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The Watchmaker’s Hand

Lincoln Rhyme, Book 16

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The Watchmaker’s Hand

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he’s in danger, in the brand new crime thriller from Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Final Twist

'The master-plotter Deaver cranks up the tension to fever pitch' A Daily Mail Thriller of the year

'Pulsating' A Waterstones Best thriller of 2023

A CITY IN TURMOIL

Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City.

A DEADLY CONSPIRACY

The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning.

A RACE AGAINST TIME

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race to stop further attacks before more chaos is unleashed upon the city. Watching Rhyme from the shadows is the elusive assassin The Watchmaker, and he’s preparing to strike…

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Praise for THE WATCHMAKER'S HAND

‘Lincoln Rhyme returns in this top-shelf thriller.. the writing is superb, the characters intriguing, the stories spellbinding, and the plot twists shocking. BOOKLIST

The Watchmaker’s Hand is engineered with typical Deaver precision. The plot barrels along with numerous unexpected twists and turns. I loved it!’ KATHY REICHS, author of the Temperance Brennan Bones Series

'Jeffery Deaver is a master storyteller. His characters and plotting are second to none. One of the true giants of the genre' STEVE CAVANAGH

'Deaver masterfully delivers another pulse-pounding Lincoln Rhyme thriller that takes you on a frenzied ride through a New York City teetering on the edge of chaos … This is a high-octane, nail-biter of a read that solidifies Deaver's standing as the virtuoso of the modern crime thriller.' MARK DAWSON

©2023 Gunner Publications (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Crime Thrillers Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Fiction Mystery New York City
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The Rhyme books never let you down

This is another fast paced, just complicated enough plot that brings back characters that long time readers have come to love. the charatxer development and their centre place of the story is something Deaver does, in this series, better than anyone.

The Watchmaker is back, as tricky as ever and as smart as ever, with twists and turns throughout. Narration is good, ending is satisfying, fewer chapters cliffhangers than usual but ultimately an excellent book

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Let down by the reading

Great story as always, but the audio felt very stilted and over produced - even with listening at .90 it still felt too fast and a lack of nuance or pacing when switching between characters

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Return of the legend

Great story, reminiscent of a few earlier novels and yet fresh and new. Brilliant as always.

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A real page turner

All the old favourite characters are here in a twisty exciting story with lots of cliffhanger chapter endings.
Great narration.

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