The Empty Chair

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Joe Mantegna

Now a gripping TV series starring Russell Hornsby and Michael Imperioli! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Devil’s Teardrop a spine-chilling thriller that puts renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent—Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégé.

A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Lincoln 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.

The prime suspect is a peculiar teenage truant known as the Insect Boy, so nicknamed for his disturbing obsession with bugs. Rhyme’s unsurpassed analytical skills and stellar forensic experience, combined with Sachs’s exceptional detective legwork, soon snare the perp. But even Rhyme can’t anticipate that Sachs will disagree with his crime analysis and that her vehemence will put her in the swampland, harboring the very suspect who Rhyme considers a ruthless killer. So ensues Rhyme’s greatest challenge—facing the criminalist whom he has taught everything he knows in a battle of wits, forensics, and intuition.

With the intricate forensic detail, breathtaking speed, and masterful plot twists that are signature Deaver, The Empty Chair is page-turning suspense of the highest order.

The Empty Chair

Another great Lincoln Rhyme story by Jeffery Deaver.

love the author and reader

I am a big Lincoln Rhyme fan and I love Joe Montana as a reader, but this book was slow, to predictable. I almost didn't finish listening, but I did and it was worth the time.

Strange days in Camp Swampy

Entertaining, a little offbeat, and more than a touch improbable. Well worth a read.

Wow...the mystery never ends

Narration was good and entertaining for the characters other than Rhyme and Sachs. The twist went all the way to the very end of the bood which was great. Wow...how does Deaver do it? Good job.

Good story; some problems

I enjoyed this book despite certain difficulties. The south is a caricature -- rednecks, etc. think Deliverance meets Lincoln Rhyme. But, if you like other Deaver books, you will probably like this one. I had figured out one of the clues before Rhyme -- perhaps that's why I liked it. But the ending is a bit strange. The narrator was good.