories"", featuring Jason Isaacs as Brodie. In 2015 in the United States, Shonda Rhimes was in the process of developing a pilot called ""The Catch"", based on a treatment written by Atkinson, and starring Mireille Enos. Atkinson lived in Whitby, North Yorkshire, for a time, but now lives in Edinburgh near the authors JK Rowling, Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith. Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson, (born 20 December 1951) is an English"
"artist, animator, and one of the founders of the original Drink and Draw Social Club. Crane is the author of more than eighty novels, novellas, essays, and short stories. As Caitlin Crews from St. Martin's Press: The Cold River Ranch series: As Megan Crane from Tule Publishing: The Alaska Force series from Berkley Books: She has also written a number of work-for-hire young adult novels under different names, but does not reveal their titles. The first of these hit the New York Times Bestseller list in 2005. Crane also writes romance novels for Harlequin Presents and Harlequin Dare, two category"
"one favor, which he will collect when he sees fit. ""The Killing Dance"" features the following major characters. Recurring characters in ""The Killing Dance"" include: Non-recurring characters include: The death toll in ""The Killing Dance"" includes: The Killing Dance The Killing Dance is the sixth in the series of horror/mystery novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. ""The Killing Dance"" continues the adventures of Anita Blake. In the novel, Anita continues to explore her relationship with her two romantic interests, Richard, a werewolf, and Jean-Claude, a vampire, while attempting to resolve an assortment of conflicts ranging from werewolf politics to unsolved murders."
"Lacey Dancer Sydney Ann Cook (born 1948) is an American author of contemporary and historical romance novels, who wrote under the pen names Sara Chance, Sherry Carr, Sydney Ann Clary and Lacey Dancer. She won the ""Romantic Times"" Career Achievement Award in 1991-1992 for Series Romance Love and Laughter. ""Romantic Times"" awarded her a second Career Achievement Award in 1996 for Series Romantic Adventure. ""Romantic Times"" described Dancer's novel ""Silke"" as ""a dazzling, richly intense love story brimming with fascinating characters, sharply imaginative plotting and irresistible romantic suspense"". Many of her early books were published by Meteor in their Kismet"
"Oeming. Spriggs has also appeared as Captain Franco in the NBC science-fiction series ""Revolution"", created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams, as Chris Amante in the USA Network drama series ""Necessary Roughness"", and as Harley in The CW TV miniseries Containment. His performance in the rural noir ""Sinkhole"" was called ""terrific"" by ""Variety"" . Partial list: Robin Spriggs Robin Spriggs (born April 1, 1974) is an American writer, actor, and poet. Known primarily as a dark fabulist, he is the author of the critically acclaimed ""The Untold Tales of Ozman Droom,"" ""Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist,"" and"
"Marilyn Harris (writer) Marilyn Harris (June 4, 1931 — January 18, 2002) was an American author best known for her seven-novel ""Eden"" series, an historical saga about the Eden family of England. The series contains ""This Other Eden"" (1977); ""The Prince of Eden"" (1978); ""The Eden Passion"" (1979); ""The Women of Eden"" (1980); ""Eden Rising"" (1982); ""American Eden"" (1987); and ""Eden and Honor"" (1989). She is also the author of the best selling novel, ""Hatter Fox"" (1973), adapted into a 1977 CBS movie, ""The Girl Called Hatter Fox"". Harris was born on June 4, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the"
"Caitlin Kittredge Caitlin Kittredge (born September 1984) is an American author and comic book writer of dark fantasy and urban fantasy noir. She is known for her ""Nocturne City"" series of adult novels, and for ""The Iron Codex"", a series of young adult books, as well as her comic book work with Coffin Hill for Vertigo Comics and Witchblade and Throwaways for Image Comics Caitlin Kittredge graduated from college with a degree in English. She has cited Raymond Chandler, Neil Gaiman, and H.P. Lovecraft as inspirations. Kittredge is a fan of film noir, classic pulp novels, and comic books. She"
"Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American writer and lyricist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for the Broadway musical ""Ragtime"". Together with Flaherty, they have written many musicals, including ""Lucky Stiff"", ""My Favorite Year"", ""Ragtime"", ""Seussical"", ""A Man of No Importance"", ""Dessa Rose"", ""The Glorious Ones"", ""Rocky"", ""Little Dancer"" and currently on Broadway ""Anastasia"" and ""Once on This Island"". She was also nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards"
"a train passing through and stopping the traffic up above. Quadriplegic and ex-forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is waiting for a visitor at his apartment when the doorbell rings. His caregiver Thom answers the door and informs him that he actually has two unexpected visitors, homicide detectives Lon Sellitto and Jerry Banks. Rhyme tells his aide that he doesn't want to see them but ultimately agrees to speak with them. Sellitto, being Rhyme's former partner, and Banks are there to get Rhyme's help on the kidnapping and murder case but he is unwilling, as he says he is in no state"
"Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born in Liverpool. She studied acting and worked as both actor and director in British theatre"
"Kate Worley Kathleen L Worley (March 16, 1958 – June 6, 2004) was an American comic book writer best known for her work on ""Omaha the Cat Dancer"". She was a writer and performer for the science fiction comedy radio program Shockwave Radio Theater. After moving in the 1970s from her native Illinois to Minneapolis, Minnesota, Worley became one of the early contributors the Shockwave Radio Theater there. Through fellow contributors, she met cartoonist and musician Reed Waller, with whom she began a romantic and professional relationship. Moving in together, they wrote songs and performed as a duet and with"
"Carolyn Treffinger Carolyn E. Treffinger (October 24, 1891–January 8, 1991) was an American children's author. Treffinger was born on October 24, 1891, to Amanda and Noah, and was based in Wadsworth, Ohio. She wrote at least three books for children, including ""Rag-Doll Jane: Her Story"" and ""Jimmy's Shoes"". Her most notable work was ""Li Lun, Lad of Courage"", which was published in 1947 and won a Newbery Honor in 1948. It was illustrated by Kurt Wiese, and also won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959. Outside of her literary work, Treffinger was a teacher and principal in Wadsworth. Treffinger"
"the artist Claire Lambe; he has four children, Rosie (Laurence), Chiara, Faith, and Sam, and one stepdaughter, Zoe Lambe. He is Professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Carey Harrison Carey Harrison (born 19 February 1944) is an English novelist and dramatist. Harrison was born in London to actors Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer, and raised in Los Angeles and New York, where he attended the Lycée Français. Subsequently, in Britain, he attended Sunningdale School, Harrow School, and Jesus College, Cambridge. His first play, ""Dante Kaputt,"" was staged at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, in"
"Lincoln Chase Lincoln R. Chase (June 29, 1926 – October 6, 1980) was an African-American songwriter and occasional recording artist. As a writer, his most notable songs were ""Such a Night"", ""Jim Dandy"", and several of Shirley Ellis' hits in the early 1960s including ""The Name Game"" and ""The Clapping Song"". Chase was born in New York City, the only child of West Indian immigrants. Lorenzo, his father, was born in Cuba and his mother, Edith (or Elizabeth), was a native of the British West Indies. He was raised in New York City. His wife was Monica D. Chase. His"
"two separate characters. McGoohan stated in a 1985 interview that the two characters were not the same, and that he had originally wanted a different actor to play the role of Number Six. ""Danger Man"" has remained part of pop culture consciousness. Author Stephen King alludes to John Drake's cool in his novel ""The Shining"". The band Tears for Fears refer to the character in their song ""Swords and Knives"", and Dead Can Dance titled one of the songs on their ""Into the Labyrinth"" album ""The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove"" after a ""Danger Man"" episode, although the content of the song"
"been mentioned as a major influence by other authors, including Laurie Halse Anderson, Judy Blume, Lauren Myracle, and Jon Scieszka. † Henry Huggins series (1950–1964) ‡ Ramona series (1955–1999) Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; born April 12, 1916) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of Cleary's best known characters are Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse. The majority of"
"were disappointed by its formulaic Hollywood treatment in the movie. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing is a novel written by Marilyn Durham first published in 1972. The novel is set in the American West in the 1880s, but is not written in a genre style. It is the story of Jay, a man of the West, and his offbeat relationship with Catherine, a woman from the East who is fleeing an unhappy marriage. Jay kidnaps Catherine on his way to rob a train and together they travel through the Wyoming Territory. Catherine eventually"