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Article: BOOKS IN BRIEF
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 2, 2000
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The Empty Chair, by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster, $25).
Deaver's books climb the best-seller lists with regularity, in part
because of the enthralling forensic solutions conjured by his
quadriplegic hero, Lincoln Rhyme. Such fascinations allow readers to
forgive Deaver's tendency to write over-complicated endings that
stretch the boundaries of credibility. Happily, his newest novel
avoids the one-surprise-too-many syndrome and offers up the very best
of Deaver, thanks to a plot that emphasizes human motive over cloak-
and-dagger twists.
Rhyme arrives in a fictional North Carolina county, eager to try
an operation that might restore some function to his useless body. He
is accompanied by ...
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