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Deaver really disappoints. What is happending to my favorite authors? Had I not read the Bone Collector and this was my first Deaver book I would never order another. The plot is B-O-R-I-N-G. It wanders all over the place with too many sub-plots and hard to believe meanderings. I guess when writers are successful their editors are afraid to tell them honestly when they have a piece of crap, and people will buy it anyway. The same hs happened with the psycho-babble of Patrician Cornwell, the thin plots of Stuart Woods, the mass produced garbage coming out of James Patterson (except for the Women's murder series that still seems credible), I no longer automatically order their books and now wait for multiple reviews. I hope Michael Connelly and John Sandford don't follow the same downward spiral and keep their cutting- edge thrillers at their usual high quality. I can't imagine how Deaver's editors didn't have the nerve to tell him The Steel Kiss should have been kissed off.


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The Steel Kiss A Lincoln Rhyme Novel Jeffery Deaver Books Reviews

Routine Deaver - interesting idea & comfortable visit with familiar characters, but this is not where his interest really lies. There was an energy to the early books Bone Collector & Coffin Dancer that often goes missing. The Burning Wire seemed to be a bit of a comeback. Don't get me wrong, I'll read all of these because even when Deaver is kind of bored, the writing is better than most of the things out there (even though he does get a bit too amused at his own grammatical gripes). However, I prefer when he's got an exciting idea that he gets to play with. Malicious use of the Internet Of Things doesn't really seem to be that.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was interesting, exciting. complex and fun. I had not read any Lincoln Rhyme before and that was no issue. The characters were interesting and the plot took a couple of interesting turns. The premise of the plot was very current (you'll understand what I mean about halfway though).
Jeffery Deaver and Lincoln Rhyme are true to form. In this novel he's added Juliette Archer, a quadriplegic working as an intern for Rhyme. Rhyme has returned to teaching; unhappy with his results in the last case, he's decided to retire as a NYPD consultant.

The story starts with Amelia Sachs tailing a suspect when an unexpected incident occurs in a mall. The main plot begins to revolve around the incident and the suspect she's lost when the unexpected incident occurs. The murder weapon the main suspect uses is novel and enthralling, as is his reasoning when he's revealed.

As usual, Sachs plays a vital role in the novel. The usual cast of characters is present. Taking a large role in this novel is Amelia's ex-boyfriend Nick Carelli. Carelli's also an ex-cop and ex-con who is out to prove a wrongful conviction and imprisonment.

Rhyme’s, at times, less than amiable personality is ever present; having more interest in hard evidence and science than most anything else. He deals in facts, not much else.

There is the subplot which carries the reason for Rhyme's leaving NYPD work. The plot, I found, has a tendency to lengthen the book. I'm not so sure it was needed in its entirety.

The book does include more than one very good twist which is guaranteed to hold the reader's attention.
Deaver has a good plot and good characters, but is probably 20% too long. I think The Steel Kiss was rushed through the editing phase--who wants to cut an icon's work?--and it hurt the product. The creative murder weapon kept me reading, but it got to be a slog as Deaver put to bed each part of the story after wrapping up the crime.

It was also curious as some difficult plot twists were "solved" without telling the reader. Too convenient. A good editor could helped the author with this problem.

A problematic book, but worth a read for its innovation.
This novel starts with a statement "Sometimes you catch a break."

Amelia Sachs had been driving her Ford Torino when she spotted the suspect.

"What're the odds?"

The suspect disappears after Amelia shoots a round into the workings of an escalator to stop the mechanism in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the mechanism in an unsuccessful attempt to save a screaming man caught under the top of the escalator. The bloody, screaming man dies in her arms.

Amelia then initiates a search for the suspect, but to no avail. Amelia does not give up however, and tries, unsuccessfully, to obtain the aid of Lincoln Rhyme, who no longer works for the police, and spends his time teaching criminology at a local university, and writing novels. He is also consulting with a lawyer who is preparing a civil suit for the benefit of the wife and children of the man who died on the previously mentioned escalator, and writing evidence charts on a blackboard with chalk. So, Amelia must continue to pursue the suspect (now named "unsub 40") without Rhyme's assistance.

Certain problems occurred during this period that need to be mentioned here.

During the analysis of clues to determine unsub40's whereabouts, language is too stilted, ie "Friction ridges. A hundred". "Footprints? Yes." and on and on.

Evidence charts are too long, say nothing new, are boring, and require skimming.

There are also too many extended descriptions of mundane events and activities that also require skimming before content is found.

Were it not for these detrimental factors, this would have been an exciting novel to read. Even with them, though, it is well worth reading.
Deaver really disappoints. What is happending to my favorite authors? Had I not read the Bone Collector and this was my first Deaver book I would never order another. The plot is B-O-R-I-N-G. It wanders all over the place with too many sub-plots and hard to believe meanderings. I guess when writers are successful their editors are afraid to tell them honestly when they have a piece of crap, and people will buy it anyway. The same hs happened with the psycho-babble of Patrician Cornwell, the thin plots of Stuart Woods, the mass produced garbage coming out of James Patterson (except for the Women's murder series that still seems credible), I no longer automatically order their books and now wait for multiple reviews. I hope Michael Connelly and John Sandford don't follow the same downward spiral and keep their cutting- edge thrillers at their usual high quality. I can't imagine how Deaver's editors didn't have the nerve to tell him The Steel Kiss should have been kissed off.