The Stone Monkey - Jeffery Deaver

THE AUTHOR After graduating to become a lawyer Jeffery Deaver spent several years working in a large Wall Street firm, it was on his commute to and from work that he started writing the novels he has become renowned for. Many years on and he has written twenty-one novels, many having won awards, including the W. H. Smith 'Thumping Good Read' award. He is probably most known for his novel 'The Bone Collector' which was turned into a major film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. THE STORYLINE For those of you who have seen 'The Bone Collector' you will recognise the name Lincoln ... more

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape” Nobody crosses the ghost, or rather nobody crosses the ghost and lives. As one of Chinas leading snakeheads - Kwan Ang - universally known as the ghost, is heavily involved in smuggling people from China to America, people so desperate to escape the communist rule smothering their homeland that they are prepared to pay exorbitant fees to secure a passage to America - or as they call it - Meiguo - the beautiful country. But on one turbulent crossing on ... more

This is the fourth in the Lincoln Rhymes series of books by Jeffrey Deaver. Although I wasn’t aware of this when I first picked up the book about a year ago. I received the book as a free gift when I joined a book club and promptly put it to one side to read later. When I eventually did pick it up I found it difficult to get past the first chapter and promptly put it down again. Earlier this year however a friend recommended “The Vanished Man” as a good book to take on holiday with me. I read this in 1 day, as I was unable to put it down. As I was reading it something seemed ... more