Deaver, Jeffrey

Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950 outside Chicago, Illinois)^[1] is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a successful career as a best-selling novelist. He has been awarded the Steel Dagger^[2] and Short Story Dagger ^[3] from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Nero Wolfe Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Los Angeles Times.

My Opinion: I Have read many of his books but none recently until The Steel Kiss. I always liked his work and can't explain why I stopped reading him The Lincoln Rhyme books are outstanding detective stories. By all means, try him.

Bibliography[edit]

Standalone works[edit]

• • Mistress of Justice (1992)

• The Lesson of Her Death (1993) 6/20 X

• Praying for Sleep (1994)

  • A Maiden's Grave (1995)

  • The Devil's Teardrop (1999) (introduces Parker Kincaid, includes a scene with Lincoln Rhyme)

  • Speaking in Tongues (2000)

  • The Blue Nowhere (2001)

  • Garden of Beasts (2004)

  • The Chopin Manuscript (2008) (collaborative fiction)

• The Bodies Left Behind (2008) X

• Edge (2010) X

• The October List (2013) X

Rune Trilogy[edit]

• 1. Manhattan Is My Beat (1988)

  2. Death of a Blue Movie Star (1990)

  3. Hard News (1991)

John Pellam (Location Scout series)[edit]

• 1. Shallow Graves (1992)

  2. Bloody River Blues (1993)

  3. Hell's Kitchen (2001)

Lincoln Rhyme[edit]

1. The Bone Collector (1997) X

2. The Coffin Dancer (1998) X

   1. The Empty Chair (2000)

   2. The Stone Monkey (2002)

   3. The Vanished Man (2003) (includes an appearance by Parker Kincaid)

   4. The Twelfth Card (2005) (includes an appearance by Parker Kincaid)

   5. The Cold Moon (2006) (Introduces Kathryn Dance)

   6. The Broken Window (2008)

   7. The Burning Wire (2010)

3. The Kill Room (2013) X

4. The Skin Collector (2014) X

5. The Steel Kiss (2016) X

Kathryn Dance[edit]

• 1. The Sleeping Doll (2007) (includes a brief appearance by Lincoln Rhyme)

  2. Roadside Crosses (2009)

  3. XO (2012) (includes a brief appearance by Lincoln Rhyme)

1. Solitude Creek (May 12, 2015)

2. Colter Shaw[edit]

James Bond[edit]

• • Carte Blanche (2011)