Reviews for The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme Series #7)

The average rating for The Cold Moon (Lincoln Rhyme Series #7) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-20 00:00:00 Jesse Jorde What a mess. Jeffery Deaver is, for me, a hit or miss author. When he is good, he is great. When is is bad, his books are quite tedious. This one falls in the "bad" category. "The Cold Moon" starts out just fine. There is a killer on the loose with a "time" theme -- The Watchmaker. Lincoln Rhyme is on that case. At the same time, Amelia Sachs has her own case, investigating police corruption. So far, so good. Readers of the series know that Deaver is fond of plot twists, and this book is no exception. Unfortunately, there are so many in this book that it just becomes ridiculous. After a lengthy buildup that takes quite a few pages, The Watchmaker is finally in high gear and Lincoln and friends must act quickly to catch him. Again, so far, so good. However...surprise! Plot twist! Things are not what they seem. Then, a couple of chapters later...Surprise! Another plot twist! Those things are not what they seem! Finally, at the end of the book...Surprise! Plot twist! Things are not what they seem, and a character from a previous Lincoln Rhyme book shows up. What? Making things worse, Rhyme and Co. seem completely hapless and fooled throughout the book until the very end, when, Deus es Machina-style, they suddenly solve the plot and save everything. uh-huh. This book is a real mess, and it is clear that Deaver should have stuck to his tried and true formula of a great villain, time pressure and clever crime solving by Lincoln and Amelia. Here, he does not have enough ideas, so like a bad magician, he unveils twist after twist in a way that is not thrilling, just annoying. By the end I really liked this book. No, wait! Plot twist! Things are not what they seem. I really *didn't* like this book. Surprise!

Review # 2 was written on 2017-07-06 00:00:00 Nicole Kiesler Mixed feelings This started off as another fantastic story from Mr Deaver, and finished as one. But in between seemed to be very convulted. Probably didn't help that the copy I was reading had no line gaps when the scene changed. You would be reading about one set of characters in one sentence, then next paragraph was totally different set of characters but with no indication. Had to keep going back to get it to make sense. I have given 4*, based on what I believe it would have been if I had a decent copy. Otherwise I would give 3*.