The Midnight Lock (Unabridged)
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People) Jeffery Deaver delivers the latest thriller featuring his beloved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs as they search for a criminal whose fascination with breaking locks terrorizes New York City.
A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment’s supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith,” can break through any lock or security system ever devised. With more victims on the horizon, Rhyme, Sachs and their stable of associates must follow the evidence to the man’s lair… and discover his true mission.
Their hunt is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhyme's previous cases. He’s fired as a consultant for the NYPD and must risk jail if he investigates the Locksmith case in secret.
The Midnight Lock is a roller-coaster read that takes place over just a few days’ time, features surprise after surprise and offers a fascinating look at the esoteric world of lockpicking.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this creepy psychological thriller from Jeffrey Deaver, paraplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his wife, NYPD Detective Amelia Sachs, pursue the Locksmith, who sneaks into sleeping single women’s apartments, destroying their sense of security. As they look for the connection between these break-ins and a shady media company, their investigation is derailed when the politically ambitious mayor fires Rhyme and a paranoid mobster puts the crime-solving couple in his sights. As an author, Deaver is a magician: You think he’s showing you his cards as he provides an inside look at the thought process of the victims, the crime investigators, and assorted criminals, and even the chillingly distorted viewpoint of the Locksmith himself—but then you’re dazzled by his misdirection skills. His able assistant is narrator Edoardo Ballerini, who brings his own mastery of pitches, accents, and moods. The result is an immersive audio performance delivering a thrilling story and chilling scares. Listen with the lights on and the door locked.
Customer Reviews
Three Stars
Just ok